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Start with Dreamland and continue through all 16 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by Dale Brown • Published 2001
A spy scandal puts the Nevada test base nicknamed Dreamland on the chopping block just as a crisis erupts in Somalia. Colonel “Dog” Bastian, his daughter Breanna, and a team of pilots and engineers must prove the valu...
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Book 1:Dreamland
Dale Brown • 2001
A spy scandal puts the Nevada test base nicknamed Dreamland on the chopping block just as a crisis erupts in Somalia. Colonel “Dog” Bastian, his daughter Breanna, and a team of pilots and engineers must prove the valu...
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Book 2:Nerve Center
Dale Brown • 2002
At Dreamland, Colonel Dog Bastian fights budget cuts by pushing ANTARES, a system that links a pilot’s brain directly to multiple aircraft. When a test pilot plugged into the network begins to lose track of reality, t...
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Book 3:Razor's Edge
Dale Brown • 2002
US aircraft are being mysteriously shot down over Iraq with no trace of conventional weapons. From their Nevada base, the Dreamland and Whiplash teams deploy experimental planes and special forces to hunt a suspected...
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Book 4:Piranha
Dale Brown • 2003
Indian and Chinese fleets circle each other in the Pacific, edging toward war. Dreamland seizes the chance to test Piranha, a remote‑operated underwater probe, only to see Breanna Stockard shot down while rescuing civ...
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Book 5:Strike Zone
Dale Brown • 2003
Radar traces from an Asian crisis hint at a terrifying new aircraft nicknamed the “ghost clone,” a robot warplane as agile as Dreamland’s own drones. Dog Bastian’s crews must lure it into the open and capture or destr...
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Book 6:Armegeddon
Dale Brown • 2004
While enjoying rare downtime as guests of the sultan of Brunei, Breanna and Jeff “Zen” Stockard are caught in an attempted kidnapping tied to a looming terror campaign. Training local pilots on the EB‑52 Megafortress...
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Book 7:Satan's Tail
Dale Brown • 2005
Extremist pirates, backed by a wealthy Saudi terrorist, begin hijacking ships in the Gulf of Aden. Dreamland answers with a futuristic littoral warship packed with automated weapons—dubbed “Satan’s Tail”—and backs it...
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Book 8:End Game
Dale Brown • 2006
Radical jihadists set their sights on India, threatening to ignite a nuclear confrontation with Pakistan while China circles on the sidelines. From the Nevada desert, Dreamland deploys a revolutionary hybrid destroyer...
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Book 9:Retribution
Dale Brown • 2007
More than two dozen nuclear devices vanish into terrorist hands, and intelligence points toward a coordinated surprise attack on the United States. Short‑staffed and under pressure, Dog Bastian and the Dreamland team...
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Book 10:Revolution
Dale Brown • 2008
An explosion along a key gas pipeline in Eastern Europe triggers unrest and energy panic across the continent. With NATO and the EU paralyzed, the Dreamland and Whiplash teams chase the shadowy insurgents behind the a...
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Book 11:Whiplash
Dale Brown • 2009 • 2 recommendations
As US and Iranian leaders edge toward a historic peace deal, an Iranian fanatic hiding behind tribal wars in the Horn of Africa builds a network to deliver a nuclear strike. Born from the ashes of Dreamland, the cover...
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Book 12:Black Wolf
Dale Brown • 2010
A legendary group of assassins known as the Wolves resurfaces with plans to attack a crucial NATO summit. Dreamland and Whiplash scramble to track the killers across Europe, using advanced surveillance and strike airc...
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Book 13:Raven Strike
Dale Brown • 2011
A top‑secret unmanned aircraft crashes in Sudan during an off‑the‑books CIA mission, and a dangerous new drone falls into hostile hands. As Danny Freah’s spec‑ops team fights through a brutal African conflict to recov...
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Book 14:Collateral Damage
Dale Brown • 2012 • 1 recommendation
In the chaos after Libya’s revolution, Dreamland’s Whiplash team deploys a sophisticated new unmanned drone to support NATO strikes. A mission gone wrong causes devastating civilian casualties, putting Dreamland’s fut...
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Book 15:Drone Strike
Dale Brown • 2014
Intelligence shows Iran is days away from assembling a nuclear weapon, and diplomacy has stalled. Breanna Stockard sends young Air Force ace Turk Mako behind enemy lines to control a swarm of nano‑drones from inside I...
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Book 16:Target Utopia
Dale Brown • 2015
Muslim extremists in Borneo are found operating a mysterious combat drone built with stolen Dreamland technology. Colonel Danny Freah, Turk Mako, and the Whiplash team chase the trail through jungles and power politic...
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What is the best order to read the Dreamland series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Dreamland.
How many books are in the Dreamland series?
There are 16 books currently listed in the Dreamland series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Dreamland series?
New readers should start with Dreamland, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Dreamland series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2001 to 2015.