Since 2006, McGann has continued to publish with Random House/Penguin Random House. "Ancient Appetites", a steampunk story set in nineteenth century Ireland, was released in July 2007, the first in McGann's "Wildenstern Saga" series. "Strangled Silence", a conspiracy thriller set in London, was published in September 2008. The second "Wildenstern Saga" book, entitled "The Wisdom of Dead Men", was published in 2009. The third Wildenstern book, "Merciless Reason" was released in March 2012. In 2012, he was commissioned to write a young children's book, published as "The Wolfling's Bite", as part of "The Nightmare Club" series, by Little Island, under the pseudonym, "Annie Graves". His novel, "Rat-Runners", a crime thriller set in a near-future surveillance state was released in March 2013. In 2014, Penguin published two novels, "War's Harvest" and "Cruel Salvation", which he was commissioned to write, to tie in with the medieval fantasy online game, "Kings of the Realm".