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Kate O'Hearn Books in Order

Explore Kate O'Hearn books in order, with series guides for Pegasus, Atlantis, Valkyrie, and more, plus quick summaries and easy starting points.

Last updated: June 10, 2026

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18 books

Kira

by Kate O'Hearn

2008

In a kingdom where girls are controlled by brutal laws, twelve-year-old Kira dreams of becoming a dragon knight. When her family is torn apart, she and her sister Elspeth flee and become the focus of a dangerous prophecy.

Elspeth

by Kate O'Hearn

2009

Separated by a failed spell, Kira and Elspeth are flung into different eras. While Elspeth must survive a distant past, Kira struggles through a strange future to reunite her family and challenge the cruel monarchy.

Herm's Secret

by Kate O'Hearn

2010

Lori Watson hears a warning that sends her to the misty island of Herm, where the truth about her missing mother and her own nature begins to emerge. With a young humpback whale beside her, she faces hunters and a family secret.

Pegasus and the Flame / The Flame of Olympus

by Kate O'Hearn

2011

During a blackout in Manhattan, thirteen-year-old Emily finds a wounded Pegasus on her roof. Teaming up with Joel, she is pulled into a fight involving Roman gods, monsters, and a desperate race to save Olympus.

The Fight for Olympus / Olympus at War

by Kate O'Hearn

2011

Emily is in Olympus with Pegasus, but the Nirads invade again. While she longs to rescue her father from the CRU in New York, old grudges and new enemies pull her into another war.

The New Olympians / Pegasus and the New Olympians

by Kate O'Hearn

2012

A Pegasus lookalike in Nevada sends Emily, Pegasus, and her friends back to the human world. What starts as an investigation leads from Area 51 to Las Vegas and toward a conspiracy that could set humans against Olympus.

The Origins of Olympus

by Kate O'Hearn

2012

A deadly plague is killing the Olympians, and Pegasus is fading fast. To save him, Emily journeys back to the origins of Olympus and into the first great war between the gods and the Titans.

Valkyrie

by Kate O'Hearn

2013

Freya is about to take up her duties as a Valkyrie, but she wants no part of a life spent reaping souls. A first mission sends her to the human world, where compassion becomes its own kind of rebellion.

The Runaway

by Kate O'Hearn

2014

Still under suspicion in Asgard, Freya returns to the human realm to find the missing Valkyrie Brünnhilde. The search uncovers darker secrets and pulls her toward the Frost Giants, new enemies, and the threat of war.

Rise of the Titans

by Kate O'Hearn

2015

The Titans have found a power to rival the Flame of Olympus, and Emily's own hold on that flame is slipping. She and Pegasus race to Hawaii and Diamond Head before the Titans, or the CRU, get there first.

The End of Olympus

by Kate O'Hearn

2016

Weakened after Hawaii, Emily heads to London with Pegasus, Joel, and Paelen to save Agent B from the CRU. The rescue uncovers dark secrets about the agency, and about Emily herself.

War of the Realms

by Kate O'Hearn

2016

War breaks out across the Norse worlds, and the bridge back to Asgard is closed. Freya and the Valkyries must trust risky allies, race between realms, and stop the fighting before both Asgard and Earth are destroyed.

Titans

by Kate O'Hearn

2019

Fifteen years after Olympus falls, Titan girl Astraea discovers a human boy on the forbidden world of Titus. She, Zephyr, and a small band of friends uncover an invasion plot that could restart war and threaten the universe.

The Missing

by Kate O'Hearn

2020

With prisoners hidden on Earth and the Mimics closing in, Astraea and her friends head to a dangerous jungle world for help. Instead they find dinosaurs, brutal heat, fresh injuries, and a rescue mission that keeps growing.

Escape from Atlantis

by Kate O'Hearn

2021

Riley and her cousin Alfie are swept off a family sailboat in the Bermuda Triangle and wake on Atlantis. To find their parents and escape, they must navigate a beautiful island full of creatures, factions, and dangerous secrets.

The Fallen Queen

by Kate O'Hearn

2021

Astraea, Zephyr, Pegasus, and Tryn are barely holding off the Mimics when more friends are captured. Their only chance may be a desperate strike at the Mimic home world, with help from allies they never expected to trust.

Return to Atlantis

by Kate O'Hearn

2023

Home in Colorado at last, Riley hopes the adventure is over, but the Atlanteans hiding with her family are growing sick away from the island's magic. A local crime wave and rising pressure send Riley and Alfie back to Atlantis.

Secrets of Atlantis

by Kate O'Hearn

2023

After a string of Red Moons and an earthquake, Atlantis is unraveling. When several of Riley's friends are kidnapped, she leads a risky journey into the Enchanted Territory, chasing answers that could save the island or tear it apart.

Where should I start?

If you want modern Greek mythology: Pegasus and the FlameThe Fight for OlympusThe New Olympians
If you like lost worlds and sea adventure: Escape from AtlantisReturn to AtlantisSecrets of Atlantis
If you want dragons and rebellion: KiraElspeth
If you prefer Norse mythology: ValkyrieThe RunawayWar of the Realms
If you want the Pegasus follow-up: TitansThe MissingThe Fallen Queen

Author bio

Kate O'Hearn was born in Toronto, Canada, and was mostly raised in New York City. Her family moved around a lot, so childhood also meant time in places like Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and smaller towns along the way. She has said New York felt closest to home, even if home was always a little bit in motion.

That restless childhood shows up all through her books. She has written about family road trips, a stop in Galveston after a hurricane, and the strange thrill of exploring an abandoned carnival with her brothers. She has also remembered Florida seas full of whales, West Texas skies packed with stars, and the roof of her New York apartment, the kind of rooftop she later used as the landing place for Pegasus.

Those were the raw materials. Adventure first, story later.

Before she became an author, O'Hearn worked other jobs and has said she had several unusual careers. The real turn toward writing came after she moved to England and traveled through Europe. Surrounded by old places and deep history, and carrying years of stories from long family journeys, she started making up worlds of her own. Writing, she has said, was the work that gave her the most pleasure.

Her early novels, Kira and Elspeth, already show what readers would come to expect from her. They are dragon stories, but they are also stories about sisters, unfair rules, and girls refusing to stay small. That blend, fantasy on the surface, stubborn courage underneath, still runs through much of what she writes.

Many readers first meet her through Pegasus and the Flame and the rest of the Pegasus books. Those novels drop a winged horse onto a Manhattan rooftop and then open the door to Olympus, Roman gods, monsters, secret agencies, and a girl named Emily who keeps choosing bravery over comfort. The books move fast, but they also make room for friendship, loyalty, and family.

She keeps returning to myth, but she does not keep telling the same story. Valkyrie brings Norse mythology down to earth through Freya, a girl torn between duty and compassion. Titans revisits the world of Pegasus from a new angle, with old conflict shaping a new generation. And in Escape from Atlantis, she turns the lost island into a place of wonder, danger, and survival, with cousins Riley and Alfie trying to find their family and a way home.

Another thing that links her books is the scale of the feeling. The settings are huge, Olympus, Asgard, Atlantis, dragon-haunted kingdoms, but the emotional center is usually close to home. Brothers and sisters matter. Parents matter. So do animals, which fits with O'Hearn's own public affection for them. She has described herself as shy and private, and she tends to let the books do the talking.

She now lives in England.

From there, she has built a body of middle grade fantasy that mixes myth, movement, danger, and heart. If her books have a signature, it may be this: wild places, big stakes, and young characters who keep going, even when the odds look impossible.

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All 18 Kate O'Hearn Books in Order (Complete List 2026)