Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last Protector | 2021 | Simon Gervais | Buy |
| 2 | The Last Sentinel | 2022 | Simon Gervais | Buy |
| 3 | The Last Guardian | 2023 | Simon Gervais | Buy |
Clayton White arrived in 2021 as a new kind of Gervais protagonist: not DEA or counterterrorism, but a former Air Force combat rescue officer who has moved into the Secret Service. The premise of The Last Protector draws on Gervais’s own close-protection experience — he spent years protecting foreign heads of state visiting Canada — and White’s work guarding the Vice President-elect’s daughter quickly escalates beyond what a standard detail should encounter.
The Last Sentinel (2022) and The Last Guardian (2023) continued the series as the threat around White deepened into territory that required his military background as much as his Secret Service training. The series is notable in Gervais’s output for its Washington-adjacent political texture: the threat is not simply criminal or international but is tied to power structures close to the centre of American government.
CBS Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer TV have acquired the series for television development — a recognition of the kind of action-heavy, procedurally authentic thriller format that has found strong audiences on streaming.