Del Rey Books is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House and, in turn, by Penguin Random House. It is a separate imprint established in 1977 under the editorship of author Lester del Rey and his wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. It specializes in science fiction and fantasy books, and formerly manga under its (now defunct) Del Rey Manga imprint. The first new novel published by Del Rey was The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks in 1977. Del Rey also publishes the Star Wars novels under the LucasBooks sub-imprint (licensed from Lucasfilm, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios division of The Walt Disney Company). Authors Piers Anthony Isaac Asimov Stephen Baxter Amber Benson Ray Bradbury Terry Brooks Pierce Brown Bonnie Burton Jack L. Chalker Arthur C. Clarke James Clemens Dan Cragg Brian Daley Maurice G. Dantec Philip K. Dick Stephen R. Donaldson David Eddings Philip José Farmer Mick Farren Joe Clifford Faust Lynn Flewelling Robert L. Forward Alan Dean Foster Gregory Frost Christopher Golden James L. Halperin Barbara Hambly Peter F. Hamilton Ward Hawkins Kevin Hearne Robert A. Heinlein Robert E. Howard Robert Don Hughes J. Gregory Keyes Rosemary Kirstein Katherine Kurtz H. P. Lovecraft James Luceno Anne McCaffrey Donald E. McQuinn China Miéville Elizabeth Moon Sylvain Neuvel Robert Newcomb Larry Niven John Norman Naomi Novik Frederik Pohl Michael Poore Christopher Rowley David Sherman Scott Sigler Lucy A. Snyder Michael J. Sullivan J. R. R. Tolkien Harry Turtledove Books published 2020 A Blight of Blackwings Devolution Ink and Sigil Mexican Gothic Series Batman A trilogy based on the Dark Knight version of the character. Batman: Dead White (2006 novel) by John Shirley Batman: Inferno (2006 novel) by Alex Irvine Batman: Fear Itself (2007 novel) by Michael Reaves and Steven-Elliot Altman Dragonriders of Pern Twenty-three Dragonriders of Pern novels by Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey beginning with the first edition of the third novel—The White Dragon (1978)—and reprints of the first two novels. Ghosts of Albion Accursed (2005 novel) by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden Witchery (2006 novel) by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden God of War God of War (2010 novelization) by Matthew Stover and Robert E. Vardeman God of War II (2013 novelization) by Robert E. Vardeman Halo Halo: The Fall of Reach (2001 novel) by Eric Nylund Halo: The Flood (2003 novel) by William C. Dietz Halo: First Strike (2003 novel) by Eric