KW Jeter Books in Order
Explore K. W. Jeter novels in order, with series lists, short summaries, and background on his dark, inventive science fiction and steampunk worlds.
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KW Jeter books in publication order
44 books
Seeklight
by KW Jeter
1975
On an Earthlike planet settled from preserved human genetic material, Daenek grows up ostracized as the son of an assassinated clan leader. Approaching seventeen, he discovers a government conspiracy that threatens his life and identity.
The Dreamfields
by KW Jeter
1976
Ralph Metric monitors the dreams of disturbed teenagers kept unconscious at a guarded military base. Told the project offers psychotherapy, he begins to suspect Operation Dreamwatch has a hidden purpose that makes his nightly work dangerous.
Morlock Night
by KW Jeter
1979
Morlocks acquire a time machine and travel from the distant future to Victorian England. As their invasion threatens the country, legendary heroes of England return to confront creatures whose arrival puts the past itself at risk.
Soul Eater
by KW Jeter
1983
A paralysed mother possesses her daughter as part of an attempt to destroy her husband. The family's relationships become entangled with a malevolent supernatural presence, turning the daughter's body into an instrument of obsession and revenge.
Dr. Adder
by KW Jeter
1984
E. Allen Limmit leaves Phoenix for a divided, decaying Los Angeles and encounters a surgeon who reshapes bodies to satisfy hidden desires. He becomes caught between Dr. Adder and a televangelist commanding an army of moral enforcers.
The Glass Hammer
by KW Jeter
1985
Celebrity racer Ross Schuyler smuggles computer chips across the Arizona desert while government satellites try to kill him. When his microcomputer warns of a conspiracy, he faces dangers beyond the televised races that made him famous.
Infernal Devices
by KW Jeter
1986
George Dower inherits his father's watchmaker's shop without inheriting his mechanical gifts. An attempted theft of an old device pulls him into a Victorian mystery involving time travel, music, and inventions he cannot readily understand.
Dark Seeker
by KW Jeter
1987
Mike Tyler uses medication to suppress the effects of a drug that once gave students a shared, murderous consciousness. The presence still lurks within him, threatening the life he has rebuilt and demanding control of his mind.
Death Arms
by KW Jeter
1987
A mysterious fear has driven much of the population from a devastated future Los Angeles. Among those remaining are violent outsiders and people with extraordinary abilities, living under the authority of the powerful SCRAP organization.
Mantis
by KW Jeter
1987
Rae wants a man willing to abandon restraint and give himself completely to her desires. Michael believes he can satisfy her, but his determination to obey draws him toward increasingly dangerous extremes of obsession and self-destruction.
Farewell Horizontal
by KW Jeter
1989
Axxter leaves the routine interior of the vast Cylinder to work as a freelance artist on its exterior. A commission to redesign a warrior tribe's imagery draws him into danger among the structure's competing factions.
In the Land of the Dead
by KW Jeter
1989
In a bleak California, exhausted people struggle across a barren landscape under cruel masters. Poverty and oppression shape their daily existence while the region's suffering takes on the menace of a nightmare from which escape seems impossible.
The Night Man
by KW Jeter
1990
A victim of brutal treatment summons supernatural vengeance from the depths of his own mind. The violence inflicted on him becomes the source of a new threat, joining psychological damage with forces that reach beyond ordinary retaliation.
Madlands
by KW Jeter
1991
In an unstable realm resembling Los Angeles, Trayne works on a religious broadcaster's shows before embarking on a murderous quest. Meanwhile, Nora, a creation of the Madlands, begins developing an identity of her own.
Wolf Flow
by KW Jeter
1992
After crossing drug kingpin Aitch, Mike is thrown from a speeding car and left dying in the Oregon desert. He discovers an abandoned spa whose unusual healing waters offer a chance to survive his injuries.
Dark Horizon
by KW Jeter
1993
A human extremist group unleashes bacteria designed to wipe out the alien Newcomers. With the Francisco family infected and facing death, the familiar police partners confront a crisis threatening the Tenctonese community's survival on Earth.
Cross of Blood
by KW Jeter
1995
The expected birth of a child with human and Newcomer parents sparks panic across the city. Pregnant Cathy retreats into seclusion while Matt tries to draw his police partner George away from a Newcomer cult.
The Edge of Human
by KW Jeter
1995
Rick Deckard resumes the hunt for a replicant in a dangerous twenty-first-century Los Angeles. This time, the former blade runner is also being pursued, and his elusive android quarry may pose a threat he cannot anticipate.
Replicant Night
by KW Jeter
1996
Living secretly on Mars, Rick Deckard sees his past resurface when filmmakers begin recreating his life. A talking briefcase claims he is essential to a replicant revolution, sending him toward the outer colonies while enemies pursue him.
Noir
by KW Jeter
1998
A corporate executive is murdered, leaving his computerized prowler at large with dangerous secrets. Retired information cop McNihil reluctantly joins operative November to retrieve it, suspecting the assignment conceals a trap and a wider conspiracy.
Slave Ship
by KW Jeter
1998
An enormous bounty on a renegade stormtrooper ignites competition among the fractured Bounty Hunters Guild. Boba Fett leaves his ship behind to pursue the prize, unaware that his movements bring him nearer Prince Xizor's trap.
The Mandalorian Armor
by KW Jeter
1998
Prince Xizor proposes destroying the Bounty Hunters Guild by turning its members against one another. Boba Fett joins the effort to eliminate his rivals, then finds himself targeted by competing factions and Imperial conspiracies.
Hard Merchandise
by KW Jeter
1999
Boba Fett finds evidence linking Prince Xizor to the deaths of Luke Skywalker's aunt and uncle. With an amnesiac woman potentially holding crucial answers, he must identify a hidden enemy determined to conceal the truth.
Eye and Talon
by KW Jeter
2000
Iris, a highly skilled blade runner, becomes caught in a frightening conspiracy within the world of humans and replicants. Her work places her at the centre of dangers that extend beyond an ordinary android hunt.
Ninja Two-Fifty
by KW Jeter
2010
Black Nightgown
by KW Jeter
2011
Riding Bitch
by KW Jeter
2011
On Halloween, a man takes a high-powered motorcycle ride with his dead former girlfriend strapped to his back. His journey into a bar and beyond turns grief and attachment into a grotesque encounter with death.
Straight Shot
by KW Jeter
2011
The Kingdom of Shadows
by KW Jeter
2011
A young actress moves through the film worlds of Nazi Germany and Hollywood while trying to uncover her heritage. As war begins and conspiracies tighten around her, survival leads toward the devastation of Berlin's final days.
Blue on One End, Yellow on the Other
by KW Jeter
2012
Candy in the Sack
by KW Jeter
2012
Death's Apprentice
by KW Jeter
2012
Seventeen-year-old Nathaniel, Death's apprentice, prepares to challenge the Devil in Grimm City, a metropolis built above Hell's gates. A half-dead wraith and a giant hitman join him in a revolt involving both living and dead.
Layover
by KW Jeter
2012
A writer researches a scandalous affair between singers from an earlier era while his wife pursues interests beyond their prospective book. Their time apart and the possibilities of modern technology give their own relationship new erotic complications.
Real Dangerous Girl
by KW Jeter
2012
After losing her job, Kim Oh hires a hitman to take revenge on her former boss. But Cole's injuries mean she must learn to handle a gun herself, placing her own survival alongside the planned killing.
Real Dangerous Job
by KW Jeter
2012
Kim Oh continues the revenge mission begun with her hitman mentor, Cole. While caring for her disabled brother, she must confront how learning to kill is changing her character and what their dangerous plan will demand.
Real Dangerous People
by KW Jeter
2012
Kim Oh joins a group of professional killers while trying to keep social workers from taking her brother Donnie away. Her new career demands violence, but protecting her family presents problems that shooting cannot solve.
Real Dangerous Place
by KW Jeter
2012
Newly arrived in Los Angeles, Kim Oh is trapped in a freeway hostage crisis with her brother Donnie. Unarmed and surrounded by gunmen, she must contend with a terrorist whose plans reach beyond the immediate siege.
The First Time
by KW Jeter
2012
Fiendish Schemes
by KW Jeter
2013
George Dower returns to a transformed, steam-powered Victorian London burdened by debts. Promises of money draw him into a search for his father's Vox Universalis, while mysterious conspirators and a troublesome vicar complicate his efforts.
Real Dangerous Fun
by KW Jeter
2014
Hitwoman Kim Oh accepts a spring-break bodyguard job for a wealthy young woman. A kidnapping exposes overlapping deceptions, forcing Kim to rescue her client while protecting herself and her brother Donnie from the schemes surrounding them.
Real Dangerous Plan
by KW Jeter
2015
After an assassination assignment fails, Kim Oh retreats to the desert hoping to escape retaliation. A crime boss’s crew and a Russian explosives specialist pursue her, leaving her few resources to protect herself and brother Donnie.
Real Dangerous Ride
by KW Jeter
2015
Kim Oh transports a sealed backpack from Los Angeles to San Francisco for a venture capitalist. Rival high-tech pursuers turn the delivery into a lethal journey involving drones, dangerous vehicles, and questions about her cargo.
Grim Expectations
by KW Jeter
2017
George Dower receives a ticking clockwork box from the dying Miss McThane. When it stops and opens, mysterious letters signed by an unknown correspondent reveal a completed search, setting him on another unsettling Victorian adventure.
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