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Scott Sigler Books in Order

Browse Scott Sigler books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy tips on where to start with Infected, Galactic Football League, and more.

Last updated: June 9, 2026

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39 books

Sigurd Archdiocese

by Scott Sigler

1997

A faction sourcebook for the far-future *Silent Death* setting, focused on the Sigurd Archdiocese. It expands the game's universe with military background, political flavor, and material for campaigns and fleet building.

Asp Technocracy

by Scott Sigler

1998

This *Silent Death* supplement centers on the Asp Technocracy, one of the setting's major powers. Expect faction lore, strategic flavor, and game material built around its ships, culture, and military outlook.

Earthcore

by Scott Sigler

2001

A mining company drills three miles into a Utah mountain after a colossal platinum strike. The deeper the crew goes, the more the expedition turns into a claustrophobic fight against buried violence and something inhuman.

Ancestor

by Scott Sigler

2007

On a remote Arctic island, scientists breed a creature that could end organ shortages forever. Instead they create something huge, hungry, and impossible to control, and the experiment becomes a brutal siege.

The Rookie

by Scott Sigler

2007

Quentin Barnes, a gifted young quarterback raised to hate aliens, enters the galaxy's deadliest football league. To survive on and off the field, he has to outgrow his prejudice and lead a team tied to crime and corruption.

Contagious

by Scott Sigler

2008

The infection is spreading, and Perry Dawsey may be the only human who can sense its hosts. Dew Phillips and Margaret Montoya race to use that edge before the alien intelligence behind the outbreak pushes America into catastrophe.

Infected

by Scott Sigler

2008

Perry Dawsey finds strange parasites growing under his skin, and they are changing more than his body. As the government scrambles for answers, his fight to stay human becomes a brutal race against madness.

Title Fight

by Scott Sigler

2009

Aging champion Korak the Cutter is still unbeaten, but time is finally catching him. When he faces savage contender Chaiyal North in a rigged interstellar MMA spectacle, pride, crime, and survival all get thrown into the cage.

The Starter

by Scott Sigler

2010

Quentin Barnes and the Ionath Krakens have reached Tier One, where every opponent is bigger, richer, and more ruthless. Quentin must rebuild his team for the top level before the dream season turns into a massacre.

Blood is Red

by Scott Sigler

2011

This first Color Collection gathers eight horror stories that range from sports terror to monster mayhem. It is a sharp sampler of Sigler in short form, bloody, fast, and always ready to push a weird premise further.

The All-Pro

by Scott Sigler

2011

In his third season, Quentin Barnes is no longer just trying to belong, he is chasing a title. Free agency, assassination attempts, and the grind of a brutal schedule make every decision hit harder.

Bones Are White

by Scott Sigler

2012

The second Color Collection brings together more short fiction, including Siglerverse pieces and new Hunter Hunterson and Kissyman stories. The range is wider, but the pressure, dark turns, and nasty surprises are still very Sigler.

Nocturnal

by Scott Sigler

2012

San Francisco homicide detective Bryan Clauser is haunted by dreams that match real murders. As he and Pookie Chang investigate, the case opens onto hidden monsters, buried history, and a city with secrets under its streets.

The Detective

by Scott Sigler

2012

Quentin Barnes hires private investigator Frederico Gonzaga to find the family he lost. The search becomes a grim scifi-noir chase full of disguises, buried history, and danger at every stop.

The MVP

by Scott Sigler

2012

Quentin Barnes has spent years forging the Krakens into a real contender. Then a mysterious threat aboard a seized ship forces him and his teammates into a fight that is bigger, stranger, and deadlier than football.

The Reporter

by Scott Sigler

2012

Sportswriter Yolanda Davenport digs into the killing that pushed Ju Tweedy toward the Ionath Krakens. Her search for the truth moves through the shadows of the GFL, where publicity, crime, and violence constantly overlap.

Pandemic

by Scott Sigler

2014

Years after the last outbreak, Margaret Montoya is shattered by what she did to save humanity. When a new threat rises from the depths of Lake Michigan, she is dragged back into the fight against annihilation.

The Champion

by Scott Sigler

2014

Quentin has fame, wins, and enemies on every side. Off the field, he and his allies risk everything to rescue his sister and strike back at the powers that treat players like property.

Alive

by Scott Sigler

2015

Em Savage wakes in a coffin with no memory and no idea where she is. Leading a group of frightened teens through tunnels full of bones, she has to find answers before the place kills them first.

Alight

by Scott Sigler

2016

Em and the other Birthday Children reach what looks like sanctuary on Omeyocan, but the planet holds ruins, fresh predators, and more bad answers. Survival now means facing an enemy that was waiting for them all along.

The Rider

by Scott Sigler

2016

In the brutal sport of Dinolition, Poughkeepsie Pete and his T-Rex Old Bess are veterans in a league desperate for legitimacy. Crime bosses, zealots, and money trouble make every ride dangerous long before the whistle.

Alone

by Scott Sigler

2017

The truth about the Birthday Children is finally out: they were made to be overwritten by alien minds. Em Savage has to decide whether her people can claim a future they were never meant to have.

Fire Is Orange

by Scott Sigler

2019

The third Color Collection mixes horror, dark comedy, Siglerverse material, and stories from shared worlds. It feels like a grab bag in the best sense, fast, strange, and willing to swing from nasty to funny.

Hunter Hunterson & Sons War Journal Volume One

by Scott Sigler

2019

Hunter Hunterson and his monster-hunting family chase vampires, ghosts, and stranger things from Kentucky to San Francisco. These stories mix backwoods comedy with real horror and a rough, reality show style voice.

Kissyman & the Gentleman

by Scott Sigler

2019

In 1946 New York, a former SS commando turned gun for hire is pulled into a stalker case involving a rising Hollywood starlet. The result is hardboiled action with a very damaged antihero at the center.

The Reef

by Scott Sigler

2019

Former champion Chaiyal North hides from Gredok the Splithead on a lawless frontier world called the Reef. Far from the spotlight, he has one last chance to build a life that is not ruled by his old violence.

Burn the Ashes

by Scott Sigler

2020

The second Dystopia Triptych volume collects tales set during the height of oppressive regimes. Characters in these stories are already living under the boot, fighting to hold on to identity, loved ones, or a single act of rebellion in the middle of catastrophe.

Ignorance Is Strength

by Scott Sigler

2020

First in The Dystopia Triptych, this anthology gathers stories set in societies sliding toward authoritarianism and unreality. Co‑edited by Howey, it asks how language, propaganda, and willful blindness pave the road to full‑blown dystopia.

Mount Fitz Roy

by Scott Sigler

2020

Survivors of the Earthcore disaster learn there may be another impossible treasure, this time under Cerro Chaltén. The hunt pulls old operatives back together for a new expedition with bigger stakes and older horrors.

Or Else the Light

by Scott Sigler

2020

Closing out The Dystopia Triptych, this anthology turns to what comes after the fall. Its stories imagine fragile new beginnings, hard compromises, and the lingering scars left by collapsed dystopias, asking what “better” might realistically look like.

Phalanx

by Scott Sigler

2020

On the world of Ataegina, survivors hide in mountain keeps while xenomorphs rule the lowlands. When young warriors discover a new way to fight back, they march toward Black Smoke Mountain and the Demon Mother.

Aliens vs. Predators - AVP: Ultimate Prey

by Scott Sigler

2021

This anthology drops humans between two nightmare species, the Yautja and the xenomorphs, across stories set on Earth and in deep space. Sigler's contribution, "Another Mother," returns to the world of Ataegina.

The Gangster

by Scott Sigler

2021

Quentin Barnes and team owner Gredok the Splithead are headed for open war. Hurt, hunted, and surrounded by people who want to use or kill him, Quentin has to find a new path for himself and the Krakens.

Druden

by Scott Sigler

2023

Near the end of World War II, Lieutenant Eric Granville is sent to escort an OSS officer to a secret Nazi project in the Hürtgen Forest. What should be a milk run becomes a grim battle with something worse than war.

Shakedown

by Scott Sigler

2023

The PUV James Keeling is a classified warship with a near-mythic death rate and a power no other vessel can match. Its crew of criminals, castoffs, and the condemned are sent into a war that may break their minds first.

The Stone Wolves

by Scott Sigler

2023

Once feared freedom fighters, the aging Stone Wolves now live scattered, diminished lives. One pull from the past forces them back together for a final mission against enemies who never forgot them.

SLAY

by Scott Sigler

2024

If you have a monster problem and enough cash, you call Lincoln Franks, the Man in Gray. This opener throws a burned-out hunter into a foul-mouthed supernatural underworld of gang wars, debts, and personal ruin.

New

Voidstrike

by Scott Sigler

2026

The Keeling's next mission is even worse: raid supply lines and capture a live specimen of a flesh-eating alien species. As each dive frays reality, the crew must wonder whether the deadliest thing aboard is the enemy or the ship itself.

New

Warpath

by Scott Sigler

2026

In 18th century New England, a mixed-race member of Rogers' Rangers turns to the darkest magic of his people to defend his homeland. Sigler blends frontier warfare, historical tension, and supernatural menace into one hard-running tale.

Where should I start?

If you want body-horror sci-fi: InfectedContagiousPandemic
If you want far-future sports and crime: The RookieThe StarterThe All-ProThe MVP
If you want mystery-heavy survival sci-fi: AliveAlightAlone
If you want dark standalone horror: NocturnalAncestor
If you want expedition horror: EarthcoreMount Fitz Roy

Author bio

Scott Sigler grew up in Cheboygan, Michigan, and he has said that monster stories got hold of him early. As a kid he loved classic creature features, and by the third grade he was already trying to write his own. That mix of horror, science fiction, sports, and dark humor still runs through his work.

He did not arrive at fiction by a straight path.

Before the novels, Sigler wrote for the role-playing game industry in high school and college. After college he worked as a newspaper reporter, which shows in the way he tells a story. His books tend to move fast, stay clear, and keep the pressure on. He has also talked about working a long list of other jobs while trying to build a writing career, including marketing and software work.

One of the big turning points was Earthcore.

He had a print deal for the novel, but the project died when the imprint behind it was shut down. After he got the rights back, he tried something different. In 2005 he began releasing Earthcore as a free serialized audiobook, reading it himself in weekly installments. That move helped him build a large audience and made him one of the early writers to use podcasting as a real publishing path, not just a side project. His audio work has stayed central ever since, and his long-running fiction podcast is still a big part of how readers find him.

The books that followed show how wide his range can be while still feeling unmistakably his. Infected and its sequels lean hard into body horror and outbreak panic, following Perry Dawsey, Margaret Montoya, and Dew Phillips through a nightmare that starts inside the body and scales up fast. Ancestor takes a biotech premise on a remote Arctic island and turns it into a brutal containment story. Nocturnal starts as a San Francisco cop novel, then slides into stranger and darker territory under the city's streets.

He also knows how to build worlds that can carry more than one kind of story.

That is especially true of the Galactic Football League books. On the surface, they are about a lethal pro football league seven centuries in the future. In practice, they are also crime stories, war stories, coming-of-age stories, and ensemble dramas. The main run follows quarterback Quentin Barnes, but the connected novellas widen the frame to include reporters, detectives, fighters, soldiers, and other people living around the game. Sigler clearly loves the sport, but he is just as interested in the money, power, prejudice, and survival wrapped around it.

Then there is Alive, which begins with a teenage girl waking up in a coffin and grows into a bigger survival puzzle, and Aliens: Phalanx, his take on the xenomorph mythos, which drops that terror into a world of mountain keeps and close-quarters combat. Even when the settings change wildly, the energy stays familiar. Bodies are under pressure. Institutions lie. Teams matter. Survival is never guaranteed.

Today Sigler lives in San Diego, California, with his wife and their dogs. He still writes across horror, science fiction, thrillers, and fantasy, and he still keeps one foot in audio storytelling. That combination, direct prose on the page and a strong performer's instinct underneath it, helps explain why his books feel so urgent. He writes like he wants the next chapter to hit before you have time to brace for it.

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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All 39 Scott Sigler Books in Order (Complete List 2026)