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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1995
  • Latest Book:
    March 2024
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Full Series List in Order

The Nanotech Succession

The Bohr Maker (Apr-1995)
Tech-Heaven (Nov-1995)
Vast (Aug-1998)
Deception Well (Nov-2010)

The Red Trilogy

1 - First Light (Mar-2013)
2 - The Trials (Aug-2015)
3 - Going Dark (Nov-2015)

Stories of the Puzzle Lands

1 - The Dread Hammer (May-2011)
2 - Hepen the Watcher (Mar-2012)

Book List in Order: 24 titles



  • THERE IS NO LAW A DYING MAN WON'T BREAK TO STAY ALIVE.... It is the most powerful technology known to humanity, microscopically small, allowing its user to control and change others' moods and emotions, and even to reprogram his or her own genetic...



  • For Katie Kishida, the nanotechnology revolution begins with an act of love.Katie is a young mother with a successful career and a loving marriage, when her perfect life is shattered by the sudden death of her husband, Tom. Putting her faith in a sci...



  • VOYAGE INTO NIGHT Aboard Null Boundary, a giant starship thousands of years old, four survivors of an ancient alien war are making a desperate journey: Lot, son of a fiery prophet and carrier of an insidious virus that spreads a cultlike religious...



  • Ethics and evolution collide in a tale of runaway biotechnology:From the award-winning author of Pacific Storm and The Last Good Man comes a compelling science fiction thriller in which an experiment gone awry could lead to the next phase of human ev...



  • Acclaimed hard-SF author Linda Nagata introduces a new world, where the sky is bisected by an arch of light, and the mysterious "silver" rises from the ground each night to completely transform the landscape--and erase from existence anything it touc...



  • In a war of belief, faith is a virus, and it's spreading fast.Remnants of an alien nanotechnology infest the surface of the planet, Deception Well, giving rise to deadly plagues that make the Well uninhabitable -- or so most believe. Jupiter Apolinar...



  • Middle Grade/Young AdultIn an isolated star system far from any other human outposts, a space-faring "lifeboat" was discovered by a scientist from the city of Silk. Inside the lifeboat was a two-year-old girl in frozen sleep. She had no name and no h...



  • He lurks beside the forest road, a charming, well-armed young murderer, not altogether human. She draws near, a contrary shepherdess fleeing an unwanted marriage. When he overhears her prayer for help, whispered to the Dread Hammer, he decides to gra...



  • Ten science fiction stories by acclaimed author Linda Nagata, including the Nebula Award winning novella “Goddesses.” This collection brings together for the first time Nagata’s short fiction, originally published in Analog Science Fiction & Fa...






  • The demon Dismay’s murderous nature has earned him the ire of his beloved wife, who has sent him away in a fit of temper. In his exile he ventures south into the land of Lutawa, drawn there by the prayers of abused and desperate women who beg him t...



  • A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2015 Reality TV and advanced technology make for high drama in this political thriller that combines the military action of Zero Dark Thirty with the classic science fiction of The Forever War.Lieutenant James Shelley...



  • In the wake of nuclear terrorism, a squad of elite soldiers must combat artificial intelligence and seek justice in this military political thriller, a sequel to The Red. Lieutenant James Shelley and his squad of US Army soldiers were on a quest f...



  • In the third book in The Red Trilogy, former Army Lt. James Shelley becomes a black ops sniper working for the Red -- a suspected rogue artificial intelligence that is ripped from today’s headlines. James Shelley has left his lover, Delphi, and ...



  • Light and Shadow collects eight stories by award-winning author Linda Nagata. Visit high-tech future battlefields, surreal other worlds, an orbital habitat, and a distant moon. Embrace action, and harrowing adventure. Half of these stories have appea...



  • Scarred by war. In pursuit of truth.Army veteran True Brighton left the service when the development of robotic helicopters made her training as a pilot obsolete. Now she works at Requisite Operations, a private military company established by friend...



  • A powerful science fiction story about an architect on Earth commissioned to create (via long distance) a masterwork with materials from the last abandoned Martian colony, a monument that will last thousands of years longer than Earth, which is d...



  • From the Edge of Apocalypse:Deception Well is a world on the edge, home to an isolated remnant surviving at the farthest reach of human expansion. All across the frontier, other worlds have succumbed to the relentless attacks of robotic alien warship...



  • A Lost Ship " A New WorldUrban is no longer master of the fearsome starship Dragon. Driven out by the hostile, godlike entity, Lezuri, he has taken refuge aboard the most distant vessel in his outrider fleet. Though Lezuri remains formidable, he is...



  • Politics, terrorism, and heavy weather collide over Honolulu in a vividly imagined near-future thriller from the author of The Last Good Man. Ava Arnett is a Honolulu cop, captain of the night shift in the autonomous Waikiki District. Nine years ago ...






  • An end must be made—and soon. The future of the people hangs in the balance as Lanyon continues her journey north. She must find the Storm Lair, home of the Inyomere Siddél, where she'll have one more chance to slay the great spirit of ...



  • The Wild existed in beautiful and ruthless perfection—until the people came.Generations past, disaster drove the people to seek a new home on a wild continent that had never before known a human presence. Spirits of wind, stream, forest, and m...



  • Never before have the people warred against the people.Bennek senses change flooding the world. Dread weighs on him, and he fears what is to come. But Jahallon sees hope. Gifted with foresight, Jahallon is certain it won't be much longer before Lanyo...



  • Tanjiri is not for you. You are not ready to encounter what exists there.So Lezuri spoke in warning, long ago. Urban still possesses the strange gift—the impossible puzzle—Lezuri gave him that day. A needle, ultra-thin and twelve centim...



  • The starship Dragon, accompanied by its fleet of outriders, is faring ever deeper into that region known as the Hallowed Vasties. Here, at the shattered heart of ancient human civilization, once-living worlds were ripped apart by the dimensional intr...


Award-Winning Books by Linda Nagata

The Bohr Maker
1996 Locus Award -- First Novel
The Martian Obelisk
2018 Locus Award -- Short Story


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Linda Nagata has published 24 books.

Linda Nagata does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Blade, was published in March 2024.

The first book by Linda Nagata, The Bohr Maker, was published in April 1995.

Yes. Linda Nagata has 3 series.