Nick Lassiter-Skyler International Espionage books in order

The Nick Lassiter-Skyler International Espionage series by Samuel Marquis is a thriller sequence featuring a reluctant American spy and a deadly Italian assassin in plots spanning from New York to Cold War Europe.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 The Devil’s Brigade 2015 Samuel Marquis Buy
2 The Slush Pile Brigade 2015 Samuel Marquis N/A
3 The Coalition 2016 Samuel Marquis Buy
4 Altar of Resistance 2017 Samuel Marquis N/A
5 The Fourth Pularchek 2017 Samuel Marquis Buy

The Nick Lassiter-Skyler International Espionage series follows two very different characters whose paths gradually converge. Nick Lassiter starts as an unemployed geologist and aspiring author who travels to New York to confront a bestselling writer who plagiarized his unpublished novel. He finds himself caught up in a CIA operation involving Russian mobsters and his own estranged father. Meanwhile, the Italian femme fatale known as Skyler operates in a darker world of political assassination and international conspiracy.

The series builds from personal stakes to global ones. The Coalition (2016) puts Skyler at the center of a vast right-wing conspiracy to seize control of the U.S. government, while an FBI agent and a reporter race to uncover the truth. In The Fourth Pularchek (2017), Lassiter and Skyler finally share the stage in an international case that connects Lassiter to his newly discovered biological father, Polish billionaire Stanislaw Pularchek, and unearths secrets buried since World War II.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Nick Lassiter-Skyler International Espionage series?

There are five books in the Nick Lassiter-Skyler International Espionage series, published between 2015 and 2017.

What is the first book in the Nick Lassiter-Skyler International Espionage series?

The first book in the Nick Lassiter-Skyler International Espionage series is The Devil’s Brigade, published in 2015.

Do Nick Lassiter and Skyler appear together throughout the series?

Not at first. Nick Lassiter is introduced in The Slush Pile Brigade (later retitled The Devil’s Brigade) as a struggling geologist and author who stumbles into a CIA operation. The assassin Skyler takes center stage in The Coalition, where she terminates the U.S. President-elect. The two characters appear together as major figures for the first time in The Fourth Pularchek, which involves Lassiter’s biological father, a Polish billionaire and intelligence commander.

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