HIVE Books in Order
See all the HIVE books in order by Mark Walden, with short summaries, reading order, series background, and a quick guide to where to start.
Last updated: July 2, 2026
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Publication Order
8 books
H.I.V.E.
by Mark Walden
2006
Thirteen-year-old Otto Malpense is kidnapped to a secret school for future criminal masterminds hidden inside a volcano. With new friends at his side, he tries to do the impossible, escape before six years of villain training becomes a life sentence.
The Overlord Protocol
by Mark Walden
2007
A rare trip off campus turns into an ambush when Otto and Wing are caught in Cypher's hunt for the Overlord Protocol. To protect his friends, Otto has to chase a ruthless villain and stop a plan with global consequences.
Escape Velocity
by Mark Walden
2008
Dr. Nero has been captured, and Otto's strange new connection to computers is getting harder to ignore. To learn the truth, he must escape H.I.V.E. again and attempt the kind of mission no young villain should survive.
Dreadnought
by Mark Walden
2009
When a rogue faction kidnaps two boys Otto cares about, he heads to America on an unauthorized rescue mission. Cut off from H.I.V.E. and hunted by security forces, he must work out who he can trust before a larger plot unfolds.
Rogue
by Mark Walden
2010
Otto has vanished, villain leaders are under attack, and Dr. Nero is forced to order his own star pupil captured or killed. As Wing and Raven race through the Amazon to find him, H.I.V.E.'s defenses begin turning on the school itself.
Zero Hour
by Mark Walden
2010
Overlord is back, able to jump from body to body and burn through each host in the process. Otto becomes the key to stopping him, as Nero launches a desperate global plan before a weapon on a terrifying scale is unleashed.
Aftershock
by Mark Walden
2011
While Otto and the Alpha stream endure a brutal survival exercise in Siberia, enemies inside G.L.O.V.E. make their move. With a traitor in the ranks and old loyalties breaking apart, the world of villainy edges toward civil war.
Deadlock
by Mark Walden
2013
Otto and Raven set out to rescue their friends from Anastasia Furan and the Glasshouse, a prison that trains child assassins. At the same time, a secret American unit is closing in, turning the mission into a trap from every angle.
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