Greg Rucka Books In Order
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Keeper | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Finder | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Smoker | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Shooting at Midnight | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Critical Space | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Patriot Acts | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Walking Dead | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Whiteout Graphic Novels
Whiteout | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Melt | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Queen & Country Graphic Novels
Operation: Broken Ground | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Operation: Morning Star | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Operation: Crystal Ball | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Operation: Blackwall | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Operation: Stormfront | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Operation: Dandelion | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Operation: Saddlebag | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Operation: Red Panda | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Queen and Country Books
A Gentleman's Game | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Private Wars | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Last Run | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Perfect Dark Books
Initial Vector | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Second Front | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Jad Bell Books
Alpha | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Bravo | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
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 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Moving Target | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Weapon of a Jedi | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Droid Factory - Short Story | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Shattered Empire | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Perfect Weapon | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Incredible Cross-Sections | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Rey's Survival Guide | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A Recipe for Death | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Star Wars Disney Books
Ezra's Gamble | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Princess, the Scoundrel and the Farm Boy | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Return of the Jedi - Beware the Power of the Dark Side! | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Before the Awakening | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Force Awakens - Rey's Story | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Tales From a Galaxy Far, Far Away | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Guardians of the Whills | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Star Wars: BB-8 On The Run | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Mighty Chewbacca in the Forest of Fear | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Call of Cthulhu RPG Books
The Great Old Ones: New Adventures Against the Cthulhu Mythos | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The New Orleans Guidebook | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Secrets of New Orleans | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Secrets | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Secrets | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Mortal Coils | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Antarctic Expedition Pack for Beyond the Mountains of Madness | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Call of Cthulhu D20 Roleplaying Game | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Call of Cthulhu Gamemaster's Pack | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Secrets of San Francisco: A 1920s Sourcebook for the City by the Bay | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Age of Cthulhu, Vol. I: Death in Luxor | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Mythos Case Files: Deep Mine | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Call of Cthulhu: Investigator Handbook | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Call of Cthulhu Keeper Screen | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Call of Cthulhu Keeper Rulebook: Horror Roleplaying in the Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
S. Petersen's Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors: A Field Observer's Handbook of Preternatural Entities and Beings from Beyond the Wall of Sleep | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Alone Against the Dark | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
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 Cycle | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Grendel: Past Prime | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Grendel Archives | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Art of Grendel | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Grendel: Devil Child | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Grendel: Devil's Reign | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Grendel Omnibus Volume 1: Hunter Rose | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Grendel Omnibus Volume 2: Legacy | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Grendel Omnibus Volume 4: Prime | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Grendel vs. The Shadow | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
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 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case | (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 Alexander Freed Collections
Dragon Age: The First Five Graphic Novels | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
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 Wonder Woman (2016-) Books
Publication Order of Forged Books
The Forged, Volume 1 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Forged Vol. 2 | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Spider-Man's Tangled Web Graphic Novel Books
Spider-Man's Tangled Web, Vol. 1 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Spider-Man's Tangled Web, Vol. 2 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Spider-Man's Tangled Web, Vol. 3 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
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 Lois Lane (2019) Books
Lois Lane: Enemy of the People | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Gotham Central trade paperbacks Books
Gotham Central, Vol. 1 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Gotham Central, Vol. 2 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Gotham Central, Vol. 3 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Gotham Central Omnibus | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Gotham Central, Vol. 4 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Gotham Central, Vol. 5 | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Atomic Robo Books
Atomic Robo and the Fightin' Scientists of Tesladyne | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Atomic Robo & The Knights of The Golden Circle | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Batwoman Books
Batwoman, Volume 1 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Batwoman, Volume 2 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Batwoman, Volume 3 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
BatwomanVol. 3: World's Finest | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Batwoman, Volume 4 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer Books
Tales of the Slayer | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 2 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 3 | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 4 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Elektra II Books
Elektra | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elektra, Vol. 1 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elektra, Vol. 2 | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elektra, Vol. 3 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elektra, Vol. 4 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Weird Western Tales#1 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Tales of the Slayer | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Blue Religion | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicks Dig Comics | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Flinch | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
52 Vol. 1 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
52 Vol. 2: New Edition | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Lazarus: Sourcebook Collection Volume 1 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Old Guard: Tales Through Time, Vol. 1 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
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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