Robert Holdstock Books in Order

A horror novelization built around a savage werewolf legend. As fear spreads and the creature's violent nature becomes impossible to ignore, those nearby must uncover the secret behind the monster.

In this early science fiction novel, human isolation and alien contact become closely entwined. The story explores what happens when people trying to understand an unfamiliar presence also confront their own estrangement.

Harald returns home to find the woman he loves caught in the aftermath of a berserker raid. His revenge draws him into a curse, a brutal feud, and the dangerous attention of Odin.

Harald's violent saga continues in a hard northern world of raids, old loyalties, and supernatural forces. Every battle brings him closer to enemies who understand how to turn strength into a curse.

Raven's hard-won freedom leads her into another dangerous land where old horrors have not stayed buried. To survive, she must face enemies whose power reaches beyond ordinary battle.

An early science fiction story shaped by distant worlds, human unease, and hints of older forces beneath a rational future. The novel follows Holdstock's interest in science meeting something much more primal.

A reference book surveying science fiction's writers, ideas, settings, and major traditions. Holdstock served as consulting editor, bringing his broad knowledge of the genre to an accessible guide for curious readers.

CI5 finds itself facing an adversary who understands pursuit as well as Bodie and Doyle do. The agents must turn the pressure around before they become the targets of the operation.

Bodie and Doyle take on another high-risk CI5 assignment where a small lead may be their only way into a larger criminal operation. Fast decisions and close surveillance drive this television-style thriller.

A dark supernatural thriller in which the boundaries between ordinary life and occult power begin to fail. Holdstock combines horror, psychological pressure, and a growing sense that the past is still dangerously alive.

A routine watch turns into a volatile CI5 case for Bodie and Doyle. As they track suspects and wait for the missing piece to appear, the danger moves much closer than expected.

Raven rises from slavery to become a feared warrior in a violent fantasy world. Her skill with a blade wins freedom, but it also draws her into conflicts shaped by magic, ambition, and revenge.

Raven's journey continues through a harsh fantasy world of warriors, sorcery, and dangerous powers from the past. Survival demands more than courage when an ancient force begins to stir.

A horror novel centered on occult menace and people drawn toward a dangerous secret. As fear and suspicion build, the threat proves less like a rumor and more like a force with real power.

CI5 agents Bodie and Doyle investigate when ex-mercenaries rob a bank and draw the attention of a major crime boss. The operation quickly becomes a dangerous test of who is using whom.

Raven enters another brutal struggle where old loyalties, violent enemies, and supernatural danger close in around her. The swordsmistress must keep fighting even as the cost of survival rises.

An illustrated exploration of imagined worlds in science fiction and fantasy. The book pairs artwork with commentary on alien settings, speculative ideas, and the visual pleasure of building worlds beyond Earth.

Bodie and Doyle are sent into a CI5 mission with uncertain information and little room to prepare. Every move risks exposing the operation, but standing still could be even worse.

A woman caught in a dangerous situation becomes the center of a CI5 investigation. Bodie and Doyle must work out whether she needs protection, knows too much, or is being used by someone else.

Raven faces new enemies in a world where political ambition and dark magic are closely linked. Her reputation makes her valuable to powerful people, but she refuses to become anyone's weapon.

Harald faces another grim stretch of war, magic, and shifting alliances. In a land where old gods meddle with human lives, surviving the next fight may demand more than skill with a blade.

Past choices and present danger collide in this CI5 adventure. Bodie and Doyle follow a trail through criminal connections, knowing that an old score can become deadly when someone decides to settle it.

A case built around concealment and false identities pulls Bodie and Doyle into a tense CI5 investigation. Finding the right person is only the start, because the people hiding have reasons to fight back.

A richly illustrated journey through space, introducing planets, stars, galaxies, and the scale of the universe. It makes astronomical ideas approachable while keeping a sense of wonder about the view beyond Earth.

Susan Grant says a masked stalker is terrorizing her, but the local police do not believe her. Cowley sends Bodie to protect her, and CI5 discovers that the threat is very real.

A young woman and a sympathetic lawyer plan attacks on legal institutions they see as corrupt. CI5 must stop the escalating terror campaign before Bodie and Doyle become caught in its fallout.

A shadowy organization begins murdering people who seem to have no connection to espionage. Bodie and Doyle go undercover to learn why these ordinary targets are being marked for death.

On a planet battered by winds that throw people into the past or future, Kris Dojaan searches for her lost brother. Leo Faulcon must uncover the Winds' secret before both Kris and Lena disappear forever.

A newly released criminal plans to ransom a hospital ward full of post-operative patients. CI5 has little time to contain the threat before a desperate scheme becomes a mass-casualty crisis.

A collection of Robert Holdstock's early short fiction, moving through science fiction, fantasy, and strange encounters with the past. These stories show his growing interest in myth, memory, and unsettling landscapes.

Presented as the recovered journals of the magus Geoffrey Carlyle, this illustrated fantasy book follows a magician's strange discoveries. It mixes invented lore, visual detail, and the pleasure of a mysterious found document.

A government department tries to bury the consequences of a failed drugs raid involving South American nationalists. Bodie and Doyle enter a case where official secrecy may be more dangerous than the criminals.

Bodie loses heavily in a private poker game and finds himself indebted to a foreign diplomat. Clearing that debt may require betraying CI5 secrets, putting loyalty and survival in direct conflict.

A gang leader offers to surrender if CI5 will protect his threatened family. Bodie and Doyle must keep them alive while flushing out the enemy who wants leverage before the deal can be completed.

An illustrated guide to fantasy worlds, creatures, stories, and the art that gives them form. It is a broad, visual tour for readers interested in the traditions behind imaginative fiction.

Dan Brady's hunt for his abducted family takes him into another encounter with occult violence and restless forces from the past. Each clue brings him closer to the people he loves, and deeper into danger.

Dan Brady's wife and children vanish after a burst of horrific violence. To find them, the former family man must become a hunter of occult evil and learn powers he never believed existed.

On a bleak coast marked by old bloodshed, Dan Brady finds a talisman that may lead to his missing family. It also awakens a supernatural threat that could destroy an entire community.

Retired detective George Bulman tries to build a quieter life, but crime and old instincts soon pull him back into investigation. This tie-in mystery introduces his offbeat methods and uneasy new routine.

A visual exploration of vanished lands, legendary places, and imagined worlds. The book combines artwork and commentary to consider why lost civilizations and unreachable realms remain such durable fantasy material.

Steven Huxley returns from war to find his family broken by Ryhope Wood, a forest where mythic figures become real. Searching for his lost brother takes him into a landscape shaped by memory and desire.

George Bulman goes undercover as a tramp after a homeless friend is murdered. The trail leads from an unlikely pigeon mystery to secrets moving across Cold War borders.

Children uncover an unholy secret beneath London and awaken the wrath of its guardian. For Dan Brady, their ordeal may provide a vital clue to the occult force holding his family.

Dan Brady follows another trail through a place where ancient belief and present terror have become tangled together. The search for his family demands that he confront an evil rooted in a sacred site.

This novelization follows a father searching the Amazon rainforest for the son taken years earlier by an Indigenous tribe. The rescue mission becomes a clash of cultures, loyalties, and competing ideas of home.

Dan Brady reaches the final and most dangerous stage of his pursuit through the supernatural. The path ahead is a maze of old powers, hidden truths, and the desperate hope of finding his family.

Tallis Keeton believes her brother Harry is lost inside Mythago Wood. Her search carries her through ritual, legend, and dangerous old worlds toward Lavondyss, the place at the heart of all myths.

This collection returns to the mythic territory around Ryhope Wood through stories of the Huxley family, ancient landscapes, and dangerous memories. It deepens the background of the Mythago cycle without repeating its first journey.

A family crisis opens into a supernatural mystery shaped by folklore, fear, and a father's need to protect his child. Holdstock blends modern horror with the unsettling pull of an older, hidden world.

A dark fantasy novella written with Garry Kilworth, in which an old and dangerous mystery returns with disturbing force. The story builds its horror from folklore, curiosity, and the cost of opening what should stay closed.

A team enters Ryhope Wood to find Alex Bradley, a troubled boy whose imagination has begun changing the forest itself. The mythagos he creates are distorted, powerful, and increasingly hard to contain.

Martin and Rebecca return to Brittany for their mother's funeral and are trapped by the dark enchantment of Broceliande. The legendary forest reaches into their family, especially after the birth of their unusual child.

Jack Chatwin sees another world in his visions, while an archaeologist uncovers the vanished city of Glanum. When Jack's daughter is taken into that shifting realm, his family must find a way in.

Christian Huxley is drawn back to Ryhope Wood by a childhood encounter and his father's terrible obsession. Inside, he joins forgotten warriors and Guiwenneth on a dangerous journey toward the gates of truth and lies.

A young Merlin travels through the frozen north and becomes entangled with Jason, Medea, and the search for Jason's missing sons. Greek, Celtic, and Finnish myths collide in a dangerous new adventure.

Merlin returns to Alba as Jason sails on the restored Argo in search of his son. A threatened fortress, warriors from Ghostland, and an approaching war force old allies into a new conflict.

Merlin's long life, his ties to Medea, and his affection for the enchantress Niiv come under new strain. As ancient powers gather around Crete, he must face responsibility instead of running from it.

Ryhope Wood opens again for a new generation connected to Steven Huxley and Guiwenneth. Children, old legends, and fragments of stories across time gather around the elusive island realm of Avilion.

A joint poetry collection by Garry Kilworth and Robert Holdstock. The poems make room for humor, wordplay, dark imagination, and the cheerful willingness to call a poem a peom when needed.