C Gockel Books in Order
Browse C Gockel books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy starting points for her fantasy, sci-fi, and folklore retellings.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
32 books
Monsters
by C Gockel
2012
Amy is juggling grief, school money, two jobs, and Loki, which would already be enough for one person. Then Steve Rogers gets pulled in, and the three of them have to stop trolls, wyrms, and an old evil under Chicago.
Wolves
by C Gockel
2012
Amy Lewis is on her way to her grandmother's house when a very bad wolf starts chasing her, and Loki wakes up in a prison cell far away. Their collision kicks off a funny, dangerous struggle against gods, elves, and bigger plans.
Chaos
by C Gockel
2013
Everyone wants something from Loki, Gerdr wants him dead, Cera wants his head, and the FBI wants him locked away. As demons spill into the Nine Realms, Amy and Steve are stuck in the front row.
In the Balance
by C Gockel
2013
Amy has Loki's memories and one job, remember for him until he returns. When an FBI case offers a chance to find him, she ends up tipping the fate of two universes.
Fates
by C Gockel
2014
With Loki gone, Amy carries his memories and joins Thor on a risky trip to the Norns. Bohdi wants answers of his own, and the road ahead is full of mischief, missing memories, and dangerous bargains.
The Slip
by C Gockel
2014
Only days after escaping Asgard, Amy and Bohdi are stuck with Sleipnir, the horse Odin badly wants back. This short story leans into the chaos, with the eight-legged runaway proving he has plans of his own.
Warriors
by C Gockel
2014
Bohdi is trying to hide the fact that he is Chaos incarnate, and it is going badly. When Amy's dog Fenrir and Steve are both put in danger, science, theft, and survival skills become humanity's thin line against disaster.
Archangel Down
by C Gockel
2015
In 2432, Commander Noa Sato is jailed over a secret project she knows nothing about, while James Sinclair wakes in the snow with no memory and one mission, find her. Together they uncover a disaster that could doom millions.
Ragnarok
by C Gockel
2015
Stranded on icy Jotunheim, Bohdi, Amy, Steve, and a ragged band of allies are hunted by Odin and haunted by secrets. The endgame of the series turns survival into a fight over what Chaos will become.
The Fire Bringers
by C Gockel
2015
Three hundred years after Odin's fall, familiar faces return in a short glimpse of what changed and what did not. It is a compact coda for readers who want one more visit with Amy, Bohdi, Steve, Loki, and company.
Atomic
by C Gockel
2016
Sigyn was supposed to marry a king, not Loki. This short prequel follows the fallout of that choice, and gives Sigyn a sharper, sadder, more defiant place in the I Bring the Fire world.
Carl Sagan's Hunt for Intelligent Life in the Universe
by C Gockel
2016
Hsissh of The One thinks humans are dim creatures who cannot shape the quantum world. Then his growing attachment to Noa Sato forces him to choose between his people and the life he has underestimated.
Noa's Ark
by C Gockel
2016
Time Gate 8 has fallen and Luddeccea is cut off, so Noa takes the ancient Ark on a desperate search for a hidden route to Earth. James's missing past and dangerous augments make every step riskier.
Heretic
by C Gockel
2017
Noa races toward a hidden gate that could save millions from genocide, but the truth behind the gates is far worse than she guessed. James's real nature may shatter their alliance just when humanity needs it most.
Soul Marked
by C Gockel
2017
Tara studies dark energy in Chicago and does not believe in soulmates, which is awkward when she meets Lionel, a Light Elf marked for one. Dark Elves and hidden agendas shove them together before either is ready.
Let There Be Light
by C Gockel
2018
Under the hard light of Proxima Centauri, researcher Hana fights to survive and find a way home. It is a small, tense prequel that hints at the ideas and technology behind the Archangel universe.
Magic After Midnight
by C Gockel
2018
Marcia is trying to raise three teenagers in a world where magic and monsters are real, and she does not need romance complicating things. Night Elf count Darerick meets her for business, but their growing bond could change both their lives.
Starship Waking
by C Gockel
2018
Volka hides a dangerous secret on Luddeccea while 6T9, stranded on a luxury asteroid, gets a message that changes everything. As fear spreads through alien worlds, a starship begins to wake.
Darkness Rising
by C Gockel
2019
A silent research station at the edge of the galaxy sends Volka, 6T9, and Carl Sagan into a rescue mission full of telepathic nightmares. What they find is worse than fear, it is something real and hungry.
Someday My Count Will Come
by C Gockel
2019
Penny is hunting for her missing sister when she crosses paths with Dare, an ancient Night Elf tracking one of his own. Their shared secrets turn a dangerous search into an uneasy alliance, and maybe more.
The Defiant
by C Gockel
2019
The Darkness is coming, and Volka, Carl, 6T9, and Sundancer need answers fast. Their best lead is an ally they do not trust, Alexis, a cold strategist who may be humanity's only chance.
Admiral Wolf
by C Gockel
2020
6T9's new programming has made him a killer as well as a protector, and it drives him away from Volka. As both of them change in dangerous ways, their choices could save the galaxy or destroy what they mean to each other.
Android General 1
by C Gockel
2020
After failing Volka in the last fight against the Dark, 6T9 decides he has to change. Becoming a weapon might save the galaxy, but it could cost him the part of himself Volka loves most.
Supernova
by C Gockel
2021
A Dark Fleet is massing beyond known space, and Volka, 6T9, Carl Sagan, and their sentient ships have little time to stop the next strike. The finale pushes them to evolve again, or lose humanity to extinction.
Blood So Red
by C Gockel
2022
Cherie rescued Jack, but fairy tales do not promise easy endings. With the city unstable, Jack distant, and the Evil Queen waiting for her moment, Cherie learns that victory can be the start of a worse fight.
Grendel & Beowulf
by C Gockel
2022
A wise grandmother dies, wakes as a vampire in a magical world, and names herself Grendel. Then a new hero named Beowulf rises to hunt monsters, and her prophetic name starts to look like trouble.
Snow So White
by C Gockel
2022
In the hidden village of Somer, Cherie lives safely under Jack Frost's protection until the queen's gaze finally breaks through. To save her people, she makes a perilous bargain and steps into a fairy tale full of Magick and danger.
Monsters & Empire
by C Gockel
2023
Beowulf has become the Dragon King's most dangerous weapon, and Grendel needs to reach the man inside the myth before pride and vengeance consume him. The war ahead will decide the fate of monsters, empires, and everyone caught between.
Mother of Monsters
by C Gockel
2023
After freeing Ember miners, Grendel and Beowulf try to escort the survivors to safety through territory where vampires are killed on sight. Their growing feelings collide with empire-building kings, gods, and harder choices than either expects.
Beasts in the Garden
by C Gockel
2026
John Miller expects to recover his former lover's body at a ruined Proxima outpost, not discover Hana missing and possibly alive. Following her experimental escape sends them into a brutal survival story where the real shock is when they have landed.
Intelligent Design
by C Gockel
2026
John survives, but Hana is hiding the truth after their desperate jump drops them on a colony world called Twilight. Its calm surface, cloned Hanas, and careful order all suggest something is badly wrong.
Noble Savages
by C Gockel
2026
Twilight was built to be humanity's future, but its genetic perfection is turning into collapse. Hana, John, and their wolf Haiiro run toward the North Polars while time gates threaten to reconnect lost worlds, or doom them.
Where should I start?
If you want Norse myth and modern Chicago: Wolves → Monsters → Chaos
If you want space opera first: Archangel Down → Noa's Ark → Heretic
If you want a later, more ensemble Archangel entry: Starship Waking → Darkness Rising → The Defiant
If you want fairy-tale fantasy: Snow So White → Blood So Red → Grendel & Beowulf
If you want a romantic spin-off: Soul Marked → Magic After Midnight
Author bio
Carolynn Gockel writes as C Gockel, and her books are happiest where myth, science fiction, humor, and real human feeling all meet. She moves easily from Norse gods in modern America to far-future space opera to fairy-tale retellings, but the common thread is easy to spot: big stakes, sharp banter, and characters who are trying very hard to keep up with worlds that got strange in a hurry.
Writing came early for her. She has said she was telling stories for friends and family long before word processors existed, and later she started putting stories online. Fanfiction was not a detour, it was part of how she learned to write for readers and how she found an audience.
Then readers started telling her to do it for real.
She hesitated. A steadier life as a digital designer, copywriter, and coder looked a lot safer than gambling on fiction. But the encouragement kept coming, and so did the push from her husband, who joked that if she became wildly successful maybe he could retire. Gockel has told that story with a lot of dry humor, which feels about right for a writer whose books are often funny even when the stakes are not.
The series that put many readers onto her work was I Bring the Fire, beginning with Wolves. Those books take Loki, Amy Lewis, and a pile of Norse myth trouble and drop them into modern life, especially Chicago. What readers tend to like there is the mix: myth that still feels mythic, ordinary life that still feels ordinary, and a Loki who is charming, exasperating, dangerous, and never quite simple.
Her science fiction has a different surface and a similar engine. Archangel Down opens the Archangel Project sequence with Commander Noa Sato and James Sinclair, then the series grows into a much bigger story involving alien intelligence, augmentation, mutants, AI, sentient ships, and the question of what still counts as human when bodies and minds can be changed. Even at its biggest, the series stays close to character.
Genre walls are not really her thing.
That shows up all over the rest of the bibliography. Soul Marked and Magic After Midnight lean further toward fantasy romance, while Snow So White starts a run of fairy-tale and folklore retellings full of Magick, ghosts, vampires, and twisted old stories. Beasts in the Garden returns to science fiction, but does it through survival, time slippage, and a more intimate cast. Across all of it, Gockel keeps coming back to outsiders, chosen family, dangerous bargains, and people who do not fit neatly into the roles the world gives them.
She has described herself as an author, techie, and mother, and that practical side seems to shape the books. Strange technologies and magic systems usually feel built from the inside out, but she does not let the mechanics take over the story. There is almost always room for a joke, a hard choice, or a small domestic detail that brings the whole thing back down to earth.
These days she is based in Chicago and continues to write across several connected corners of fantasy and science fiction. If you come to her work looking for chaotic gods, complicated love stories, fairy-tale echoes, or space adventure with a little humor and heart, you will find plenty to explore.
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