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Mark Walden Books in Order

Mark Walden has written 12 books, published between 2006 and 2022. The first book is H.I.V.E. (2006) and the newest is Bloodline (2022). Publication order is the reading order below. 9 of the 12 books listed here are in the H.I.V.E. series, which has its own page: H.I.V.E. books in order.

Books
12
Published
2006–2022
Pages on record
2,844 in 9 of 12 books
Reading time
47–71 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,844 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Mark Walden checklist

Born in 1972, Mark Walden worked as a senior producer developing PlayStation games for Sony before turning to writing full-time. Walden is credited as sole author on 12 books published between 2006 and 2022, and H.I.V.E. is the one series the catalogue records under this name. Titles include H.I.V.E. (2006), The Overlord Protocol (2007), Escape Velocity (2008), Dreadnought (2009), Zero Hour (2010), Deadlock (2013) and Retribution (2014). Recorded subjects include science fiction, schools, good and evil and artificial intelligence. Bloodline (2022) is the newest catalogued title.

How many Mark Walden books are there?

Mark Walden has 12 books, released between 2006 and 2022. They include 2 separate series.

Mark Walden Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Mark Walden books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of H.I.V.E. by Mark Walden, book 1 of the H.I.V.E. series (2006)
  2. Cover of Earthfall by Mark Walden, book 1 of the Earthfall series (2010)
  3. Cover of Rogue by Mark Walden, book 5 of the H.I.V.E. series (2010)
  4. Cover of Zero Hour by Mark Walden, book 6 of the H.I.V.E. series (2010)
  5. Cover of Deadlock by Mark Walden, book 8 of the H.I.V.E. series (2013)
  6. Cover of Retribution by Mark Walden, book 2 of the Earthfall series (2014)
  1. 1
    H.I.V.E.H.I.V.E. #12006 · 309 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006309
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  2. 2
    The Overlord ProtocolH.I.V.E. #22007 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007384
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  3. 3
    Escape VelocityH.I.V.E. #32008 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008344
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  4. 4
    DreadnoughtH.I.V.E. #42009 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009320
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  5. 5
    EarthfallEarthfall #12010 · 265 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010265
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  6. 6
    RogueH.I.V.E. #52010 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010294
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  7. 7
    Zero HourH.I.V.E. #62010 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010304
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  8. 8
    AftershockH.I.V.E. #72011 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011320
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  9. 9
    DeadlockH.I.V.E. #82013 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013304
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  10. 10
    RetributionEarthfall #22014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  11. 11
    RedemptionEarthfall #32017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  12. 12
    BloodlineH.I.V.E. #92022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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Mark Walden series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Mark Walden books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Earthfall in order

3 books
  1. 1. Earthfall
  2. 2. Retribution
  3. 3. Redemption

Do you have to read Mark Walden books in order?

You only need to read Mark Walden books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Mark Walden

Start with H.I.V.E. (2006), the first H.I.V.E. book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Mark Walden book?

Bloodline (2022) is the newest Mark Walden book released so far.

Is there a new Mark Walden book coming?

No next Mark Walden book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Mark Walden at a glance

Paused
No new Mark Walden title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Mark Walden books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,844 pages across the 9 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 309 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mark Walden books, 7 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mark Walden books are about

11 of the 12 Mark Walden books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 9 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.