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Find the Dive trilogy by Gordon Korman in order, with quick summaries and series background on underwater missions, secrets, and danger.

Last updated: June 7, 2026

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Dive books in publication order

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1

The Discovery

by Gordon Korman

2002

Four teens arrive at an elite diving program expecting adventure, and they get it, fast. A deep-water find turns their training into a real mission, where dangerous choices and rival loyalties follow them below the surface.

2

The Danger

by Gordon Korman

2003

What started as a thrilling discovery becomes a fight to survive when the team’s secrets catch up with them. With enemies above and below the waterline, the divers have to act together, or they will not make it back.

3

The Deep

by Gordon Korman

2003

The dive team goes farther underwater and deeper into trouble, chasing answers that someone clearly wants buried. Between equipment failures, pressure, and betrayal, they learn that the ocean is not the only thing that can crush you.

Dive books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Discovery"

    The Discovery

    by Gordon Korman

    2002Dive, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Deep"

    The Deep

    by Gordon Korman

    2003Dive, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Danger"

    The Danger

    by Gordon Korman

    2003Dive, Book 3

Series background & context

The Dive trilogy is an underwater adventure series that mixes training, exploration, and a mystery that keeps pulling the characters deeper. A small group of teens is brought into an elite diving program, expecting challenge and excitement, and they get it, but not in the way they imagined.

Underwater, everything is higher stakes.

In The Discovery, the team is introduced to serious diving, serious rules, and the first hints that there’s something bigger going on than a regular training program. A find in the water, and the attention it brings, pushes the story from sports and skill into secrecy and danger.

The Deep raises the pressure, literally and figuratively, as the teens go farther below the surface and closer to people who want answers, or silence. It’s a series where gear failures and ocean conditions are part of the tension, but human motives are just as threatening.

By The Danger, the trilogy becomes a full fight for survival, as the consequences of the earlier discoveries come due. The team has to decide what they’re willing to risk for the truth, and whether they can trust each other when everyone is scared.

If you like adventure books with a tight cast, quick chapters, and a setting that actively tries to kill you, Dive is a solid fit. It’s designed to be read in order, because the mystery and the team dynamics build steadily from book to book.

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