Code Name Delta books in order

Q: "How many books are in the Code Name Delta series?"

"There are five books in the Code Name Delta series, published between 2023 and 2025."

Q: "What is the first book in the Code Name Delta series?"

"The first book in the Code Name Delta series is The Quadrille, published in 2023."

Q: "What is the Code Name Delta series about?"

"Code Name Delta follows Patrick Coonan, an ex-US Army Ranger sniper who operates under the code name Delta as part of the Quadrille, a shadow network of undercover operatives led by retired Colonel Marlon Berkowitz. The Quadrille's missions involve the elimination of enemy operatives and threats to the United States and the Free World. The Quadrille (2023) opens the series with a mission against Soviet nuclear saboteurs on US soil. Subsequent books send Coonan to the Russian criminal underworld after the Cold War (Red Goliath), a weapons bazaar in Colombia (One Deadly Souk), a money-laundering network in Aruba (The Caribbean Sedition), and a missing US Navy submarine connected to Barranquilla (The Magdalena Gambit, 2025)."

Reading order

#	Title	Published	Author	Buy on Amazon
1	The Quadrille	2023	Oscar Ortiz	Buy
2	Red Goliath	2024	Oscar Ortiz	Buy
3	One Deadly Souk	2024	Oscar Ortiz	Buy
4	The Caribbean Sedition	2024	Oscar Ortiz	Buy
5	The Magdalena Gambit	2025	Oscar Ortiz	Buy

Code Name Delta is Oscar Ortiz’s spy thriller series, five books built in the tradition of Donald Hamilton’s Matt Helm novels and Ian Fleming’s Bond — a professional operative working through a private organization to eliminate threats that conventional intelligence services cannot or will not handle. Patrick Coonan is ex-military, technically precise, and morally clear about the work he does, which places the series in the classic mode of the spy who kills as a matter of professional competence rather than emotional complexity.

The Quadrille (2023) launched the series with Berkowitz’s network facing a mission against Soviet nuclear saboteurs, and the subsequent books moved Coonan across international settings: post-Cold War Russia in Red Goliath, Colombia in One Deadly Souk, Aruba in The Caribbean Sedition, and back to Colombia in The Magdalena Gambit (2025). The pace of publication — five books in three years — and the mission-based structure reflect the influence of the paperback original tradition both Fleming and Hamilton worked in.

Reading in publication order gives the clearest picture of Coonan as a character, though each mission is largely self-contained.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Code Name Delta series?

There are five books in the Code Name Delta series, published between 2023 and 2025.

What is the first book in the Code Name Delta series?

The first book in the Code Name Delta series is The Quadrille, published in 2023.

What is the Code Name Delta series about?

Code Name Delta follows Patrick Coonan, an ex-US Army Ranger sniper who operates under the code name Delta as part of the Quadrille, a shadow network of undercover operatives led by retired Colonel Marlon Berkowitz. The Quadrille’s missions involve the elimination of enemy operatives and threats to the United States and the Free World. The Quadrille (2023) opens the series with a mission against Soviet nuclear saboteurs on US soil. Subsequent books send Coonan to the Russian criminal underworld after the Cold War (Red Goliath), a weapons bazaar in Colombia (One Deadly Souk), a money-laundering network in Aruba (The Caribbean Sedition), and a missing US Navy submarine connected to Barranquilla (The Magdalena Gambit, 2025).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Reading order