The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 2 books · 1999 to 2003 · Set in various US locations

Darwin's Radio Books in Order

Darwin’s Radio imagines an ancient virus hidden in human DNA waking up and changing the next generation of children.

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Series facts

Books
2
Published
1999 to 2003
First book
Darwin's Radio
Latest
Darwin's Children (2003)
Setting
Set in various US locations

The reading order

Every Darwin's Radio book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

2 books · Set in various US locations
  1. 1Darwin's Radio1999With Kaye Lang and Mitch RafelsonKaye Lang, a molecular biologist, and Mitch Rafelson, an anthropologist who has found a strange prehistoric burial in the Alps, discover that an ancient virus hidden in human DNA has woken up, and may be the start of a new step in human evolution.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Darwin's Children2003With Kaye Lang and Mitch RafelsonEleven years later, the new children are growing up, and the world is afraid of them.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read Darwin’s Radio first, then Darwin’s Children.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each Darwin's Radio book
BookKaye LangMitch Rafelson
1 Darwin's RadioLLeadLLead
2 Darwin's ChildrenLLeadLLead

Characters in the Darwin's Radio books

2 characters from Greg Bear’s chart, with the number of Darwin's Radio books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
Kaye LangMolecular biologist2Darwin's Radio 1999
Mitch RafelsonAnthropologist2Darwin's Radio 1999