Broken Arrow Mercenary Force Books in Order
Part ofRick Partlow Books in OrderSee the Broken Arrow Mercenary Force books by Rick Partlow in order, with short summaries, series background, and where to start this near-future mech war series.
Last updated: July 8, 2026
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Broken Arrow Mercenary Force books in publication order
3 books
Merchants of War
by Rick Partlow
2019
Nathan Stout, a discarded clone built for war, forms Broken Arrow Mercenary Force to fight for a shattered America. Mechs, invasion, and hidden manipulators turn every battle into something bigger.
Prisoners of War
by Rick Partlow
2019
Nate Stout keeps fighting, but the war around him is being shaped by forces he barely understands. Past secrets and present battles threaten to trap BAMF in a conflict with no clean exit.
Spoils of War
by Rick Partlow
2019
Victory brings its own problems in a ruined America still full of enemies and agendas. Nate has to decide what winning even means when every side wants to claim the future.
Broken Arrow Mercenary Force books in chronological order
Series background & context
Broken Arrow Mercenary Force drops Rick Partlow and Drew Avera into a wrecked near-future America where national collapse, foreign invasion, and mechanized warfare have all arrived at once. At the center is Nathan Stout, a man literally built for war. He was cloned from the genes of heroes, discarded by the system that made him, and ends up building his own answer to the chaos around him.
That answer is BAMF.
Broken Arrow Mercenary Force is a hired-gun outfit with mechs, attitude, and just enough loyalty to hold together under fire. Nate and his crew are not fighting from a position of strength. They are trying to carve something useful out of a ruined political landscape where the regular Army has pulled back, the East Coast is in pieces, and bigger powers keep treating America like territory to be divided.
The series has a strong battlefield focus, but the bigger tension is about manipulation. Nate is not just facing enemy forces on the map. He is being nudged, used, and steered by people with long plans and unclear motives. That gives the books a conspiratorial edge under all the heavy metal action. The mech fights matter, but so does the question of who benefits from keeping the war going.
If you want military SF with a near-future flavor, broken-country stakes, and plenty of mechanized combat, this is the appeal. The politics are dirty, the missions are desperate, and the people inside the machines are rarely given an easy choice.
Start with Merchants of War and read straight through.
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