Philip Caveney

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  • Bibliography:
    27 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 1979
  • Latest Book:
    November 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Alec Devlin

Empire of the Skull (Aug-2009)

Sebastian Darke

1 - Prince of Fools (Jan-2007)
2 - Prince of Pirates (Feb-2008)
3 - Prince of Explorers (Apr-2010)

Book List in Order: 27 titles

  • The Sins of Rachel Ellis

    Pandora is a sweet, bright, sixteen-year-old girl when she leaves her parents in London to spend the summer in Wales with her great-great aunt Rachel. Since she knows Rachel Ellis is very old, Pandora is surprised when she meets a youthful woman who ...

  • Tiger, Tiger

    Malaya in the late 1960s was at last casting off the yoke of British colonial rule. But Harry "Tiger" Sullivan, a retired military officer who had made is career in Malaya for almost two decades, had nowhere else to go. Well respected for his disting...

  • Skin Flicks

  • Burn Down Easy

  • Prince of Fools

    Sebastian Darke - 1

    The Lord of Laughter, The Monarch of Mirth--if only the bumbling 17-year-old Sebastian Darke could be a successful jester like his father. The problem is, Sebastian's not funny. But after his father's death, with no choice but to beg in the streets, ...

  • Prince of Pirates

    Sebastian Darke - 2

    Sebastian Darke, his opinionated buffalope, Max, and the fierce fighter Cornelius are heading to the bustling port of Ramalat to embark on a perilous sea journey. They are ready to risk their lives in search of the fabled lost treasure of the pirate ...

  • Alec Devlin

    This book is set in Egypt in the year 1923. Fifteen-year-old Alec Devlin is on his way to the Valley of the Kings. Accompanied by his faithful valet, Coates, Alec is to spend his summer holidays working on his Uncle Will's archaeological dig. It's no...

  • The Eye of the Serpent

    Egypt 1923.Fifteen-year-old Alec Devlin is on his way to the Valley of the Kings. Accompanied by his faithful valet, Coates, Alec is to spend his summer holidays working on his Uncle Will's archaeological dig. It's not the first time he's spent his s...

  • Empire of the Skull

    Alec Devlin

    Mexico, 1924.At his father's hacienda, restlessly waiting for adventurer Ethan to arrive, sixteen-year-old Alec and his faithful valet Coates head out into the wilderness in search of an ancient archaeological site . . . only to discover that Mexico ...



  • Prince of Explorers

    Sebastian Darke - 3

    Sebastian Darke; his snarky buffalope, Max; and fierce fighter Cornelius are off on another hair-raising quest after being hired by a rich merchant to seek out the legendary lost city of Mendip. Not only must they find it, they must bring back valuab...

  • Maze of Death

    After his adventures in Egypt and Mexico, Alec decides that a summer spent on the island of Crete will be a far safer option, however unbeknownst to him several young travellers have recently disappeared from the island . . . A chance encounter wi...

  • The Talent

    In the near-future, life in the north of England is a daily struggle for existence. Young musician, Josh Williams’ only hope of escape is nationwide TV show, The Talent. At the auditions, he is thrown together with Holly Porter, a troubled young gi...

  • Crow Boy

    Set in Mary King's Close, an exciting historical adventure featuring a young boy - Tom Afflick who finds himself transported from Edinburgh in 2012 and apprenticed to a plague doctor in Edinburgh in 1645. Young Tom Afflick has never felt so alone...

  • Space Blasters

    Kip is headed into deepest, darkest space, to a galaxy far, far away

    The mysterious Mr. Lazarus has helped Kip and his father completely change the fortunes of the small local cinema they own and run -- but now Stephanie, a local jour...

  • Night on Terror Island

    It's the scariest movie ever -- and they're stuck in it! An adventure thriller for young film fans.

    Kip's dad owns the Paramount, an old-fashioned cinema that is struggling to survive. But when the new projectionist Mr. Lazarus arri...

  • Watchers

    Thirteen-year-old Will Booth is feeling terribly lonely. Ever since his dad died, he and his mum and their dog Spot are doing everything they can to cope with the feeling of emptiness that his father has left behind. On a cold, miserable Saturday aft...

  • Animal Factory

    From the acclaimed author of the Sebastian Darke thrillers and Crow Boy comes an exciting novel that teens and adults will enjoy. Fred, the old sheepdog of Morton's Farm, has a dream that something bad is coming ... but surely it can't mean R...

  • Spy Another Day

    Kip is shaken and stirred in the second book in this fantastic series

    After the thrills and spills of his adventure on Terror Island, Kip is reluctant to allow Mr. Lazarus to send him into another movie -- but Beth has other ideas, pa...

  • Seventeen Coffins

    After his nightmarish adventures in Mary King's Close in Crow Boy, Tom Afflick is drawn back to Edinburgh. At the National Museum of Scotland, he sees the eight tiny coffins that were discovered on Arthur's Seat in 1836 - one of the city'...



  • Little Monsters

    "He had realised with an abrupt sense of shock that her eyes had no pupils in them; they were just two round white spheres that seemed to be growing bigger and bigger as he watched." Welcome to Little Monsters, a collection of short stories u...

  • One for Sorrow

    When Tom Afflick heads back to Edinburgh to stay with his mother and her partner, Hamish, he begins to think that he has finally come to terms with the breakup of his parent's marriage - but a sudden accident on a country road sends him tumbling ...

  • The Calling

    A boy wakes up on a train to Edinburgh.He is shocked to discover that no idea who he is or how he came to be on the train - and once off it, he finds himself immersed in the chaos of the Edinburgh Fringe. After a day of wandering the crowded streets,...

  • The Slithers

    DescriptionAfter the death of his mother and the end of his father's high-powered career, Zach and his Dad have come to the north of Scotland to live rent-free in Grandfather Alistair's cliff-top cottage. Dad asks Zach to clean out the old garden pon...

  • The Sins of Allie Lawrence

    The Sins of Allie Lawrence is a tale of temptation, inspired by the legend of Black Donald, and set against the vibrant world of the theatre.After a blazing row with her mother, sixteen-year-old Allie Lawrence impulsively runs away from the family ho...

  • Stand and Deliver!

  • Love Bites

    • / Horror
    • Buy Buy

    Duffy prides himself an expert on horror... But when journalist, Kate Morrison approaches him with tales of a secret society of vampires dedicated to the consumption of human blood, he dismisses the idea as too ridiculous for words. Then Kate's blood...

  • The Tarantula Stone

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    The Tarantula was a diamond – a diamond as big as a man’s greed: many men would fight for it, some would kill, some would die.Martin Taggart found it, after six years’ grubbing in the steamy disease-ridden mines of Brazil.Charle...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Philip Caveney has published 27 books.

Philip Caveney does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Stand and Deliver!, was published in November 2022.

The first book by Philip Caveney, The Sins of Rachel Ellis, was published in May 1979.

Yes. Philip Caveney has 2 series.
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