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On-Sale Dates is a record of book on-sale dates, each checked against publisher and retailer sources and re-checked nightly.

Next book in Alpha and Omega

Steel Rain by Patricia Briggs, front cover

Next: Steel Rain, no date announced.

On-sale dateTuesday 20 Apr 2027Pending

Different places start the on-sale day at different moments. What the stores state about the day is further down this panel, under its heading.

One source, Apple Books (US), gives 20 Apr 2027. A second source is needed before this is listed.

What the on-sale day means

Not one of Apple Books and Kobo names an hour or a time zone for a digital pre-order. What each store says happens on the on-sale day is in its own sentence below.

An on-sale date is the first day a store is allowed to sell the book. That rule is written down at Penguin Random House, Penguin Random House UK and Hachette UK Distribution.

Every quoted sentence in full, with its link
  • Apple Books When your pre-ordered item becomes available, your payment method is billed and you receive an email.
  • Kobo You’re billed for the book on the day it’s released, not the day you pre-order.
  • Penguin Random House The date that a title is allowed to go “on-sale” and appear on shelves and on display in stores for customers to purchase
  • Penguin Random House UK These titles are supplied to retailers in advance to enable stock to be available for sale on publication day, but must not be sold or otherwise supplied to consumers before the Controlled Publication Date.
  • Hachette UK Distribution The Customer shall not sell or make available to the general public or any third party any Goods before the publication date of such Goods unless authorised specifically in writing by Hachette UK Distribution.

Reading order

  1. Cry Wolf Released in 2008
  2. Hunting Ground Released in 2009
  3. Fair Game Released on 6 Mar 2012
  4. Dead Heat Released on 3 Mar 2015
  5. Burn Bright Released on 6 Mar 2018
  6. Wild Sign Released on 16 Mar 2021
  7. Steel Rain PendingGoes on sale 20 Apr 2027

Reader questions and answers

Is Steel Rain out yet?

Steel Rain is not out yet. It goes on sale on 20 Apr 2027, and the date stands at Pending. Apple Books (US) is the first source on file to state that day.

What day does Steel Rain go on sale?

Steel Rain goes on sale on Tuesday 20 Apr 2027, and the date stands at Pending. One source on file states that same day. The date has stood unchanged since 9 Sep 2026.

What order should I read Alpha and Omega in?

The 7 books of Alpha and Omega are read in this order: Cry Wolf, Hunting Ground, Fair Game, Dead Heat, Burn Bright, Wild Sign and Steel Rain.

Does Steel Rain have an audiobook?

No audiobook of Steel Rain is listed anywhere the site checks, and the alert fires on the day one is.

When does the paperback of Steel Rain come out?

No paperback of Steel Rain is listed anywhere the site checks, and the alert fires on the day one is.

Is Steel Rain out in the UK?

The UK Ebook of Steel Rain is dated 20 Apr 2027, and the date stands at Pending. Apple Books (UK) is the first source on file to state that day.

Edition on-sale dates

Books and editionsTierRegionOn-sale date
Steel Rain
Hardcover A format expected for a book of this kind, not listed.No dateUSDate not held yet Get an alert
Hardcover A format expected for a book of this kind, not listed.No dateUKDate not held yet Get an alert
Paperback A format expected for a book of this kind, not listed.No dateUSDate not held yet Get an alert
Paperback A format expected for a book of this kind, not listed.No dateUKDate not held yet Get an alert
EbookPendingUSUnverified: 20 Apr 2027
EbookPendingUKUnverified: 20 Apr 2027
Audiobook A format expected for a book of this kind, not listed.No dateUSDate not held yet Get an alert
Audiobook A format expected for a book of this kind, not listed.No dateUKDate not held yet Get an alert
No date Not yet listed: Hardcover US, Hardcover UK, Paperback US, Paperback UK, Audiobook US, Audiobook UK Get an alert

Sources ledger

Every edition still to come has its sources here. The answer's edition is open.

Steel Rain, Ebook, US: one source Pending

The date has stood since 9 Sep 2026, 44 days, and has not moved.

This line carries 2 recorded steps between 9 Sep 2026 and 20 Apr 2027, and the date has not moved in that time. First recorded 9 Sep 2026 Goes on sale 20 Apr 2027 Today First recorded by Apple Books (US), standing at Pending that day on 9 Sep 2026 Reached Listed on the word of Apple Books (US), Google Books on 17 Sep 2026 First recorded by Apple Books (US), standing at Pending that day Reached Listed on the word of Apple Books (US), Google Books This line carries 2 recorded steps between 9 Sep 2026 and 20 Apr 2027, and the date has not moved in that time. First recorded 9 Sep 2026 Today First recorded by Apple Books (US), standing at Pending that day on 9 Sep 2026 Reached Listed on the word of Apple Books (US), Google Books on 17 Sep 2026 Goes on sale 20 Apr 2027
Every mark here is drawn from this edition's own recorded changes. All of them are listed in full at the Change log.
SourceStatesAgreesChecked
Apple Books (US)20 Apr 2027Yes23 Oct 2026
Steel Rain, Ebook, UK: one source Pending
SourceStatesAgreesChecked
Apple Books (UK)20 Apr 2027Yes23 Oct 2026

Books and their details

Fair Game by Patricia Briggs, front cover

Fair Game

Book 3 of 7 listed

Released on 6 Mar 2012

#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs' third Alpha and Omega novel brings werewolves out of the darkness and into a society where fear and prejudice could turn the hunters into the prey…

Rest of description

It is said that opposites attract. And in the case of werewolves Anna Latham and Charles Cornick, they mate. The son—and enforcer—of the leader of the North American werewolves, Charles is a dominant Alpha. While Anna, an Omega, has the rare ability to calm others of her kind.

When the FBI requests the pack’s help on a local serial-killer case, Charles and Anna are sent to Boston to join the investigation. It soon becomes clear that someone is targeting the preternatural. And now Anna and Charles have put themselves right in the killer’s sights...

Publisher's description via Apple Books (US)

Genres
Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Contemporary

Where to get

Ebook in US
Ebook in UK
Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs, front cover

Dead Heat

Book 4 of 7 listed

Released on 3 Mar 2015

Praised for having “the perfect blend of action, romance, suspense, and paranormal”*, #1 New York Times bestselling author Patrica Briggs's Alpha and Omega series now takes readers into the middle of some bad supernatural business…

Rest of description

For once, mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Lantham are not traveling because of Charles’s role as his father’s enforcer. This time, their trip to Arizona is purely personal. Or at least their visit starts out that way...

Charles and Anna soon discover that a dangerous fae being is on the loose, replacing human children with simulacrums. The fae have started a cold war with humanity that's about to heat up—and Charles and Anna are in the crossfire.

*Rex Robot Reviews

Publisher's description via Apple Books (US)

Genres
Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance

Where to get

Ebook in US
Ebook in UK
Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs, front cover

Burn Bright

Book 5 of 7 listed

Released on 6 Mar 2018

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Rest of description

In her bestselling Alpha and Omega series, Patricia Briggs "spins tales of werewolves, coyote shifters, and magic and, my, does she do it well" (USA Today Online). Now mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham face a threat like no other--one that lurks too close to home...

They are the wild and the broken. The werewolves too damaged to live safely among their own kind. For their own good, they have been exiled to the outskirts of Aspen Creek, Montana. Close enough to the Marrok's pack to have its support; far enough away to not cause any harm.

With their Alpha out of the country, Charles and Anna are on call when an SOS comes in from the fae mate of one such wildling. Heading into the mountainous wilderness, they interrupt the abduction of the wolf--but can't stop blood from being shed. Now Charles and Anna must use their skills--his as enforcer, hers as peacemaker--to track down the attackers, reopening a painful chapter in the past that springs from the darkest magic of the witchborn...

Publisher's description via Apple Books (US)

Genres
Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance

Where to get

Ebook in US
Ebook in UK
Wild Sign by Patricia Briggs, front cover

Wild Sign

Book 6 of 7 listed

Released on 16 Mar 2021

Mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham must discover what could make an entire community disappear--before it's too late--in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Alpha and Omega series.

Rest of description

In the wilds of the Northern California mountains, all the inhabitants of a small town have gone missing. It's as if the people picked up and left their possessions behind. With a mystery on their hands and no jurisdiction on private property, the FBI dumps the whole problem in the lap of the land owner, Aspen Creek, Inc.--aka the business organization of the Marrok's pack.

Somehow, the pack of the Wolf Who Rules is connected to a group of vanished people. Werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham are tasked with investigating, and soon find that a deserted town is the least of the challenges they face.

Death sings in the forest, and when it calls, Charles and Anna must answer. Something has awakened in the heart of the California mountains, something old and dangerous--and it has met werewolves before.

Publisher's description via Apple Books (US)

Genres
Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance

Where to get

Ebook in US
Ebook in UK
Steel Rain by Patricia Briggs, front cover

Steel Rain

Book 7 of 7 listed

PendingGoes on sale 20 Apr 2027

Mated werewolves Charles and Anna Cornick must withstand the deadly magic of the Wild Hunt in this haunting entry in #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs’s Alpha and Omega series.

Rest of description

Something dangerous has been stirring in the Olympic Peninsula, but that’s not unusual. The rainforest has been attracting the attention of the supernatural denizens of the Pacific Northwest since before the first Western settlers appeared on the shores of North America.

But this time, that stirring is . . . convenient.

Charles and Anna Cornick have been tasked with keeping Charles’s brother’s child safe and hidden. But keeping a baby who is obviously of fae and werewolf descent secret is no easy charge. They need to give the infant an origin story that doesn’t involve family.

While Charles’s father, the Marrok, and his mate protect the baby, Charles and Anna travel to the Washington coastline. But the forest is old, and its shadows are deep. To survive, Anna must bargain with elemental powers, and Charles must dig deep into the treacherous heritage he has long suppressed.

For ancient magic is rising, and the woods ring out with the call of the Horn of the Wild Hunt.

Publisher's description via Apple Books (US)

Genres
Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance

Where to get

Ebook in US
Ebook in UK

Change log

  • Steel Rain: On 9 Sep 2026, No date became 20 Apr 2027. Title accepted from discovery: Apple Books (US) listing.
  • Steel Rain: On 10 Sep 2026, No date became 20 Apr 2027. Edition first seen: Apple Books (UK).
  • Steel Rain: On 17 Sep 2026, Pending became Listed. Nightly check: Apple Books (US), Google Books.
  • Steel Rain: On 1 Oct 2026, Listed became Pending. Nightly check: Apple Books (US).

About the author

Patricia Briggs

Roughly every 12 months, from the 14 books since 2010, the longest gap is 22 months.

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