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Publication Order of Atticus Kodiak Books

Publication Order of Whiteout Graphic Novels

with Steve Lieber
Whiteout (With: Steve Lieber)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Melt (With: Steve Lieber)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Queen & Country Graphic Novels

Operation: Broken Ground(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation: Morning Star (With: Brian Hurtt)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation: Crystal Ball (With: Leandro Fernández)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation: Blackwall (With: Jason Alexander)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation: Stormfront (With: Carla Speed McNeil)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation: Dandelion (With: Mike Hawthorne)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation: Saddlebag (With: Mike Norton)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation: Red Panda (With: Chris Samnee)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Queen and Country Books

Publication Order of Perfect Dark Books

Publication Order of Jad Bell Books

Publication Order of Lazarus Graphic Novels

Lazarus, Vol. 1: Family(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Lazarus, Vol. 2: Lift(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Lazarus, Vol. 3: Conclave(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Lazarus, Vol. 4: Poison(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Lazarus, Vol. 5: Cull(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Lazarus, Vol. 6: Fracture I(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Lazarus, Vol. 7: Fracture II(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Old Guard Graphic Novels

The Old Guard, Book One: Opening Fire(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard Book Two: Force Multiplied(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Journey To Star Wars: The Force Awakens Books

Smuggler's Run(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Lost Stars (By: Claudia Gray)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Moving Target (By: Cecil Castellucci,Jason Fry)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Weapon of a Jedi (By: Phil Noto,Jason Fry)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Droid Factory (By: Daniel Wallace)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Shattered Empire (With: Ángel Unzueta)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Perfect Weapon (By: Delilah S. Dawson)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Incredible Cross-Sections (By: Jason Fry,Kemp Remillard)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Rey's Survival Guide (By: Jason Fry)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Recipe for Death (By: Landry Q. Walker)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Star Wars Disney Books

Ezra's Gamble (By: Ryder Windham)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Princess, the Scoundrel and the Farm Boy (By: Alexandra Bracken)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Return of the Jedi - Beware the Power of the Dark Side! (By: Tom Angleberger)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Before the Awakening (With: Phil Noto)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Force Awakens - Rey's Story (By: Elizabeth Schaefer)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Tales From a Galaxy Far, Far Away (By: Landry Q. Walker)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Guardians of the Whills(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
BB-8 On The Run (By: Drew Daywalt)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Mighty Chewbacca in the Forest of Fear (By: Tom Angleberger)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels

A Fistful of Rain(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Black Magick Graphic Novels

Black Magick, Vol. 1(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Black Magick Volume 2(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Black Magick, Vol. 3(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Grendel Books

Grendel: Devil by the Deed (By: Matt Wagner)(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel: Devil's Legacy (By: Matt Wagner)(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel: The Devil Inside (By: Matt Wagner)(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel. Advance Comics B&W Booklet (By: Matt Wagner)(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel Tales (By: Matt Wagner)(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel Tales: The Devil in our Midst Chapter Three (By: Matt Wagner)(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel Cycle (By: Matt Wagner)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel: Devil Quest (By: Matt Wagner)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
Batman/Grendel Devil's Bones Book 1 (By: Matt Wagner)(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel: Devil by the Deed 2nd Printing December 1997 (By: Matt Wagner)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel, Devil's child (By: Matt Wagner)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel: Devil Tales (By: Matt Wagner)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel: Past Prime (With: Matt Wagner)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel: The Devil Inside (By: Matt Wagner)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel Archives (By: Matt Wagner)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel Archive Edition (By: Matt Wagner)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Art of Grendel (By: Matt Wagner)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel: Devil Child (By: Diana Schutz)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel vs. The Shadow (By: Matt Wagner)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel Tales Volumen 2 (By: Matt Wagner)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel (By: Matt Wagner)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel: Devil by the Deed, Master's Edition (By: Matt Wagner)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grendel: Devil's Crucible--Defiance #3 (By: Matt Wagner,Rob Leigh,Brennan Wagner)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Spider-Man: Quality of Life Books

Spider-Man: Quality of Life #1(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Spider-Man: Quality of Life #2(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Spider-Man: Quality of Life #3(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Spider-Man: Quality of Life #4(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Stumptown Books

The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo (With: Rico Renzi)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case (With: Rico Renzi)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Case of the King of Clubs(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Case of a Cup of Joe(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Wonder Woman Graphic Novels

Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: The Lies(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Wonder Woman, Vol. 2(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Wonder Woman, Vol. 3(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Wonder Woman: The Rebirth, Book Three(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: The Just War(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

1990's Handbook: Modern Background for Cthulhu(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Wonder Woman (2016-) Books

The Lies(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Year One(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Truth(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Godwatch (By: Collin Kelly)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Heart of the Amazon (By: Tim Seeley,Michael Moreci,Jackson Lanzing,Vita Ayala)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Children of the Gods (By: James Robinson)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Amazons Attacked (By: James Robinson)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dark Gods (By: James Robinson)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Witching Hour (By: James Tynion IV)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Enemy of Both Sides (By: Steve Orlando)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Just War (By: G. Willow Wilson)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Love is a Battlefield (By: Steve Orlando)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Steve Trevor (By: William Moulton Marston)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Loveless (By: G. Willow Wilson)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Four Horsewomen (By: Steve Orlando)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Lords & Liars (By: Mikel Janin,Mariko Tamaki)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Afterworlds (By: Michael Conrad)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Glass Darkly (By: Becky Cloonan)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Tales of the Amazons (By: Vita Ayala)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Villainy of Our Fears (By: Becky Cloonan)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Dragon Age: Magekiller Books

Dragon Age: Magekiller #1(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dragon Age: Magekiller #2(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dragon Age: Magekiller #3(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dragon Age: Magekiller #4(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dragon Age: Magekiller #5(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Forged Books

The Forged, Volume 1(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Forged Vol. 2 (With: Eric Trautmann,Mike Henderson)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Superman: New Krypton Books

with Pete Woods, Ron Randall, James Robinson, Sterling Gates
Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton, Vol. 3 (With: James Robinson)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton, Vol. 2 (By: James Robinson,Sterling Gates)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton, Vol. 1 (By: James Robinson,Sterling Gates)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton, Vol. 4 (With: Pete Woods,Ron Randall,James Robinson)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Spider-Man's Tangled Web Graphic Novel Books

with Duncan Fegredo, Bruce Jones, Peter Milligan, Zeb Wells, Garth Ennis, John McCrea, Edward Risso
Spider-Man's Tangled Web, Vol. 1 (With: Duncan Fegredo,Peter Milligan,Garth Ennis,John McCrea,Edward Risso)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Spider-Man's Tangled Web, Vol. 2 (By: Bruce Jones)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Spider-Man's Tangled Web, Vol. 3 (By: Zeb Wells)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Star Wars Disney Canon Graphic Novel Books

Forces of Destiny (By: Delilah S. Dawson,Devin Grayson,Elsa Charretier,Beth Revis,Jody Houser)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Double or Nothing (By: RodneyBarnes)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Wars Adventures: Smuggler's Run (With: Alec Worley)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Galaxy's Edge (By: Ethan Sacks)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Allegiance (By: Ethan Sacks)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Bounty Hunters, Vol. 1: Galaxy's Deadliest (By: Ethan Sacks)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Doctor Aphra, Vol. 1: Fortune and Fate (By: Alyssa Wong)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Bounty Hunters, Vol. 2: Target Valance (By: Ethan Sacks)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Doctor Aphra, Vol. 2: The Engine Job (By: Alyssa Wong)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Black Magick (Single Issues) Books

Black Magick #12(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Black Magick #13(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Black Magick #14(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Black Magick #16(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of DC Universe: Rebirth Books

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey: Rebirth #1 (By: JulieBenson)(0)Description / Buy at Amazon
Wonder Woman: Rebirth #1(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Aquaman: Rebirth #1 (By: Dan Abnett,Oscar Jimenez)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Titans: Rebirth#1 (By: Brett Booth,Dan Abnett,Norm Rapmund)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Rebirth #1 (By: Robert Venditti)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Nightwing: Rebirth #1 (By: Tim Seeley)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Hellblazer: Rebirth #1 (By: Moritat,Andre Szymanowicz,Simon Oliver)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Red Hood and the Outlaws: Rebirth #1 (By: Scott Lobdell)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Suicide Squad: Rebirth #1 (By: Rob Williams)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Deathstroke: Rebirth #1 (By: Carlo Pagulayan,Jason Paz,Christopher J. Priest)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Supergirl: Rebirth #1 (By: Steve Orlando)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Cyborg: Rebirth #1 (By: John Semper Jr.)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Superman, Volume 1: Son of Superman (By: John Kalisz,Patrick Gleason,Rob Leigh,Doug Mahnke,Jorge Jimenez,Mick Gray,Peter J. Tomasi,Wil Quintana,Jaime Mendoza,Alejandro Sanchez)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Justice League: Rebirth (By: Bryan Hitch,Tony S. Daniel)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Flash: Rebirth (By: Joshua Williamson)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of The Old Guard Books

The Old Guard #1(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard #2 (By: Leandro Fernández)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard #3 (By: Leandro Fernández)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard #4(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard #5(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard, Book One (By: Leandro Fernández)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard: Force Multiplied #1 (With: Leandro Fernández)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard: Force Multiplied #2(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard: Force Multiplied #3 (With: Leandro Fernández)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard: Force Multiplied #4 (With: Leandro Fernández)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard: Force Multiplied #5 (With: Leandro Fernández)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #1 (By: Andrew Wheeler)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #2 (By: Kelly Sue DeConnick,Leandro Fernández,Eric Trautmann,Valentine De Landro,Mike Henderson)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #4 (By: David F. Walker)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #5 (By: Rafael Albuquerque,Kano,Jason Aaron,Alejandro Arbona)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #6 (With: Nicola Scott,Leandro Fernández,Vita Ayala)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Lois Lane (2019) Books

Lois Lane: Enemy of the People(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Gotham Central Books

Vol. 1: In the Line of Duty (With: Ed Brubaker)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Vol. 2: Half A Life (With: Michael Lark,Ed Brubaker)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Vol. 3: Unresolved Targets (With: Michael Lark,Ed Brubaker,Stefano Gaudiano)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
Vol. 4: The Quick and the Dead (With: Michael Lark,Stefano Gaudiano)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
Vol. 5: Dead Robin (With: Ed Brubaker)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Superman Books

Kryptonite Nevermore! (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1971)Description / Buy at Amazon
Superman in the Fifties (By: Edmond Hamilton,Bill Finger,Jerry Coleman,Otto Binder)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Sacrifice (With: Mark Verheiden,Gail Simone)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
Brainiac (By: Geoff Johns)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Camelot Falls Vol. 1 (By: Kurt Busiek)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Camelot Falls Vol. 2 (By: Kurt Busiek)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grounded, Vol. 1 (By: J. Michael Straczynski)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Grounded Vol. 2 (By: Chris Roberson,J. Michael Straczynski)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Adventures of Superman (By: José Luis García-López)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Up, Up, and Away! (By: Geoff Johns,Kurt Busiek)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Adventures of Superman: Vol 2 (By: Martin Pasko,Paul Dini)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Batwoman Books

Batwoman, Volume 1 (By: J.H. III)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Batwoman, Volume 2 (By: J.H. III)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Batwoman, Volume 3 (By: J.H. III)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
BatwomanVol. 3: World's Finest (By: J.H. III)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Batwoman, Volume 4 (By: J.H. III)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer Books

Tales of the Slayer (With: Christie Golden,Nancy Holder,Christopher Golden,Yvonne Navarro,Doranna Durgin,Mel Odom,Joss Whedon)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 2 (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Max Allan Collins,Nancy Holder,Greg Cox,Michael Reaves,Matthew V. Clemens,Joss Whedon,Scott Allie,Jane Espenson,Melinda Metz,Laura J. Burns,Rebecca Rand Kirshner,Kara Dalky,Todd McIntosh)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 3 (By: Nancy Holder,Christopher Golden,Yvonne Navarro,Mel Odom,Joss Whedon)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 4 (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Nancy Holder,Greg Cox,Michael Reaves,Kara Dalkey,Joss Whedon,Scott Allie,Robert Joseph Levy,Jane Espenson)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Dragon Age Graphic Novels Books

The Silent Grove (By: Alexander Freed,David Gaider)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Those Who Speak (By: Alexander Freed,David Gaider)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Until We Sleep (By: Alexander Freed,David Gaider)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Magekiller (With: Carmen Carnero,Terry Pallot,Michael Atiyeh)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Knight Errant (By: Nunzio DeFilippis,Christina Weir,Fernando Heinz Furukawa,Michael Atiyeh)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Deception (By: Nunzio DeFilippis,Christina Weir,Fernando Heinz Furukawa,Michael Atiyeh)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Blue Wraith (By: Nunzio DeFilippis,Christina Weir,Fernando Heinz Furukawa,Michael Atiyeh)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dark Fortress (By: Nunzio DeFilippis,Christina Weir)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Wraiths of Tevinter (By: Nunzio DeFilippis,Christina Weir)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Missing (By: George Mann,Fernando Heinz Furukawa,Michael Atiyeh,Kieran McKeown,Tomás Aira,Álvaro Sarraseca)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Elektra II Books

Elektra (By: Chuck Austen)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Elektra, Vol. 1 (By: Joe Bennett)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Elektra, Vol. 2 (By: Joe Bennett)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Elektra, Vol. 3(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Elektra, Vol. 4(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Greg Rucka is a popular American comic book author and novelist. He is particularly famous for his works on comics such as Batwoman, Action Comics, and the DC Comics miniseries Superman: World of New Krypton. Although he has written several other fictional works, one of his earliest and most critically acclaimed works is a novel series titled Atticus Kodiak, which to date consists of seven novels. These early works have been compared to other acclaimed elite writings on crime fiction.

Besides Atticus Kodiak, Greg Rucka’s other popular works include two series (Jad Bell, and Queen and Country), a stand-alone novel titled “A Fistful of Rain”, a comic tie-in titled “Batman: No Man’s Land”, two video game tie-in novels (Perfect Dark: Initial Vector and Perfect Dark: Second Front), and a couple of short stories.

Early Life

Greg was born in San Francisco and grew up in an area popularly known to locals as Steinbeck Country on the Monterey Peninsula. It is during these early years, at the age of five, that he discovered comics in Salinas at the Nob Hill market. While shopping with his mom, he set his eyes on some digest-sized black and white reprints of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee’s work on “The Incredible Hulk”. He managed to convince his mother to buy one. He started writing at the age of 10 and won a county-wide short-story contest. He went to college at Vassar College and graduated with an A.B. in English and later enrolled for Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California where he graduated with a M.F.A. before he became a professional writer, he got into various occupations, including restaurant work, house painting, security guard, emergency medical technician, fight choreographer, and technical writer. He cites Douglas Adams as his greatest influence.

Writing Career

Greg Rucka’s career in writing began with the Atticus Kodiak series in 1996. The series is about Atticus’s career as a professional bodyguard, and it consists of a series of seven novels that include Keeper, Finder, Smoker, Shooting at Midnight, Critical Space, Patriot Acts, and Walking Dead. The novels gained immense critical acclaim as well as comparisons to popular elite writings on crime fiction. The “Atticus” series are notable due to their attention to detail and realism, which is attributed to the author’s experience as a fight trainer and an emergency medical technician. He has also written several other works that include novels, comics, video game tie-in novels, and short stories. He has also featured as a character in the Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) comic book miniseries “Dying in the Gutters”.

Keeper

Keeper is the first novel in the Atticus Series. It was published in1 996 and it’s based on Atticus, a professional bodyguard who is hired to protect a woman (Felice Romero), a director at a Manhattan abortion clinic that is targeted by militant pro-lifers. She is expected to give a speech at an abortion conference. The advantages and disadvantages of abortion are discerningly presented as Kodiak attempts to protect his client as well as his daughter, who is suffering from Down’s syndrome. Kodiak, whose girlfriend has just procured an abortion, soon finds himself personally dedicated to Felice Romero. The action is heated up by a series of shootings, bomb threats, and murders (one particularly devastating), which drive the story toward a volatile and intense culmination at a cemetery. Greg’s prose is not only clean, but also visual. His portrayals and dialogues are economical, while his storytelling dashes along a fast paced clip. Greg delivers a narrative that is as tense, taut and brutally real and timely as modern day headlines. This first novel marks the beginning of a talented writer of tough and unflinching prose.

Finder

Finder is the second novel in the Atticus series and it was released in 1997. As a professional bodyguard, Kodiak is still finding a hard time to come into terms with the death of his best friend in the previous book “Keeper”. In this novel, Atticus attempts to protect the runaway daughter of his former boss/commanding officer. As a bodyguard, Kodiak understands that danger is always part of the job. However, he is still at pains to shake off his guilt over the death of his best friend in the last assignment. While working as a bouncer at a hard-core club called the Strap located on the Lower West Side, Kodiak’s responsibility is nothing more than to keep the scene in order. This is however not the case when he spots Erika Wyatt, a teenage daughter of a former client Kodiak once worked for. The daughter to the Army colonel is being stalked by a mean-looking commando wielding a wicked knife, and Erika draws Kodiak back into the protection business. In a story built on vengeance, lies, and sins committed in the past, Kodiak is sucked into a vicious cycle of treachery and violence. He soon learns that the most dangerous weapon could be a simple promise. He manages to save Erika from a kidnapping by the British SAS by enlisting the assistance of friends who also work as professional bodyguards. He sets up a safe house for Erika in the nick of time. Attica however gets wounded in a midtown Manhattan shoot-out, and this is just the first shooting in a series of explosive episodes. The plot churns even faster when Erika escapes. The story is full of exciting and surprisingly suspenseful events highlighted by bloody violence while pulling the reader to a somewhat satisfying conclusion.

Summary

The “Keeper” is undoubtedly an impressive debut that is riveting and full of surprises. The plot is not only crisp and tight, but also tough and pulls at the heart-strings to elicit deep emotions and connection with the narrative. It is simply a remarkable novel. On the other hand, “Finder” is full of realism and masterful intensity. The characters are so alive and the emotions conveyed are deep and surreal. The second book seems even better than the first one as Kodiak maintains a style of his own while in the midst of all the chaos. After reading the first two books, Greg Rucka can simply be described as a talented writer who can deliver a rather unflinching prose.

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