The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 4 books · 1998 to 2011 · Set around the world

Shane Schofield Books in Order

Shane Schofield is a US Marine captain, call sign Scarecrow, whose missions are non-stop action from start to finish.

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Series facts

Books
4
Published
1998 to 2011
First book
Ice Station
Latest
Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves (2011)
Setting
Set around the world

The reading order

Every Shane Schofield book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

4 books · Set around the world
  1. 1Ice Station1998With Shane SchofieldA team of US Marines led by Lieutenant Shane Schofield is sent to a remote research station in Antarctica, where scientists have found something buried deep in the ice, and other countries want it too.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Area 72001With Shane SchofieldShane Schofield is part of the President’s guard when the President visits a secret air force base, and the base is taken over.Buy on Amazon
  3. 3Scarecrow2003With Shane SchofieldShane Schofield is one of fifteen people with a huge bounty on their heads, and every bounty hunter in the world is coming.Buy on Amazon
  4. 4Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves2011With Shane SchofieldShane Schofield and a small team are caught in the Arctic when an army of mercenaries seizes an abandoned Soviet base.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read Ice Station, Area 7, Scarecrow, then Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each Shane Schofield book
BookShane SchofieldMotherAloysius Knight
1 Ice StationLLeadMMajor
2 Area 7LLeadMMajor
3 ScarecrowLLeadMMajorMMajor
4 Scarecrow and the Army of ThievesLLeadMMajor·Minor

Characters in the Shane Schofield books

3 characters from Matthew Reilly’s chart, with the number of Shane Schofield books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
Shane SchofieldUS Marine captain, call sign Scarecrow4Ice Station 1998
MotherGena Newman, Schofield's fierce gunnery sergeant4Ice Station 1998
Aloysius KnightBounty hunter2Scarecrow 2003