Rules of Prey
- Published
- 1 January 1989
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN-13
- 9780425121634
- Type
- novel
About this book
Rules of Prey is the book that opens John Sandford's Prey series, published in 1989 at 368 pages. It's the natural place to begin the 36-book series, and is followed here by Shadow Prey.
Key facts about Rules of Prey
Rules of Prey is a novel by John Sandford. Readers have had it since 1989. It runs to 368 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of Rules of Prey. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780425121634 to find the main one.
Rules of Prey is book 1 of 36 in the Prey series. The series has 36 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Revenge Prey is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 7 April 2026.
Additionally, John Sandford writes Kidd, Virgil Flowers and Letty Davenport as separate series. Those series sit on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, Revenge Prey is the latest published John Sandford book on file, from 7 April 2026.
About John Sandford
John Sandford is the pen name of John Roswell Camp, an American novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning former journalist best known for the long-running Prey series featuring Minnesota investigator Lucas Davenport. Beginning with Rules of Prey in 1989, the series follows Davenport from a state investigator who moonlights as a video-game designer to a senior officer with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, tracking killers across dozens of increasingly character-driven thrillers. See every John Sandford book in order.
Its place in Prey
Rules of Prey is book 1 in the Prey series. It is followed by Shadow Prey. See the full Prey reading order.
The Prey novels follow Lucas Davenport, a wealthy, short-fused Minneapolis cop (later a Minnesota state investigator, then a U.S. Marshal) who hunts serial killers, political conspirators and organized predators using unconventional methods and a willingness to bend or break the rules when the law can't stop someone who deserves to be stopped. John Sandford (the pen name of journalist John Camp) alternates the story between Davenport's investigation and the killer's point of view, so most books are as much a…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780786526772
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780425121634