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Fargo Adventures

by Clive Cussler

The Fargo Adventures series by Clive Cussler has 13 known books (13 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with Spartan Gold (2009). The Serpent's Eye is the latest book with a fully recorded publication date.

Books
13 known books (13 novels)
Published
13
First published
2009
Status
ongoing
Shelved under
Adventure
Start here: Spartan Gold (2009) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of Spartan Gold
Spartan Gold (2009)

Reading order

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

  1. Spartan Gold

    Novel
    Spartan Gold (2009, 388 pages) launched Fargo Adventures, introducing Sam and Remi Fargo -- a former DARPA engineer and a historian-linguist, self-made multimillionaires who bankroll their own globe-trotting treasure hunts. Clive Cussler wrote the series as his lightest, most purely fun adventure line, and Grant Blackwood co-wrote this opening installment, chasing a Spartan treasure ahead of rival hunters.
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  2. Lost Empire

    Novel
    Lost Empire (2010, 441 pages) follows Spartan Gold and precedes The Kingdom in the Fargo Adventures reading order, one of the first three books Grant Blackwood co-wrote with Clive Cussler as Sam and Remi Fargo chase another piece of lost history against rivals who want it for far less noble reasons.
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  3. The Kingdom

    Novel
    The Kingdom (2011, 424 pages) slots into Fargo Adventures between Lost Empire and The Tombs, the last of the three installments Grant Blackwood co-wrote with Clive Cussler before Thomas Perry took over the series.
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  4. The Tombs

    Novel
    Running 374 pages, The Tombs (2012) continues Fargo Adventures after The Kingdom, and is the first of two entries co-written by Thomas Perry, who took over from Grant Blackwood as Sam and Remi Fargo's globe-trotting treasure hunts continued.
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  5. The Mayan Secrets

    Novel
    Book 5 of Fargo Adventures, The Mayan Secrets (2013) sits between The Tombs and The Eye of Heaven, sending Sam and Remi Fargo after a Mayan codex -- one of the specific lost-history prizes, alongside a Spartan treasure and a Romanov fortune, that define the series' Indiana-Jones-style premise.
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  6. The Eye of Heaven

    Novel
    Running 481 pages, The Eye of Heaven (2014) continues Fargo Adventures after The Mayan Secrets, part of the run co-written by Russell Blake, who took over the series for two installments before Robin Burcell became its sole writer from Pirate onward.
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  7. The Solomon Curse

    Novel
    The Solomon Curse (2015, 429 pages) follows The Eye of Heaven and precedes Pirate in the Fargo Adventures reading order, the second of two entries co-written by Russell Blake before Robin Burcell took over the series for good.
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  8. Pirate

    Novel
    Running 400 pages, Pirate (2016) continues Fargo Adventures after The Solomon Curse and marks the point where Robin Burcell became the series' sole co-writer alongside Clive Cussler, a role she has held for every installment since, including all those published after Cussler's 2020 death.
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  9. The Romanov Ransom

    Novel
    The Romanov Ransom (2017, 400 pages) follows Pirate and precedes The Gray Ghost in the Fargo Adventures reading order, sending Sam and Remi Fargo after a Romanov fortune -- one of the series' recurring real-history treasure hooks -- with Robin Burcell continuing as Clive Cussler's co-writer.
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  10. The Gray Ghost

    Novel
    The Gray Ghost (2018) was written jointly by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell, continuing Fargo Adventures after The Romanov Ransom as Sam and Remi Fargo's globe-trotting treasure hunts carried on with Burcell now the series' regular co-author.
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  11. The Oracle

    Novel
    The Oracle holds position 11 in Fargo Adventures, credited to Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell, continuing the married treasure-hunting duo's run of self-contained adventures ahead of Wrath of Poseidon.
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  12. Wrath of Poseidon

    Novel
    Wrath of Poseidon (2020, 416 pages) slots into Fargo Adventures between The Oracle and The Serpent's Eye, published the year of Clive Cussler's death -- Robin Burcell has written every Fargo Adventures novel since Pirate, including this one and all that followed.
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  13. The Serpent's Eye

    Novel
    The Serpent's Eye (2023, 400 pages) arrived three years after Wrath of Poseidon, the widest gap between any two books in Fargo Adventures, and is the series' most recent entry -- written solely by Robin Burcell, who has continued Sam and Remi Fargo's treasure-hunting adventures without Cussler's involvement since his 2020 death.
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Key facts about the Fargo Adventures series

The Fargo Adventures series has 13 books on our list. Since all 13 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with Spartan Gold, since it opens the publication order in 2009. Lost Empire is book 2, from 2010. The Kingdom is book 3, from 2011.

The Tombs is book 4, from 2012. The Mayan Secrets is book 5, from 2013. The Eye of Heaven is book 6, from 2014.

The Solomon Curse is book 7, from 2015, while Pirate is book 8, from 2016. The Romanov Ransom is book 9, from 2017.

The Gray Ghost is book 10, from 2018, while The Oracle is book 11, from 2019. Wrath of Poseidon is book 12, from 2020. Since the list above shows all 13, you can find the rest there.

Each title links to its own page, while the list keeps them in date order. Each book page shows its dates and editions.

The Serpent's Eye is the latest book with a full release date, out on 1 January 2023. The catalogue marks it as ongoing, yet no next book has a date so far.

The books came out between 2009 and 2023, while their length runs from 374 to 481 pages. That is a run of 14 years.

Clive Cussler has 82 books on our list. Additionally, they write Dirk Pitt, NUMA Files and Oregon Files, plus 1 more series. We shelve the books under adventure fiction.

About the Fargo Adventures series

Sam and Remi Fargo are self-made multimillionaires — he a former DARPA engineer, she a historian and linguist — who spend their fortune bankrolling their own globe-trotting expeditions instead of relaxing into retirement. Each novel sends them chasing a real or plausible piece of lost history — a Spartan treasure, a Mayan codex, a Romanov fortune, a Viking relic — against rival treasure hunters, mercenaries and governments who want the same prize for far less noble reasons. Clive Cussler launched the series in 2009 as his lightest, most purely fun adventure line: lower body-count and higher banter than Dirk Pitt or the Oregon Files, built around a genuinely happy, bickering-but-devoted marriage rather than a lone-wolf hero.

The series has passed through several co-writers — Grant Blackwood, Thomas Perry and Russell Blake each wrote a few installments before Robin Burcell took over from Pirate (2016) onward and has written every book since, continuing solo after Cussler's 2020 death. Readers who want Indiana-Jones-style treasure-hunting with a married couple's chemistry at the center, and a gentler tone than the rest of the Cussler-verse, are the natural audience.

Frequently asked questions

How many Fargo Adventures books are there?

There are 13 Fargo Adventures novels as of The Serpent's Eye (2023), starting with Spartan Gold in 2009.

What order should I read the Fargo Adventures books in?

Publication order, beginning with Spartan Gold, is the recommended default. Each treasure hunt is self-contained, though Sam and Remi's relationship deepens across the series.

Who writes the Fargo Adventures now that Clive Cussler has died?

Robin Burcell has written the series since Pirate (2016) and has continued it solo since Cussler's 2020 death.

How is Fargo Adventures different from Cussler's other series?

It follows a married couple of independently wealthy treasure hunters rather than a government agent (Dirk Pitt, NUMA Files) or a private paramilitary crew (Oregon Files), and leans lighter and more romantic in tone.

Is there a new Fargo Adventures book coming?

No confirmed next title or date has been announced beyond The Serpent's Eye (2023) as of this writing.

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