John Gregory Betancourt

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  • Bibliography:
    62 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1985
  • Latest Book:
    January 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Roger Zelazny's The Dawn of Amber

1 - The Dawn of Amber (Sep-2002)
2 - Chaos and Amber (Sep-2003)
3 - To Rule in Amber (Sep-2004)
4 - Shadows of Amber (Sep-2005)

Multi-Author Series List

Birthright

4 - The Hag's Contract (Jun-1996)

Dr. Bones

4 - The Dragons of Komako (Jun-1989)

Star Trek

Incident at Arbuk (Nov-1995)
The Heart of the Warrior (Oct-1996)
Double Helix: Infection (Jun-1999)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

17 - The Heart of the Warrior (Oct-1996)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

51 - Double Helix: Infection (Jun-1999)

Star Trek: Voyager

5 - Incident at Arbuk (Nov-1995)

Book List in Order: 62 titles

  • On the Rocks at Slab's

    Slab's tavern is the roughest bar in Zelloque, frequented by pirates, slavers, thieves, and other less savory patrons. It's also haunted ... and you never know who--or what--will show up.When a priest comes looking for a splinter of a god's bone, it ...

  • The Last Guardian of Ru Ishtl

    In Zelloque, gold royals can buy anything--love, kidnapping, even murder. When beautiful Salahar is kidnapped and taken from Zelloque on the eve of her wedding, she dreams of justice ... and finds a strange, ancient magic in the shifting sands north ...

  • Starskimmer

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  • Faramigon's Eye

    In Zelloque, great magic wrecks great havoc on the natural world. When the magical storm known as Faramigon's Eye descends on the city, all know something huge and evil is afoot, from the lowliest bar like Slab's Tavern to the Great Lord's palace. An...

  • Well Bottled at Slab's

    Slab's tavern is the roughest bar in Zelloque, frequented by pirates, slavers, thieves, and other less savory patrons. It's also haunted ... and you never know who--or what--will show up. When a young wizard-in-training comes to Slab's Tavern purport...

  • Rogue Pirate

  • Johnny Zed

    A corrupt Congress rules a drugged-out America, land of slums and malls. But in the underground, a few violent young malcontents will stop at nothing to smash the system...and bring back the Constitution and the President. JOHNNY ZED is their leader....

  • Dreamtime in Adjaphon

    The thousand eyes of Tokos-Dien, patron god of Adjaphon, predicted nothing but victory in the war against the Heron King to the far East. But when a boy dares to defy the god, young Jad may have unwittingly doomed his city. ...

  • The Blind Archer

    In an ancient Earth ruled by magic, young Ker Orrum discovers the perils of sorcery as he journeys into a dark world of vision without sight as he takes on the deadly wrath of the Faceless Demons. Reprint....



  • The Dragons of Komako

    Dr. Bones - 4

  • Rememory

    For catmen Hangman and Slash, prowling the burned-out urban Sprawl is the ideal life. These genetically modified people live to rip off hot cargoes from rival animen. It's a fine life of thief vs. thief...cat vs. dog... Fine, that is, until Slash sco...

  • ememory

  • The Ultimate Frankenstein

    A collection of stories inspired by Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" includes contributions by Brian Aldiss, Loren D. Estleman, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, S.P. Somtow, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Kurt Vonnegut...

  • Swashbuckling Editor Stories

  • The Duke of Demolition Goes to Hell

  • Incident at Arbuk

    Star Trek
    Star Trek: Voyager - 5

    Tracking a shuttle's distress signal to the nearly deserted Arbuk System, the U.S.S. Voyager crew encounters an unusual weapon a thousand times more powerful than the Starship. Inside the shuttle, the crew discovers an unconscious alien and no more i...

  • Cutthroat Island

  • The Best of Weird Tales

    This volume assembles a selection of the very best stories published during the Terminus Years, as the ninteen-issue run of the fourth revival of Weird Tales is now being called. They were selected to represent the gamut of materal WT had always run...

  • On the Scent at Slab's

    Slab's tavern is the roughest bar in Zelloque, frequested by pirates, slavers, thieves, and other less savory patrons. It's also haunted ... and you never know who--or what--will show up. When an overpowering scent of wildflowers begins to fill the S...



  • The Hag's Contract

    Birthright - 4

    The legendary pirate king Ulrich gets more than he had bargained for when he enters into an unholy pact with The Hag, the Abomination, to free his kingdom from savage orog and goblin tribes. Original. 75,000 first printing....

  • The Heart of the Warrior

    Star Trek
    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - 17

    While a crucial peace conference fills Deep Space Nine with rumors of intrigue and conspiracy, Major Kira and Lt. Commander Worf embark on a dangerous undercover mission deep in the heart of the Gamma Quadrant. Their mission: to find the secret of th...

  • Hercules: The Vengeance of Hera

    HerculesHalf man, half god, Hercules is the most famous hero of ancient Greece. Possessed of enormous strength, the son of Zeus roams the world in search of adventure, sharing the glories of a bygone age with such legendary comrades as Jason of the ...

  • Hercules: The Wrath of Poseidon

    Half man, half god, Hercules is the most famous hero of ancient Greece. Possessed of enormous strength, the son of Zeus roams the world in search of adventure, sharing the glories of a bygone age with such legendary comrades as Jason of the Argonaut...

  • The Wrath of Poseidon

    When Poseidon, the god of the seas, threatens to destroy Troy with a terrible sea creature, Hercules shows up on the scene, determined to slay the creature and save the beautiful Princess Almacea. Original....

  • Double Helix: Infection

    Star Trek
    Star Trek: The Next Generation - 51

    Like the twisted strands of mutant chromosomes, an insidious alien conspiracy winds its way through the entire Alpha Quadrant, just as it stretches across several years of Starfleet history--beginning near the very start of Captain Picard's command o...

  • Sympathy for Zombies

    She came to the island to forget her ex-husband after a messy divorce, never guessing that he would follow ... with a voodoo revenge on his mind! [This short fiction piece is also available in the collection: Sympathy for Monsters] ...

  • The Gates of Hades

    A Time of Myth and Legend...The epic saga of Jason and the Argonauts has endured for thousands of years. United under Jason's command, the Quest for the Golden Fleece brought together many of the greatest heroes of Greek mythology, including Atalant...

  • Sympathy for Monsters

    Eight short-short tales of monsters, including Sympathy for Wolves, Sympathy for Mad Scientists, Sympathy for Vampires, Sympathy for Witches, Sympathy for Psychos, Sympathy for Mummies, Sympathy for Circus Geeks, and Sympathy for Zombies...

  • The Dawn of Amber

    Roger Zelazny's The Dawn of Amber - 1

    The mass-market edition of the first in a trilogy of all-new prequel novels set in Roger Zelazny's "Amber" universe, fully authorized by the Estate of Roger Zelazny!

    "John Betancourt has boundless enthusiasm and genuine passion for every ...



  • Pacifica

    PACIFICA . . . It was an artificial island created in the middle of the Pacific ocean, designed to feed the starving millions of the world . . . For a brilliant holographic artist, hopelessly in love with a woman who abandoned him, it is a chance to ...

  • The Dragon Sorcerer

    Fel Blackmane is a pirate, rogue, and thorough scoundrel. But he also has a sense of adventure second to none, and every year he vows to do one impossible thing. This time he plans to sail his ship to the annual fair, sell ill-gotten booty back to it...

  • Chaos and Amber

    Roger Zelazny's The Dawn of Amber - 2

    In Roger Zelazny's "Amber" universe, there is only one true world, of which all others are but Shadows. In the ten-book saga that he created, it is learned that "Amber" was not the first true world; rather, it was "The Courts of Chaos." The saga c...

  • Roger Zelazny's Chaos and Amber

    In CHAOS AND AMBER, Dworkin and his son Oberon arrive at the Courts of Chaos to discover, and confront, their hidden enemies. But things don't go as planned. Oberon has a terrible physical reaction to being in Chaos, while assassination attempts are ...

  • Pulp Classics

    "The Thrill Book" is a legendary magazine, one of the holy grails of pulp collecting. Original copies sell for thousands of dollars -- if you can find them. Running for sixteen issues in 1919, it was a magazine of "strange, bizzare, occult, mysteriou...

  • To Rule in Amber

    Roger Zelazny's The Dawn of Amber - 3

    In this volume, a new universe, with its infinite shadow reflections, is brought into being by Dworkin via the Pattern he has created with his own blood. But his creation has caused a great upheaval in the faraway Courts of Chaos. While Oberon use...

  • Pit and the Pendulum

    Here are five funny, entertaining, delectable mystery stories featuring Peter "Pit Bull" Geller, who may be a bit damaged physically (in an auto accident), but has lost neither his biting wit nor his keen sense of how the upper crust manages ...

  • Horrorscape

    The first in a two-volume set, this collection of dark fantasy and horror tales by some of the genre's leading masters features Robert Bloch's "The Chaney Legacy," "Soft Monkey" by Harlan Ellison, "The Troll" by Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub's "The Ghos...

  • Playing in Wonderland

  • Pit on the Road to Hell

    From best-selling author John Gregory Betancourt comes the second "Pit-Bull" Peter Geller mystery novelet. Brilliant but handicapped, Pit attracted the attention of a mob boss when he saved a friend from a blackmailer. (See "Pit and the Pendulum," th...



  • Horrorscape 2

    The thrilling stories collected in this 12-story volume cover a wide territory. Intended for mature readers, included are monster tales, stories of psychological suspense, traditional ghost stories, and variations on fairy tales. Leading off with ...

  • Shadows of Amber

    Roger Zelazny's The Dawn of Amber - 4

    "Fans of the late Roger Zelazny's popular Amber series should flock to this.... Betancourt captures the fantastic nature of the original and peppers his story with Amber-familiar terms such as Logrus, that mystical gift which enables its holders t...

  • Roger Zelazny's to Rule in Amber

    Oberon takes on the reins of leadership, and he carves an empire from the new universe created by his father. Enemies new and old lie in wait, and creating a kingdom for himself and his heirs requires delicate political maneuvering, a will of iron, a...

  • A Christmas Pit

  • Spicy Adventure Stories

  • H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror 1

    The first issue of H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror features fiction by: Darrell Schweitzer, Jean Paiva, Arlene F. Marks, Jonathan L. Howard, Brian Lumley, Nicholas Knight, Holly Phillips, Tanith Lee, H.P. Lovecraft, and Tim Pratt & Michael J. Jas...

  • The Magic Carpet, Vol 3, No. 2

  • The Magic Carpet, Vol 3, No. 3

  • The Magic Carpet, Vol 4, No. 1

  • H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos



  • Cleaning Up at Slab's

    Slab's tavern is the roughest bar in Zelloque, frequented by pirates, slavers, thieves, and other less savory patrons. It's also haunted ... and you never know who--or what--will show up. After the destruction of the city of Zelloque (as chronicled i...

  • Dry Days in Yellow Gulch

    When Bronx and the Old Man return to Yellow Gulch, they discover the alcohol springs have played out and the town is nearly deserted. Beer-thieves from the next town over have pilfered Yellow Gulch's supply! Can they save Yellow Gulch? And what about...

  • Human Spirit, Beetle Spirit

    Revival on the banks of the River was not limited to white Anglo Saxons. This tale reinterprets the Riverworld resurrection through the eyes of a tribe of primitive people, whose beliefs and superstitions blend marvelously with what has happened to t...

  • Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of the Amateur Mendicant Society

    Holmes and Watson investigate spies and amateur beggars in this thrilling addition to the Sherlock Holmes mythos, based on one of the unpublished tales mentioned in the original series. A short story by best-selling novelist John Gregory Betancourt, ...

  • The Merry Men of the Riverworld

    When an actor who played Robin Hood on a 1950s children's TV show wakes up in Riverworld, he decides to live out his dreams and forms a new band of Merry Men (including Abraham Lincoln as Little John). Unfortunately, he didn't count on running into A...

  • Infection

    A Star Trek adventure set during The Original Series era from bestselling author John Gregory Betancourt!Like the twisted strands of mutant chromosomes, an insidious alien conspiracy winds its way through the entire Alpha Quadrant, just as it stretch...

  • The Thrill Book, Sept. 1, 1919

    The Thrill Book is a legendary magazine, one of the holy grails of pulp collecting. Original copies sell for thousands of dollars - if you can find them. Running for sixteen issues in 1919, it was a magazine of "strange, bizzare, occult, mysterious t...

  • The Right to Bare Arms

    in Malice Domestic 11: Murder Most Conventional

  • Pit and the Princess

    Peter "Pit Bull" Geller is sent to Las Vegas to find a crime boss's missing niece. Things take an unexpected turn when a dead body shows up in his bed!...

  • A One-Pipe Problem

    John Gregory Betancourt's award-winning Peter "Pit Bull" Geller series gets a new twist in this historical tale featuring Pit's grandfather, a plumber in Brooklyn, New York. Newly back from World War 2, Joe Geller gets more than he ba...

  • The Jamaican Ice Mystery

    Based on the classic series by James Holding, "The Jamaican Ice Mystery" continues the crime-solving adventures of Martin Leroy and King Danforth, the octogenarian writing team who find mystery and murder around the world. The "Leroy King...

  • Dr. Bones, Dragons of Komako

    BONES TO THE RESCUE!His name is Dr. Bones. He will transport you across a galaxy of unknown fate and perilous adventures. His discoveries unveil mysterious fossils, forgotten species and vanished empires. Battling villains, both human and alien, he f...

  • The Black Mask 2 (May 1920)

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    • The Black Mask is without a doubt the single most important magazine for the modern mystery field. In its pages writers such as Earl Stanley Gardner and Dashiell Hammett reshaped the established view of mystery fiction, creating the tough-gu...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Gregory Betancourt has published 62 books.

John Gregory Betancourt does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Dr. Bones, Dragons of Komako, was published in January 2021.

The first book by John Gregory Betancourt, On the Rocks at Slab's, was published in March 1985.

Yes. John Gregory Betancourt has 1 series.
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