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Dewey Andreas
The Dewey Andreas series by Ben Coes has 11 known books (11 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Power Down (2010). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is Hijack.
- Books
- 11 known books (10 novels + 1 novella)
- Published
- 11
- First published
- 2010
- Status
- ongoing
- Shelved under
- Thriller
- Last checked
Start here: Power Down (2010) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Power Down
Power Down launches Ben Coes's Dewey Andreas series in 2010, opening with the ex-Army Ranger turned private contractor surviving a terrorist attack on a Maine oil refinery that pulls him into a wider conspiracy against the U.S. energy grid. It's the book that set the series' template of escalating, geopolitically grounded action thrillers.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Power Down - Book 2:
Coup d'Etat
Coup d'Etat, published in 2011, precedes The Last Refuge in the Dewey Andreas series. Coes writes from an insider's vantage point -- a former White House intern and Romney campaign manager -- and this second book continues Andreas's escalation from single-target contractor work toward larger geopolitical stakes.
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The Last Refuge
The Last Refuge, published in 2012, is the third Dewey Andreas novel by Ben Coes. As with the rest of the series, it draws on Coes's own political background and his godfather's Navy SEAL career for its brutal, procedural style of action, comparisons that have drawn reviewers to Vince Flynn and Tom Clancy.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Last Refuge - Book 4:
Eye for an Eye
Eye for an Eye comes after The Last Refuge and before Independence Day in the Dewey Andreas series, published in 2013. By this point Andreas has been recruited into the CIA's paramilitary Special Activities Division, and the book continues the series' steady escalation toward larger geopolitical crises.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Eye for an Eye - Book 5:
Independence Day
Independence Day, published in 2015, is the fifth Dewey Andreas thriller. Ben Coes keeps Andreas working as the CIA's last line of defense against attacks aimed at the President, Wall Street, or entire cities, the series' recurring stakes since Power Down.
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First Strike
First Strike follows Independence Day in the Dewey Andreas series, published in 2016. It continues Ben Coes's run of geopolitically grounded thrillers that have kept the series a bestseller-list fixture across its ten novels and one novella.
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Trap the Devil
Trap the Devil, the seventh Dewey Andreas novel, appeared in 2017. Ben Coes continues to draw on his own political background -- a former White House intern and cabinet speechwriter -- to ground Andreas's missions against attacks on American infrastructure and world leaders.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Trap the Devil - Book 8:
Shooting Gallery
Shooting Gallery is a short novella that fits chronologically between Trap the Devil and Bloody Sunday, published in 2018 at just 40 pages. It's optional reading, but rewards fans already following Dewey Andreas's escalating missions for the CIA's Special Activities Division.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Shooting Gallery - Book 9:
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday sits between Shooting Gallery and The Island in the Dewey Andreas series, arriving later in 2018. Ben Coes keeps the stakes at the geopolitical scale the series built toward from Power Down onward -- plots to cripple infrastructure or trigger war between nuclear powers.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Bloody Sunday - Book 10:
The Island
The Island arrived three years after Bloody Sunday, continuing the Dewey Andreas series in 2021. It's the ninth novel in Ben Coes's run of insider-informed thrillers, following Andreas's ongoing role as the last line of defense against attacks on the President and the nation.
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Hijack
Hijack, following The Island, is the tenth and most recent Dewey Andreas novel, arriving in 2026. Ben Coes continues the series' escalation from single-target thriller to geopolitical crisis that has defined Andreas's missions since Power Down.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Hijack
About the Dewey Andreas series
Dewey Andreas is an ex-Army Ranger turned covert operative whose missions repeatedly put him at the center of plots to cripple American infrastructure, assassinate world leaders, or trigger a war between nuclear powers. Ben Coes launched the series in 2010 with Power Down, in which Andreas -- then working as a private contractor -- survives a terrorist attack on a Maine oil refinery and is drawn into a wider conspiracy against the U.S. energy grid. Later books escalate the stakes and Andreas's standing: he's recruited into the CIA's paramilitary Special Activities Division and repeatedly finds himself the last line of defense against attacks aimed at the President, Wall Street, or entire cities.
Coes writes from an unusually well-connected vantage point for a thriller novelist: he was a White House intern under Reagan, a speechwriter for a cabinet secretary under George H.W. Bush, and a campaign manager for Mitt Romney, and he has said the series' brutal, procedural violence draws on his godfather's career as a Navy SEAL. That insider grounding, plus the story's steady escalation from single-target thriller to geopolitical crisis, has drawn comparisons to Vince Flynn and Tom Clancy and kept the series a fixture on bestseller lists across its ten novels and one novella.
Frequently asked questions
How many Dewey Andreas books are there?
Ten novels, from Power Down (2010) to Hijack (2026), plus one short novella, Shooting Gallery (2018).
What order should I read the Dewey Andreas series in?
Publication order, starting with Power Down. The series builds Andreas's career and relationships continuously across the books.
Is Independence Day the same book as A Day to Kill?
Yes -- A Day to Kill is the UK title for the same 2015 novel published in the US as Independence Day.
Is the Dewey Andreas series ongoing?
Yes. Hijack, the tenth novel, was published in June 2026, and a further Dave Gurney-style final chapter has not been announced as of this writing.
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