Steve Alten

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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1997
  • Latest Book:
    April 2025
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About the Author

Steve Alten is the New York Times bestselling author of Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror, The Loch and Goliath. He is also the founder and director of America's nationwide Adopt-An-Author reading initiative. Steve lives with his family in Boca Raton Florida.

Full Series List in Order

Domain

1 - Domain (Jan-2001)
2 - Resurrection (Feb-2004)
Phobos: Mayan Fear (Oct-2011)

The Loch

1 - The Loch (May-2005)
2 - Vostok (Feb-2015)

Meg

1 - Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror (Jun-1997)
2 - The Trench (Jul-1999)
3 - Primal Waters (Jul-2004)
4 - Hell's Aquarium (May-2009)
5 - Nightstalkers (Jun-2016)
6 - Generations (Feb-2018)

Book List in Order: 26 titles

  • Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror

    Meg - 1

    MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror is the book that launched New York Times bestselling author Steve Alten's franchise and inspired an international blockbuster starring Jason Statham.Seven years ago and seven miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, D...

  • Fathom

    Astronomer Dr. Mick Gabriel's belief that a natural catastrophe is imminent comes true in the form of a primal, evil being lying in the sea, a creature foretold in Mayan legend. By the author of Meg. ...

  • The Trench

    Meg - 2

    Master of suspense Steve Alten always takes readers to the edge with his non-stop, adrenaline-charged novels. Just in time for the movie, this new edition of his New York Times and USA Today bestselling sequel to MEG shows just how deep fear can run ...

  • Domain

    Domain - 1

    For 32 years, archaeologist Julius Gabriel has investigated the Mayan calendar, a 2,500-year-old enigma that predicts the end of humanity. Julius believes the sites of the ancients, placed all around the globe, represent ancient pieces of a puzzle li...

  • Goliath

    Commander Rochelle "Rocky" Jackson is aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan when the "unsinkable" naval vessel and its entire fleet are attacked from the depths and sunk. As Rocky struggles to stay alive, a monstrous mechanical steel stingra...

  • Resurrection

    Domain - 2

    What happens to us when we die? Is there really an afterlife? Do we possess a soul? Does God exist? For Michael Gabriel, the answers to these questions lie in another dimension, a realm of eternity where there is no concept of time, only pure l...

  • Primal Waters

    Meg - 3

    New York Times bestselling author Steve Alten's Meg: Primal Waters continues his thrilling action adventure series--the basis for the feature film The Meg, starring Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor.Eighteen years have passed since Angel, the Megalodon s...

  • The Loch

    The Loch - 1

    Loch Ness holds secrets, ancient and deadly. Does a monster inhabit its depths, or is it just myth? Why, after thousands of reported sightings and dozens of expeditions, is there still no hard evidence? Marine biologist Zachery Wallace knows, but...

  • The Shell Game

    How did Osama bin Laden manage to divert U.S. jet fighters in the Northeast Air Defense Sector away from all four hijacked commercial airliners on the morning of September 11th, 2001? He didn't. Vice President Dick Cheney did. Extrapolating shockin...



  • Hell's Aquarium

    Meg - 4

    The Philippine Sea Plate... the deepest, most unexplored realm on the planet. Hidden beneath its ancient crust lies the remains of the Panthalassa, an ocean that dates back 220 million years. Vast and isolated, the Panthalassa in inhabited by nightma...

  • Grim Reaper: End of Days

    Patrick "Shep" Shepherd was a promising major league rookie pitcher on September 11th, 2001. Shaken by the attacks, Shep was driven to enlist in the armed forces even if that meant leaving behind his soul mate and their newborn daughter. Eleven yea...

  • Dead Bait 2

    Dead Bait 2

    We're gonna need a bigger boat!

    Following on from the abomination that was Dead Bait; Severed Press bring you more horror tales of the deep including a haunted Ice fishing trip, viscious Mer-monkeys, sickening shark attacks, derange...

  • Meg: Origins

    Commander Jonas Taylor is tasked with piloting the US Navy's most advanced submersible, the DSV Sea Cliff, to the bottom of Challenger Deep -- 36,000 feet below the surface -- into what is very much an undiscovered country. What he finds there -...

  • Phobos: Mayan Fear

    Domain

    A dazzling look at Mayan mythology incarnate from New York Times bestselling author Steve Alten For two thousand years, the Mayan Calendar has prophesied the end of mankind on a date equating to December 21st, 2012. As that day approaches, greed, ...

  • The Mayan Destiny

    It is 2047: fourteen years since Jacob Gabriel descended into the Mayan netherworld, while his twin brother turned from their chosen path, opting to remain behind. Immanuel Gabriel - still running from the forces that hunt his bloodline - believes hi...

  • The Omega Project

    On the brink of a disaster that could end all human life on earth, tech genius Robert Eisenbraun joins a team of scientists in Antarctica on a mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa to mine a rare ore that would provide for Earth’s long-term energy nee...

  • Sharkman

    Kwan Wilson was a high school basketball star living in San Diego when a tragic accident changed his life in ways no one could predict. He only looked at his phone for a few seconds, but that was all the time it took to crash his car into a telephone...

  • Vostok

    The Loch - 2

    East Antarctica: The coldest, most desolate location on Earth. Two-and-a-half miles below the ice cap is Vostok, a six thousand square mile liquid lake, over a thousand feet deep, left untouched for more than fifteen million years. Now, marine biolog...

  • Nightstalkers

    Meg - 5

    In this fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling MEG series, Nighstalkers picks up where MEG: Hell's Aquarium left off. Bela and Lizzy, the dominant Megalodon siblings from Angel's brood, have escaped the Tanaka Institute to roam the Salis...



  • The Mayan Resurrection

  • Undisclosed

    Three years ago, N.Y. Times best-selling author Steve Alten was given access to testimonials from military intelligence regarding the undisclosed TRUTH about UFOs, Extraterrestrials, secret subterranean bases... and zero-point-energy â€" a free, clea...

  • Generations

    Meg - 6

    Book six in the bestselling Meg series picks up after Meg: Nightstalkers with David Taylor in the Salish sea, attempting to locate and rescue any surviving Megalodon pups before a local fisherman slaughters them. Meanwhile, Jonas is coerced into join...

  • MEG: The Graphic Novel

    MEG: The Graphic NovelA beautifully illustrated graphic novel based on New York Times bestselling author Steve Alten’s novel and Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor. Once a Navy de...

  • Angel of Death: Survival

    From the best-selling author of the MEG series comes an action-packed trilogy that takes place during the four-year gap between Meg (book one) and The Trench (book two). While the stories focus on Angel, the Megalodon pup that was captured at the end...

  • Heaven's Lake

    From the bestselling author of The Meg comes part three in his popular Loch series.Having slain the creature terrorizing the loch, Zachary Wallace quickly goes from hero to villain as he is blamed for destroying the tourism industry in the Scottish H...

  • Survival

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Steve Alten has published 26 books.

The next book by Steve Alten, Heaven's Lake, will be published in April 2025.

The first book by Steve Alten, Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror, was published in June 1997.

Yes. Steve Alten has 3 series.
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