List of techno-thriller novels
# List of techno-thriller novels

This is a list of techno-thriller novels, novel series, and collections of linked short stories.

## Significant techno-thriller authors and works

| Author | Title(s) |
| - | - |
| Ari, Robert | SuperCOIL — B-2 bomber with laser weaponry that can shoot down planes |
| Arquette, Brett | Operation Hail Storm (Hail 1) - Published 2017 - an industrial billionaire,who lost his family in a terrorist attack, becomes the world's most effective predator. Hail Warning (Hail 2) - Published 2017 - continuation of Marshall Hail tracking down and killing another terrorist using his drone technology. Hail Strike (Hail 3) - Published 2018 - continuation of Marshall Hail backing up the CIA agent, Kara Ramey, as she goes off for her own revenge Hail Damage (Hail 4) - Published 2018 - continuation of Hail and Ramey accepting a mission from Washington that will almost undo them. Hail Fury (Hail 5) - Published 2019 - continuation of Hail pursuing a terrorist that killed his family and was being held in an underground CIA detention facility. |
| Bond, Larry | Red Phoenix — a speculative military fiction novel about a second war in Korea, as told from the differing points of view of various American servicemen. Vortex — a South African war that spreads to neighboring nations and ultimately involves Cuba and the United States. Cauldron — a French and German led European Confederation go to war with the US, Great Britain and several Eastern European countries over the Polish, Czech and others refusal to join the European Confederation - satellite weapons, military aircraft and nuclear weapons. |
| Boush, Sam | All Systems Down — cyber war |
| Brown, Dale | Flight of the Old Dog — laser technology Day of the Cheetah — fighter aircraft technology, espionage The Tin Man — body armor technology |
| Brown, Dan | Deception Point — about a discovery of a meteorite with "proof" of extraterrestrial life, microbotics, weapons technologies Digital Fortress — computer technologies |
| Buff, Joe | Deep Sound Channel Thunder in the Deep Crush Depth Tidal Rip Straits of Power Seas of Crisis — all of the above novels feature advanced, ceramic-hulled submarine battles including nuclear-tipped torpedoes and cruise missiles |
| Carr, Caleb | Killing Time — disinformation society |
| Condon, Richard | The Manchurian Candidate — mind control |
| Preston, Douglas and Child, Lincoln | Relic — genetic manipulation, museum The Ice Limit — meteorite Mount Dragon Brimstone Dance of Death The Book of the Dead |
| Clancy, Tom | The Hunt for Red October — submarine technology, espionage Red Storm Rising (co-authored with aforementioned Larry Bond) — a (mostly conventional) third world war fought in Europe between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces, military technology Rainbow Six — modern counter-terrorism operations |
| Coyle, Harold | Team Yankee |
| Crichton, Michael | The Andromeda Strain — alien micro-organisms, microbiology, medicine Jurassic Park, The Lost World — cloning, dinosaurs, chaos theory Airframe — aerospace Prey (2002) — nanotechnology State of Fear — eco-terrorism Next — genetic research, criticism of patents Micro |
| Len Deighton | The IPCRESS File — mind control |
| DeSmedt, Bill | Singularity |
| Doctorow, Cory | Little Brother — mass surveillance, hacking and government conspiracies, terrorism |
| Gardner, John | Golgotha — mind control, nuclear warfare |
| Harry, Eric | Arc Light — a third world war including a large-scale nuclear exchange and the limited use of chemical and biological weapons. Invasion — a conventional Chinese invasion of the United States, infantry warfare. Protect and Defend (1999 Novel) World war 3 novel |
| Hamilton, Peter | Fallen Dragon — armor technology, warfare, bioengineering, economics, AI, hacking |
| Jenkins, Geoffrey | Hunter-Killer |
| Kerr, Philip | Gridiron — architecture, smart-building technology, feng shui A Philosophical Investigation — speculative neuropathology, philosophy, gender and criminal investigation The Second Angel |
| Ludlum, Robert | The Arctic Event — bioweapons The Jason Bourne novels — mind control, memory erasure and conditioning |
| Mayberry, Jonathan | Patient Zero — military, terrorists, zombies, pathogens The Dragon Factory The King of Plagues |
| MacLean, Alistair | The Satan Bug (1962) — bioweapons |
| Marshall, William | The Jellyfish Device — nuclear terrorism using plasma acceleration for detonation instead of critical mass, smart contact lenses, hacking, cellular networks using networked flying platforms, Kessler Syndrome, holographic virtual retinal display, feminizing hormone therapy |
| Nylund, Eric | Signal to Noise A Signal Shattered |
| Patten, J.T. | Buried in Black, A Task Force Orange Novel — about a high tech special mission unit Intelligence Support Activity using SIGINT enabled through drones, geolocation spoofing, stingray phone tracker, weapons technologies and hacking The Presence of Evil A Task Force Orange Novel — computer technologies, communication disruption, aircraft systems hacking, radiological compound re-engineering |
| Pavlou, Stel | Decipher — nanotechnology, solar physics Gene — genetic engineering |
| Peters, Ralph | Red Army The War in 2020 |
| Phelan, James Clancy | Fox Hunt Patriot Act Blood Oil Liquid Gold Red Ice |
| Prescott, James D. | Extinction Code — gene editing, alien technology Extinction Countdown — gene editing, alien technology |
| Reilly, Matthew | Ice Station Area 7 Scarecrow Temple Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves |
| Robinson, Patrick | Nimitz Class — submarine technology Kilo Class — submarine technology, U.S. Navy SEALs H.M.S. Unseen U.S.S. Seawolf — submarine technology, espionage, U.S. Navy SEALs The Shark Mutiny Barracuda 945 Scimitar SL-2 — submarine technology, terrorism Hunter Killer |
| Rollins, James | The Judas Strain Black Order Map of Bones The Devil Colony The Demon Crown The Seventh Plague Sandstorm Ice Hunt Amazonia Deep Fathom Excavation Subterranean |
| Ruse, Gary Alan | Houndstooth A Game of Titans |
| Schätzing, Frank | The Swarm - Oceanography, Microbiology, Swarm intelligence Limit - Lunar mining The Tyranny of the Butterfly — - AI takeover, Multiverses |
| Stephenson, Neal | Cryptonomicon — encryption Reamde — hacking, MMORPG, encryption, Terrorism |
| Suarez, Daniel | Daemon (2006) — hacking, MMORPG, mixed & augmented reality, sensor systems, autonomous vehicles, Internet. Freedom™ — follow-up to Daemon Kill Decision — robots, war, drone technology Influx Change Agent — genetic editing, human evolution Delta-V — asteroid mining, space travel, gravity ships |
| Thomas, Craig | Firefox — hypersonic fighter aircraft with stealth technology, the MiG-31 Firefox; film adaptation produced and directed by Clint Eastwood Firefox Down Sea Leopard — submarine with stealth technology |
| Vyas, Maulik | Internet of Things - A Digital Thriller - An IoT-based technology thriller with the concept of SAI&E (Super Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Empathy) driven machines and devices that make deadly conspiracies against the protagonist Abel. |
| Wager, Walter | Telefon — mind control, nuclear warfare |
| Averbuch, Sheila M. | Friend Me — middle grade thriller about a bullied girl whose bully has a bad accident and she starts to worry that her new best friend, who she only knows online, might have caused it; AI, cyberbullying, autonomous vehicles, hacking, chatbots |
