Backyard Starship Books in Order

Van digs into the darker corners of Peacemaker business and learns his inheritance came with enemies attached. Old secrets and ruthless powers start closing in around the Fafnir.

Van Tudor returns to Iowa and discovers his grandfather left him more than a farm, he left him a starship and a calling. With combat AI Perry beside him, Van heads into a lawless galaxy as a brand-new Peacemaker.

Van's first real work as a Peacemaker pulls him toward harder criminals and bigger questions. Bounty hunting becomes a crash course in deep-space law, danger, and responsibility.

The Fafnir heads into darker territory where isolation and hidden threats work against the whole crew. Van has to hold the line when the void itself starts feeling hostile.

A fast-moving new crisis throws Van and the Fafnir into trouble where timing matters as much as firepower. Shifting alliances and sharp space action keep the pressure on from the start.

Van pushes farther into unknown space and into trouble that will not stay neatly contained. The farther he travels, the more his choices start affecting whole systems, not just one crew.

The past refuses to stay buried as imperial shadows resurface across known space. Van must deal with old power structures that still know how to hurt people in the present.

Open conflict forces Van and his allies into harsher fighting than ever before. The action is big, but the real test is whether the crew can survive what war keeps taking from them.

Power struggles widen as Van faces enemies who think the stars should belong to the ruthless. Justice gets harder to defend when every small victory invites a larger war.

Van's fight grows beyond one ship and one crew as he runs into threats tied to the wider history of human expansion. Legacy, duty, and survival start colliding in bigger ways than ever.

This prequel novella steps away from the main line to show earlier lives in the Backyard Starship universe. It adds useful backstory and gives key characters more shape before the bigger saga rolls on.

Old loyalties fray as Van faces betrayals and painful choices that cut close to home. It is a turning-point entry about what can still hold together under extreme pressure.

Loss hangs heavily over the Fafnir as the campaign grows more costly. Even so, Van keeps pushing toward justice in a galaxy that rarely rewards it.

Signs of a larger danger ripple through known space before the full blow lands. Van has to act early, with limited answers and no easy options.

Leadership becomes its own burden as Van and his allies carry more power than ever before. Command decisions, sacrifice, and responsibility sit at the center of this one.

Van goes up against people who prefer power over justice and control over freedom. The conflict sharpens into a fight over who gets to shape the future of the stars.

War and pressure grind down allies and enemies alike in a story about endurance under strain. Van has to keep his people moving when fear and fatigue start doing the enemy's work.

Trouble grows stranger and more dangerous as Van's Peacemaker life keeps opening new corners of the galaxy. The threat tests both the crew's courage and the reach of the law.

With tensions rising, Van is forced to defend a boundary that enemies are eager to cross. It is a tense entry about escalation, resolve, and choosing where to stand.

A fresh crisis turns explosive and forces the Fafnir into another high-stakes rush. Survival, truth, and timing all end up on the clock.

Chance, planning, and old consequences collide as the war shifts again. Van learns that even a strong plan can still hinge on who reaches first.

Van aims for a decisive blow against enemies who keep surviving the last defeat. The plan is bold, and bold plans tend to pull brutal counterattacks behind them.

This prequel volume fills in the backstories of fan-favorite crew members, especially Icky and Funboy. It works best as bonus context once you already know the main cast.

A direct hit, political or otherwise, throws Van into the middle of another major confrontation. The pace stays high while the crew tries to absorb the fallout.

External war meets internal danger when hidden threats get inside the circle. Trust becomes just as important as weapons.

The Fist of Orion prepares for another round with the Stillness as new young leaders rise from the Shrikes. Van has to balance offense, science, and family in a war that keeps changing shape.

Earth's politics turn ugly just as deep-space dangers intensify. Van fights on two fronts, one close to home and one tied to old mysteries and older enemies.

Van's long fight against Calamity and its kind reaches a massive breaking point. Old allies gather for a final, costly stand over the future of civilized space.

The Stillness reveal they never truly went away, and the next generation has to prove itself fast. Van and Abel Tudor both have to lead when old enemies come back organized and ready.

A prisoner transfer becomes a comic murder mystery when two Backyard Starship fan favorites stop at the galaxy's biggest buffet. It is a lighter caper that lets their odd friendship do the heavy lifting.

Van takes the fight into finance and politics as well as open combat. To beat the Stillness, the Fist has to challenge the systems of money and power feeding the war.

A younger generation steps forward when missing ships lead toward the Deeps. Van's children and new Peacemakers get their chance, but the mystery is anything but safe.

A discovery from the distant past throws fresh light on the war around Van and the Fist of Orion. Ancient history may hold the leverage needed for the next phase of the fight.

This short prequel returns to side characters who help make the series so fun. It deepens the cast by showing how Icky and Funboy became exactly who they are.

A brutal new fight erupts, and even timely help comes with fresh complications. Van and the Fist are forced to rethink the balance of power while the war changes around them.

After crushing defeat, Van abandons restraint and leads the Fist into open retaliatory war. He tried peace first, now he plans to break the systems that fed the conflict.

Reeling from loss, Van faces a clash with former allies as the GKU moves on contested space. His long-laid plans begin paying off in a war where secrecy matters as much as firepower.