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Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure

by Steve Berry

The Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure series by Steve Berry has 4 known books (4 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with The Museum of Mysteries (2018). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is The End of Forever.

Books
4 known books (4 novellas)
Published
4
First published
2018
Status
completed
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Start here: The Museum of Mysteries (2018) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of The Museum of Mysteries

The Museum of Mysteries (2018)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. The Museum of Mysteries

    Novella

    The Museum of Mysteries (June 2018) is the shortest of the four novellas at 57 pages, opening Steve Berry and M.J. Rose's co-written Cassiopeia Vitt spin-off from the Cotton Malone series with a chase through a secretive French museum.

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  2. The Lake of Learning

    Novella

    At 141 pages, The Lake of Learning (May 2019) is the longest entry, continuing the pattern of short, fast historical-thriller adventures the following year.

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  3. The House of Long Ago

    Novella

    The House of Long Ago (June 2020) runs 112 pages, the third of four novellas Steve Berry and M.J. Rose built around Cassiopeia Vitt's globe-trotting cases, continuing the blend of modern intrigue and hidden historical secrets established in The Museum of Mysteries.

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  4. The End of Forever

    Novella

    The End of Forever (July 2021) closes out the run at 125 pages, carrying the ordinal 5 since the numbering follows publisher convention counting an earlier, Berry-only novella as book one.

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About the Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure series

Cassiopeia Vitt is a recurring supporting character in Steve Berry's bestselling Cotton Malone series -- a wealthy, dangerous, self-possessed adventurer and Cotton's sometime lover. Starting in 2018, Berry teamed up with M.J. Rose to give her a run of her own standalone novellas, blending Berry's globe-trotting historical-conspiracy plotting with Rose's interest in objects, obsession and inherited secrets. The Museum of Mysteries (2018) sends Cassiopeia chasing a thief out of a secretive French museum and into a mix of modern intrigue and ancient alchemy that spills into a contested French election; the three novellas that follow -- The Lake of Learning (2019), The House of Long Ago (2020) and The End of Forever (2021) -- continue in the same mode, short, fast historical-thriller adventures built around a real-world setting and a hidden piece of history.

An earlier Cassiopeia Vitt novella, The Balkan Escape (2010), was written solely by Steve Berry and is not part of this Berry/Rose collaboration; it predates Rose's involvement and is tracked as Berry's own work rather than here.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure series co-written with M.J. Rose?

Four novellas: The Museum of Mysteries (2018), The Lake of Learning (2019), The House of Long Ago (2020), and The End of Forever (2021).

Is The Balkan Escape part of this series?

It's set with the same character and is sometimes numbered as book one of the wider Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure line, but The Balkan Escape (2010) was written solely by Steve Berry, before M.J. Rose joined the collaboration -- it isn't credited to Rose and isn't included in this book count.

Do I need to read Steve Berry's Cotton Malone series first?

No. Cassiopeia Vitt is a Cotton Malone supporting character, but these novellas are self-contained adventures that don't require prior Cotton Malone reading.

Is this series connected to M.J. Rose's other books?

Not directly in plot -- it's a genre collaboration with Steve Berry, distinct from Rose's solo Reincarnationist, Daughters of La Lune and standalone historical novels.

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