Best Greg Bear Books

Halo: Silentium

The Forerunner Saga • Book 3

by Greg Bear

Internal strife weakens the Forerunner empire just as the horrifying, shape-changing Flood parasite launches its assault, leaving only a husband-wife team holding the keys to salvation.

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Internal strife weakens the Forerunner empire just as the horrifying, shape-changing Flood parasite launches its assault, leaving only a husband-wife team holding the keys to salvation.

Blood Music

Forge of God books

by Greg Bear

Vergil injects himself with his own intelligent cell cultures when the lab shuts down his research, accidentally unleashing an evolutionary leap that threatens to consume all life.

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Vergil injects himself with his own intelligent cell cultures when the lab shuts down his research, accidentally unleashing an evolutionary leap that threatens to consume all life.

Halo: Cryptum

The Forerunner Saga • Book 1

by Greg Bear

Greg Bear ventures into Halo's deep past, chronicling the Forerunners' civilization and their catastrophic encounter with the Flood. Epic in scope, this prequel rewrites everything fans thought they knew.

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Greg Bear ventures into Halo's deep past, chronicling the Forerunners' civilization and their catastrophic encounter with the Flood. Epic in scope, this prequel rewrites everything fans thought they knew.

Darwin's Radio

Darwin's Radio • Book 1

by Greg Bear

Bear imagines human evolution accelerating through what appears to be a virus, as epidemiologist Christopher Dicken uncovers a biological conspiracy millions of years in the making.

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Bear imagines human evolution accelerating through what appears to be a virus, as epidemiologist Christopher Dicken uncovers a biological conspiracy millions of years in the making.

Halo: Primordium

The Forerunner Saga • Book 2

by Greg Bear

Chakas, a prehistoric human on a Halo ring, witnesses the Forerunners' final desperate gambit against the Flood parasite. Bear expands Halo lore with existential horror about sacrifice and species survival.

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Chakas, a prehistoric human on a Halo ring, witnesses the Forerunners' final desperate gambit against the Flood parasite. Bear expands Halo lore with existential horror about sacrifice and species survival.

Darwin's Children

Darwin's Radio • Book 2

by Greg Bear

The genetically enhanced children born from the SHEVA retrovirus have reached adolescence, possessing remarkable abilities that terrify normal humans. Bear explores genetic evolution and social prejudice as these gifted teens struggle for acceptance and survival.

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The genetically enhanced children born from the SHEVA retrovirus have reached adolescence, possessing remarkable abilities that terrify normal humans. Bear explores genetic evolution and social prejudice as these gifted teens struggle for acceptance and survival.

The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century

by Martin H. Greenberg, Greg Bear, Terry Bisson, David Brin, John W. Campbell Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Judith Merril, Frederik Pohl, Eric Frank Russell, Terry Farrell, Denise Crosby, Alexander Siddig, Melissa Manchester

Essential 20th-century sci-fi collection spans from Arthur C. Clarke's cosmic mysteries to Harlan Ellison's twisted childhood nightmares in "Jeffty Is Five."

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Essential 20th-century sci-fi collection spans from Arthur C. Clarke's cosmic mysteries to Harlan Ellison's twisted childhood nightmares in "Jeffty Is Five."