Alan Dean Foster Books in Order

Marcus Walker now commands an armada, but finding Earth remains almost impossible in a galaxy unfamiliar with humanity. As he and his talking dog George search for home, their former alien captors continue hunting their escaped merchandise.

Flinx visits the troubled world of Visaria to decide whether humanity deserves the rescue he is expected to attempt. His involvement with young thieves and a ruthless crime lord complicates that question while exposing a clue to his own past.

A secret human mission searches for the origins of an alien robot discovered beneath Arctic ice. Stranded in deep space, its crew encounters the Autobots and becomes caught between rival machines searching for a device vital to their world.

A dying geneticist gives Flinx a possible location for his father, sending him and Pip to the remote planet Gestalt. His personal search distracts him from the approaching galactic threat and leads toward dangerous secrets about his creation.

In this film novelization, alien robots bring their war to Earth while searching for an energy source vital to their survival. The Autobots and a few human allies must prevent the Decepticons from obtaining it at humanity's expense.

This collection of fourteen stories moves between science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Flinx faces an intrusive visitor, a gambler attracts dangerous attention, and encounters with ancient gods or childhood heroes expose unsettling possibilities behind seemingly familiar situations.

A scientific expedition reaches Quofum, a planet that seems to disappear and reappear, and encounters inexplicable biodiversity. When a killing divides the crew and their spacecraft vanishes, the researchers must survive while unraveling the world's deeper mystery.

Flinx seeks an ancient sentient weapon capable of confronting the force approaching the galaxy. His mission leads into enemy territory while assassins pursue him, and communicating with the only machine that might help could destroy his mind.

In this film novelization, humanity's allies believe the Decepticons have been defeated and the Allspark fragments secured. A warning about the Fallen goes unheeded as hidden forces prepare to shatter the apparent peace and renew the war.

This film novelization brings young Kirk and Spock together aboard the Enterprise despite their conflicting backgrounds and personalities. A warship from another time carries a captain bent on revenge, forcing the uneasy pair to lead the crew against him.

In this film novelization, Judgment Day has devastated Earth and Skynet controls a world of machines. John Connor leads the human resistance in a brutal struggle to survive and challenge the system responsible for humanity's destruction.

Human soldiers and Autobots work together through NEST to protect Earth from continuing Decepticon attacks. As researchers examine the differences between humans and machines, distrust strains the alliance while Optimus Prime confronts an escalating series of battles.

A genetically modified thief steals an artificial hand and a mysterious silver thread from a murder victim. When physician Ingrid Seastrom examines the thread, the pair become unlikely partners pursued by powerful interests and enhanced assassins.

A Russian physicist threatens a nuclear attack in Jerusalem unless Israeli and Palestinian leaders sign a binding peace agreement. While both sides suspect a trick and time runs short, an Israeli girl and Palestinian boy seek their own paths.

Foster recounts decades of travels in search of dangerous wildlife, from ants in the Amazon to tigers in India and sharks off Australia. His encounters explore the risks and fascination of meeting predators in their natural environments.

Physician Ingrid Seastrom and the radically modified thief Whispr travel to South Africa seeking answers about a mysterious data thread and nanoscale implants. An enhanced assassin follows them, turning their investigation into a continuing struggle to stay alive.

Co-written with Alex Sam, this nonfiction account follows a young Nigerian drawn into composing fraudulent emails by poverty and corruption. His story examines how phishing operations work and the dangers he faced while seeking a different life.

Ingrid Seastrom and Whispr cross the dangerous Namib desert toward a guarded research facility that may explain their impossible data thread. Behind them, an enhanced assassin who has already failed twice pursues the pair with increasingly personal determination.

In this film novelization, an attack from within Starfleet sends Kirk and the Enterprise crew into crisis. Pursuing the perpetrator to a dangerous world, Kirk must balance his desire for revenge against the lives and loyalty of his crew.

A merson and a cuttlefish discover an unconscious stranger and bring her to their reef community. Their unlikely friendship develops as enemies and powerful blue magic threaten the underwater world and the way of life they share.

Simwan Deavy's magical family faces disaster when a bottle of Truth is stolen, weakening his mother and threatening their woods. With their talking cat, the siblings track the thief to New York, where traps complicate their rescue mission.

The crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers an apparently welcoming world while traveling toward a distant settlement. Exploring its surface reveals a deadly threat, turning their search for a new home into a struggle to escape alive.

As the Covenant prepares to carry two thousand colonists to another world, violent incidents expose a conspiracy against its launch. Captain Branson, Daniels, and security chief Lopé must stop the saboteurs before the ship leaves Earth.

Eighteen stories follow mountain man Amos Malone and his unusual mount, Worthless, through a supernatural American West. Facing ghostly weather, dangerous romance, and other strange encounters, Amos tries to set things right through his own unconventional methods.

Ruslan, the last known human after an engineered plague, lives under the care of alien researchers who want to restore his species. Their offer to seek Earth and possible survivors sends him on a journey he never expected to want.

Flinx and Pip travel to Largess to stop a human from provoking war with forbidden weapons. The natives’ sung language disrupts Flinx’s empathic powers, while a chieftain’s kidnapped daughter raises tensions and threatens the planet’s fragile chance for peace.

Thirteen science fiction stories explore giant insects, interstellar conflict, unusual scientific minds, and the prospect of a robot takeover. The collection includes an Icerigger adventure, Chilling, alongside Valentin Sharffen and the Code of Doom and other speculative encounters.

This collection brings together fifteen fantasy stories involving the dead, the undead, animals, and legends from Pacific islands and beneath them. Its varied supernatural encounters include the story Fetched, alongside tales of rogues, servants, and unexpected forms of food.

A queen entrusts a vital message to Madrenga, an inexperienced young courier accompanied by a small pony and a puppy. His dangerous journey tests whether an unlikely messenger can complete a mission that seems far beyond his abilities.

On a shakedown cruise, Captain Kirk and the Enterprise’s inexperienced crew answer a distress call from Perenorean refugees under attack. Helping their colony ship exposes troubling complications, forcing Kirk to investigate why these apparently peaceful aliens have become targets.

An alien invasion forces humanity to consider what its attackers might themselves fear. Would-be peacemakers find themselves caught between powerful forces, facing a danger that seems strangely familiar and defies everything they thought they could prepare for.

Alan Dean Foster recalls a career turning films and television into novels, from major franchises to abandoned projects. Encounters with stars and filmmakers reveal the creative compromises, unexpected friendships, and studio decisions behind familiar screen stories.

Disappointed by her boyfriend, Jen wishes for a man as loyal as her dog Stuart. When Stuart becomes human, their strange friendship creates chaos around Newport Beach as she tries to protect his identity from family and the media.

Jonos and Liina escape polluted, overcrowded Earth after a crime and reach the beautiful world they have always dreamed of. Paradise appears to offer harmony among three species, until a tragedy unsettles their hopes for a better life.