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E-Force

by Sam Fisher

The E-Force series by Sam Fisher has 3 known books (3 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with State of Emergency (2010).

Books
3 known books (3 novels)
Published
3
First published
2010
Status
completed
Shelved under
Thriller
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Start here: State of Emergency (2010) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of State of Emergency

State of Emergency (2010)

Reading order

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

  1. State of Emergency

    Novel

    State of Emergency opens the E-Force series by Sam Fisher, an action thriller published in 2010. It was also published under the title E-Force in a UK edition (ISBN 9780230745421), from which this catalogue's cover image is sourced; it's followed by After Shock.

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  2. After Shock

    Novel

    After Shock is the second book in Sam Fisher's E-Force series, published in 2010. It follows State of Emergency and precedes the series' closing volume, Nano.

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  3. Nano

    Novel

    Nano closes Sam Fisher's three-book E-Force series, published in 2011 at 361 pages. It follows After Shock as the final entry; no cover image with a verified byte size was found on Open Library for this edition as of August 2026, so none is shown here.

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About the E-Force series

Writing as Sam Fisher, British thriller author Michael White created E-Force, an elite international rescue and response team assembled to handle disasters too large or too strange for any single country's emergency services. State of Emergency (2010, also published as E-Force) introduces the team and its mandate as they race to contain a catastrophe threatening mass casualties. After Shock (2010) sends the team into the chaos of a devastating earthquake, and Nano (2011) shifts the threat to something engineered rather than natural -- a nanotechnology disaster with the potential to spiral far beyond the team's control.

Each book pairs disaster-thriller set pieces with the kind of technical, procedural detail White brought to his solo work under his own name, filtered through a punchier, more explicitly commercial pen-name voice built for a series about a rescue team battling one catastrophe per book.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the E-Force trilogy?

Three: State of Emergency (2010, also published as E-Force), After Shock (2010), and Nano (2011).

Who is Sam Fisher?

Sam Fisher is a pen name used by British thriller author Michael White (1959-2018) for the E-Force disaster-thriller trilogy.

What order should I read the E-Force books in?

Publication order: State of Emergency, After Shock, Nano. Each book follows the E-Force team through a different large-scale disaster.

Is E-Force connected to Michael White's other novels?

No -- it's a separate pen-name series. His solo novels published under his own name (Equinox, The Medici Secret, and others) are tracked on his author page.

Is the E-Force trilogy complete?

Yes, it concludes with Nano (2011) and no further entries were published before Michael White's death in 2018.

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