Mike Resnick Books In Order
Book links take you to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn money from qualifying purchases.Publication Order of Art Encounters Books
Casa Azul: An Encounter with Frida Kahlo | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lady with an Alien | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Club in Montmartre | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jackal in the Garden: An Encounter with Bihzad | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deep in the Mountains: An Encounter with Zhu Qizhan | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
World Behind the Door | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Birthright Books
The Soul Eater | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Birthright | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Walpurgis III | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dark Lady | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ivory | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Miracle of Rare Design | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Hunger in the Soul | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Outpost | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Chronicles of Lucifer Jones Books
Adventures | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Exploits | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Encounters | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hazards | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Voyages | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Dead Enders Books
The Fortress in Orion | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Prison in Antares | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Castle in Cassiopeia | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Detective Jake Masters Books
Down these Dark Spaceways | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alien Crimes | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Masters of the Galaxy | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Dreamscape Trilogy Books
The Master of Dreams | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mistress of Illusions | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Eli Paxton Books
Dog in the Manger | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Trojan Colt | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cat on a Cold Tin Roof | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Fable of Utopia Books
Publication Order of Galactic Comedy Books
Paradise | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Purgatory | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Inferno | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Ganymede Books
The Goddess Of Ganymede | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pursuit on Ganymede | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of John Justin Mallory Mystery Books
Stalking The Unicorn | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stalking the Vampire | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stalking the Dragon | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stalking the Zombie | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Penelope Bailey Books
Soothsayer | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oracle | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Prophet | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Santiago Books
Publication Order of Starship Books
Mutiny | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pirate | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mercenary | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rebel | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flagship | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Tales of the Galactic Midway Books
Sideshow | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Three Legged Hootch Dancer | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wild Alien Tamer | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Rootin' Tootin' Shootin' Gunslinger in the Whole Damned Galaxy | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Tales of the Velvet Comet Books
Eros Ascending | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eros at Zenith | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eros Descending | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eros at Nadir | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Widowmaker Books
The Widowmaker | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Widowmaker Reborn | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Widowmaker Unleashed | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Gathering of Widowmakers | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Redbeard | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Branch | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Second Contact | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Red Tape War | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dragon America | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Other Teddy Roosevelts | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cassandra Project | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gods of Sagittarius | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When Parallel Lines Meet | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
For I Have Touched the Sky (in F&SF) | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Manamouki (in Asimov's) | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One Perfect Morning, with Jackals (in Asimov's) | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bully! (with Bwana) | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bwana (with Bully!) | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Winter Solstice (in F&SF) | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lotus and the Spear (in Asimov's) | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mwalimu in the Squared Circle (in Asimov's) | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Barnaby in Exile (in Asimov's) | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Little Knowledge (in Asimov's) | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When the Old Gods Die (in Asimov's) | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bibi (in Asimov's) | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Land of Nod (in Asimov's) | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 43 Antarean Dynasties (in A Safari of the Mind) | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hothouse Flowers (in Asimov's) | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hunting the Snark | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Elephants on Neptune | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Redchapel | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Old MacDonald Had a Farm | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Robots Don't Cry (in Asimov's) | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Travels with My Cats | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Keepsakes | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Princess of Earth | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Down Memory Lane | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All the Things You Are | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Distant Replay | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alastair Baffle’s Emporium of Wonders | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Article of Faith | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shaka II | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bride of Frankenstein | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Six Blind Men and an Alien | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Homecoming | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Conspiracies | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Collections
Unauthorized Autobiographies and Other Curiosities | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Through Darkest Resnick with Gun & Camera | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stalking the Wild Resnick | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Alien Heart | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pink Elephants and Hairy Toads | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Will the Last Person To Leave the Planet Please Shut Off the Sun? | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Whatdunits | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Solo Flights Through Shared Worlds | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Alien Land | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Safari of the Mind | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In Space No One Can Hear You Laugh | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Magic Feathers | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hunting the Snark and Other Short Novels | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
New Dreams for Old | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dreamwish Beasts and Snarks | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blasphemy | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Incarceration of Captain Nebula and Other Lost Futures | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Win Some, Lose Some | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Resnick's Menagerie | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
First Person Peculiar | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Away Games | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Hex Is In | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Putting It Together | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Once a Fan... | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Resnick at Large | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
...Always A Fan | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Resnick on the Loose | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Resnick Abroad | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Science Fiction Professional: Expanded and Updated | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Q & A for Science Fiction Writers | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Alternate Anthologies Books
Alternate Presidents | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alternate Kennedys | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alternate Outlaws | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alternate Tyrants | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Classic Battlestar Galactica Books
Battlestar Galactica | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cylon Death Machine | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tombs of Kobol | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Young Warriors | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Galactica Discovers Earth | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Living Legend | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
War of the Gods | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Greetings From Earth | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Experiment in Terra | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Long Patrol | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Nightmare Machine | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Die, Chameleon! | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Apollo's War | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Surrender the Galactica! | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Books
Tomb Raider Tech Manual | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Amulet of Power | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lost Cult | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man of Bronze | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Stellar Guild Books
Tau Ceti | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
On the Train | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When the Blue Shift Comes | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
New Under the Sun | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Aethers of Mars | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Red Tide | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Inci | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wishing on a Star | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Weird West Tales Books
The Buntline Special | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Doctor and the Kid | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Doctor and the Rough Rider | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Doctor and the Dinosaurs | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Chrysalis 8 | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shaggy B.E.M. Stories | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
For I Have Touched the Sky (in F&SF) | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
After the King | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dragon Fantastic | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Battlestations | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Inside the Funhouse | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Whatdunits | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aladdin | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Honor of the Regiment | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Christmas Ghosts | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Under African Skies | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Under South American Skies | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alternate Warriors | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
By Any Other Fame | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dragon's Eye | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Killing Me Softly | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alternate Skiffy | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Return of the Dinosaurs | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Girls for the Slime God | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flights of Fantasy | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Civil War Fantastic | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Have This Nifty Idea | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Men Writing Science Fiction As Women | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Women Writing Science Fiction As Men | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
New Voices In Science Fiction | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
ReVisions | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Travels with My Cats | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I, Alien | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Galileo's Children | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Young Warriors: Stories of Strength | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Space Cadets | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
This Is My Funniest | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 41 (2007) | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
This Is My Funniest 2 | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lilith Unbound | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sideways In Crime | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fast Forward 2 | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Here Be Dragons | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Golden Age SF | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Son of Retro Pulp Tales | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Realms 2 | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Origins: Tales of Human Evolution | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Classics Mutilated | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Untold Adventures | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bug-Eyed Monsters & Bimbos | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Solaris Rising | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unfit for Eden: A Postscripts Anthology 26/27 | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fantastic Stories of the Imagination | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of SF Wars | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Going Interstellar | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
With a Little More Help From My Friends | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Clarkesworld: Year Three | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Memoryville Blues: A Postscripts Anthology 30/31 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Impossible Futures | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadows of the New Sun | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghouls, Ghosts, and Ninja Rats | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 2 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Writers for Relief | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Raygun Chronicles: Space Opera for a New Age | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead Man's Hand | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Paradox: Stories Inspired by the Fermi Paradox | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 3 | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of Galaxy's Edge Magazine 2013-2014 | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Funny Science Fiction | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 4 | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dragons, Droids & Doom | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sleuth Magazine | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Conspiracy! | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Funny Fantasy | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
SNAFU: Future Warfare | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 5 | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Humanity 2.0 | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Soulmates | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Funny Horror | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Little Green Men—Attack! | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aliens: Bug Hunt | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 6 | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Timeshift: Tales of Time | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 7 | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sins and Other Worlds | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of Galaxy’s Edge | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Vol 35 | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Holy C.O.W. Anthology Volume One | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Weird World War III | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unrivalled | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Michael D. Resnick is a mystery, thriller, horror, fantasy, and science fiction author who has the most awards for short science fiction. The author was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1942 and went to the Chicago based Highland Park High School, before proceeding to the University of Chicago.
It was at university that he met Carol when they bonded over their love for the series Buck Rogers. The one thing that would significantly change the course of his life was when he discovered the fanzine “ERB-dom,” which was focused on the fiction of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Soon after, he began publishing articles and in 1965 published the “Forgotten Sea of Mars.” In 1967, he made his novel writing debut when he published “The Goddess of Ganymede.” Following the publishing of his second novel, he took a break from genre publishing and went on to write pornographic novels using a variety of pseudonyms.
During this time, he bred collies and raced horses in addition to writing columns on the subject. He got back into genre fiction during the 1980s when he wrote for “Battlestar Galactica” and published “Birthright,” the first of the “Far Future History” series of novels.
His very first novels were published in the 1960s, during a time when he was using the name Michael D. Resnick. Even though he continued writing in the 1970s, he wrote under many pseudonyms and none of those works were genre fiction.
During this time, he was one of the members that founded the Chicago organization in charge of Windycon. Over the years, Michael Resnick wrote dozens of anthologies and genre novels and hundreds of short stories that would be published in many publications.
For his work, he got prestigious nominations that included Locus, Nebula and Hugo. By the time of his death he had 37 Hugo nominations, the highest for any other author. “Kirinyaga” his short story won Best Short Story at the 1989 Hugo Awards.
In addition to his writing of novels and short fiction, he was the editor of “Jim Baen’s Universe” between 2007 and 2010 and founded “Galaxy’s Edge,” a publication he edited until his death in 2020.
Mike Resnick was the guest of honor at the 70th Worldcon in Chicago. He died in 2020 after a very long battle with cancer. He left behind his daughter Laura, who is also a fantasy and science fiction author who writes in travel and romance.
“Mutiny,” the first novel of the “Starship” series by Mike Resnick is set three millennia into the future, where the Teroni are in a huge war with the Republic. They are both powerful seafaring societies that can hold their own and it is anyone’s guess who will come out on top.
The Republic’s hero is Wilson Cole, who has won many battles that seemed unwinnable. Even though he often goes off script while on mission, he has been awarded many medals. But for his transgressions, he has been assigned to a ship full of misfits that is sent to a remote cluster, where he can be out of sight.
But things never go according to plan whenever he is involved. At the opening of the novel, he has become a member of the older ships in the Theodore Roosevelt, which is notorious for having an undisciplined crew and a captain who does not care.
Cole does not like their attitude when he arrives and his impressions of the first officer, and the captain do not help his cause much. It is not long before he is summoned by the captain for ignoring orders while on his shift.
Mike Resnick’s novel “Pirate” is set in the Galactic Era three millennia from the present time. The Republic is at war with the Teroni Federation and is struggling to exert its dominance over what it believes is an inferior civilization.
Following his latest exploits, Captain Wilson Cole has found himself at the center of a media frenzy. He has also been made a political scapegoat despite saving millions and serving the military diligently for years. He is to be court martialed but the crew of the Theodore Roosevelt rescue him, resulting in all of them being branded mutineers.
All of them decide to leave the Republic to go find new lives for themselves. Wilson Cole and his comrades refit the Teddy Roosevelt as a pirate ship and head to the lawless frontier.
It is a place patrolled by cut throat pirates and powerful warlords living in struggling colonies that compete for survival in a game that does not give second chances. But military training is not enough for one to transition into a life of plundering and pillaging and Wilson Cole’s principles may stand in the way of his targets.
“Mercenary” by Mike Resnick is set a year after the events of the previous novel. Seeking to find new lives for themselves, Wilson and Cole had refitted their ship into a pirate ship that patrols the inner frontier.
Given their limited experience in raiding and plundering as they were a disciplined military force that valued honor, life would surely become difficult. Wilson Cole suggests that the Theodore Roosevelt become a mercenary ship.
He knows that they stand to make more money by hiring out their services to the highest bidder. Whether it is heading to alien lands to free a client taken captive or evacuating a hospital about to be engulfed by war or stopping extortionate criminal cartels from extracting resources from a terrified planet, they can do it all.
Along the way they form an alliance with Platinum Duke, establish their headquarters at Singapore Station and ally with a former enemy. But the life of a mercenary is difficult and the pirate ship and Wilson Cole will soon have to go against Valkyrie, the former pirate queen and his ex right hand woman.
The fragile trust which previously existed between the two is put under a lot of strain when they work on different sides of a job.