Greg Van Eekhout Books in Order
Explore Greg Van Eekhout’s books in order, with quick summaries, series background, reading paths, and practical suggestions for where to start.
Last updated: July 15, 2026
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Greg Van Eekhout books in publication order
13 books
Norse Code
by Greg Van Eekhout
2009
As Ragnarok approaches, resurrected Valkyrie operative Mist goes rogue after losing faith in her mission. Joined by the overlooked god Hermod, she follows signs of disaster from Southern California into the dangerous afterlife of Helheim.
Kid vs. Squid
by Greg Van Eekhout
2010
Thatcher expects a dull summer dusting oddities in his great-uncle’s seaside museum. Then a mysterious girl steals an artifact, leading him into an underwater conflict involving Atlantis, a sea witch, and monsters threatening the whole town.
Last Son of Tomorrow
by Greg Van Eekhout
2011
John has powers beyond any human limit and a lifespan that appears endless. As he saves lives, outlives the world he knows, and travels farther into the future, he wrestles with the question of what a good life means.
The Boy at the End of the World
by Greg Van Eekhout
2011
Fisher wakes from a survival pod to find himself seemingly the last boy on Earth. With a damaged robot and a young mammoth beside him, he crosses a changed and dangerous world in search of other survivors.
California Bones
by Greg Van Eekhout
2014
In an alternate Los Angeles where magic comes from the bones of mythical creatures, thief Daniel Blackland is recruited to rob the ruler who murdered his father. His crew’s dangerous heist could crack open a corrupt magical regime.
Dragon Coast
by Greg Van Eekhout
2015
Daniel Blackland’s adopted son, Sam, is trapped inside a rampaging magical dragon over Los Angeles. To save him, Daniel must enter Northern California under a false identity and steal a rare piece of dragon bone from its ruler.
Pacific Fire
by Greg Van Eekhout
2015
Sam, a young golem with little chance at a normal life, heads for Los Angeles when a magical cabal begins building a Pacific firedrake. With Daniel Blackland badly hurt, Sam may be the city’s best hope of stopping the weapon.
Voyage of the Dogs
by Greg Van Eekhout
2018
A team of dogs wakes from hypersleep aboard a damaged spaceship to find their human crew gone. Far from home, they must repair the ship, face their grief, and carry on the mission they were trained to support.
Cog
by Greg Van Eekhout
2019
Cog looks like a twelve-year-old boy, but he is a learning robot separated from his creator after an accident. With a group of fellow robots, he escapes the corporation that owns them and races to find her.
Weird Kid
by Greg Van Eekhout
2021
Jake Wind wants to survive middle school without anyone discovering he is a shapeshifting alien. When strange goo-filled sinkholes appear and people around town begin changing, Jake and his new friend must uncover what is happening.
Fenris & Mott
by Greg Van Eekhout
2022
Mott rescues a puppy from a recycling bin, only to learn he is Fenris, the wolf fated to bring Ragnarok by eating the moon. Hunted by Norse gods, Mott must protect her new friend and find a way to change his destiny.
The Ghost Job
by Greg Van Eekhout
2023
After a lab accident leaves Zenith and her friends as ghosts, they use their new abilities to pull off magical heists. Their biggest target is a device that could restore them to life, but it belongs to a dangerous necromancer.
Happy Town
by Greg Van Eekhout
2024
Keegan moves to a domed company town where everything is automated, branded, and suspiciously cheerful. When the adults become meat-craving zombies, Keegan and two new friends must break the system before Happy Town consumes everyone.
Where to start with Greg Van Eekhout
For adult urban fantasy: Norse Code
For a magical heist trilogy: California Bones → Pacific Fire → Dragon Coast
For middle-grade science fiction: Voyage of the Dogs → Cog
For funny, spooky adventures: The Ghost Job → Happy Town
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Standalone Greg Van Eekhout books

Norse Code
by Greg Van Eekhout
2009
Kid vs. Squid
by Greg Van Eekhout
2010
The Boy at the End of the World
by Greg Van Eekhout
2011
Voyage of the Dogs
by Greg Van Eekhout
2018
Cog
by Greg Van Eekhout
2019
Weird Kid
by Greg Van Eekhout
2021
Fenris & Mott
by Greg Van Eekhout
2022
The Ghost Job
by Greg Van Eekhout
2023
Happy Town
by Greg Van Eekhout
2024
Author bio
Greg van Eekhout was born and raised in Los Angeles, in neighborhoods where movie studios sat alongside working families, hippies, and troublemakers. His parents were Dutch-Indonesian, and that family history has remained an important part of how he sees the world.
He studied English at UCLA, then earned a master’s degree in educational media and computers at Arizona State University. Before writing novels full time, he held a long list of jobs, including ice cream scooper, comic book store clerk, bookseller, political fundraiser, multimedia developer, and college teacher.
It was practical work, but stories kept pulling at him.
Van Eekhout attended the Viable Paradise writing workshop in 1999, and his first professional story, “Wolves Till the World Goes Down,” appeared in the anthology Starlight 3 in 2001. A few years later, “In the Late December” became a Nebula Award finalist. His short fiction has since appeared in science fiction and fantasy magazines, anthologies, and year’s-best collections.
His first novel, Norse Code, arrived in 2009. It brings Norse gods, Valkyries, and the threat of Ragnarok into modern Southern California, following a resurrected operative named Mist and the god Hermod. It set a pattern readers can see across his work, big strange ideas are usually grounded by people trying to do the decent thing under impossible circumstances.
He soon began writing for younger readers as well. Kid vs. Squid sends a reluctant kid into a seaside mess involving Atlantis and sea monsters, while The Boy at the End of the World follows Fisher, perhaps the last human alive, across a dangerous future Earth. Both books balance jokes and brisk adventure with characters who have to learn how much they can depend on others.
Then came the adult fantasy trilogy that begins with California Bones. In its alternate version of Los Angeles, magic comes from the bones of extinct creatures, and a thief named Daniel Blackland gets drawn into a dangerous heist against a brutal ruler. The later books, Pacific Fire and Dragon Coast, widen that world with magical weapons, family trouble, canals, dragons, and jobs that get more complicated by the minute.
His more recent middle-grade novels keep finding new angles on belonging and independence. In Voyage of the Dogs, canine space travelers must continue a mission after their humans vanish. Cog asks what a learning robot owes the corporation that built him. Weird Kid, Fenris & Mott, The Ghost Job, and Happy Town mix humor, monsters, friendship, and kids facing systems that are much bigger than they are.
The setups can get wild. The emotional questions stay close to home.
Van Eekhout lives in San Diego. Away from the page, he has practiced Northern Shaolin kung fu and has made no secret of his affection for little tacos.
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