Charles E Gannon Books in Order

This game supplement expands the Dark Conspiracy setting with more technology, tools, and background for play. It is written for readers who want more machinery and more menace in their near-future horror.

Gannon's nonfiction study looks at how British and American speculative fiction imagines war, technology, and political influence. It is criticism with a practical edge, especially for readers interested in military SF.

A shorter science fiction piece from Gannon, this story pivots on the moment a new discovery stops being exciting and starts becoming dangerous. It has his usual mix of big ideas and immediate human stakes.

A rebuilt alliance faces an enemy with telepathic battle coordination, ancient engineering, and a new ability to cross the stars. Admiral Ian Trevayne must stop a war that could burn down civilization itself.

Rome in 1635 is full of papal intrigue, kidnappings, assassins, and Grantville-style improvisation. Frank Stone, Giovanna, Pope Urban, and their allies race to escape Cardinal Borgia's grip before everything goes wrong.

A](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476736596%22,%22description%22:%22A) shorter Honorverse story set on Beowulf, where two lives collide and change course in unexpected ways. It’s a character-driven look at family, loyalty, and how a single meeting can echo long after the moment passes.

Intelligence analyst Caine Riordan uncovers a lunar conspiracy, gets cryo-imprisoned, and wakes twelve years later in a faster-than-light future. Sent to investigate alien ruins at Delta Pavonis, he stumbles into assassins, first contact, and a struggle that could decide humanity's fate.

Eddie Cantrell heads to the Caribbean to secure oil, using new steam warships and a risky diversion at Trinidad. Between Spain, hungry allies, and local politics, the mission can fail in a dozen ways.

Earth reels after a surprise alien attack destroys much of its fleet and sends Caine back into crisis mode. As humanity fights to survive, buried clues suggest this war may be tied to a far older catastrophe.

After helping repel Earth's invaders, Caine escorts a diplomatic mission into the strange reaches of Slaasriithi space. An alliance could change humanity's future, if assassins, renegades, and alien dangers do not kill him first.

The Arduan war is over, but peace is thin and dangerous. As diplomats try to steady the Rim Federation, Ian Trevayne and Ossian Wethermere uncover a deeper plot that could shatter interstellar civilization.

This anthology samples the Defending the Future line through stories about war, strategy, technology, and the people asked to bear their costs. It is a good snapshot of the series' big-picture, defense-minded science fiction.

Pope Urban's fragile peace effort in Besancon draws assassins, plots, and old enemies back into motion. With Pedro Dolor in town, theology and diplomacy quickly turn into a survival problem.

This anthology opens more corners of the Four Horsemen universe through fourteen stories about mercenaries, hunters, and survivors. Terry Mixon's contribution is the sharp and dangerous Breach of Contract.

Back from his envoy work with the Slaasriithi, Caine is sent to stop raiders on a distant world. The job turns murky fast, and he may have to choose between following orders and keeping faith with the people counting on him.

Humanity and its allies are on the retreat as the Kaituni and the Arachnids drive toward Alpha Centauri. Ian Trevayne and Ossian Wethermere have to make a last stand before the Heart Worlds fall.

Summoned to the ancient Dornaani, Caine hopes to recover Elena Corcoran and finally get answers. Instead he finds a decaying empire, missing allies, and signs that someone is quietly clearing a path toward Earth's destruction.

Eddie Cantrell and his allies press the fight against Spain in the Caribbean, where oil, empire, and survival are now tangled together. New alliances matter as much as naval power, because this war is heading for an all-in finish.

A summer sailing trip turns into an escape from apocalypse when six teens and their silent British captain realize a rage-plague has ended the world behind them. South Georgia offers hope, but only if they can survive the voyage and the people hunting the same refuge.

One of the early Murphy's Lawless novellas, this story throws the stranded soldiers deeper into R'Bak's dangers, where local enemies and the planet's own lethal surprises can be just as deadly as each other.

This braided novel gathers six linked novellas about twentieth-century soldiers dumped in the far future and left on R'Bak. Together they show how a crew of castoffs becomes a fighting force.

Bo Moorfield must get stolen vehicles back to base while J'Stull forces close in for revenge. On R'Bak, a bad convoy fight could wipe out Murphy's fragile foothold before it really begins.

In the Four Horsemen universe, the crew of the Midnight Sun and its allies head into a climactic fight in the Spine Nebula. The stakes are apocalyptic, and even victory promises a brutal price.

Arms dealer turned castaway Vat Thomas is sent to find hidden weapons caches before the Satraps seize them first. If he fails, Murphy's Lawless may lose its best chance to hold R'Bak.

Another Murphy's Lawless novella, this entry leans on the hardest currency on R'Bak, trust. Keeping promises to allies can matter as much as firepower when the stranded soldiers are trying to build a future under constant threat.

Major Rodger Murphy and a batch of twentieth-century soldiers wake in the far future, stranded on R'Bak with almost no support. To live, the misfits will have to take a planet, find allies, and become Murphy's Lawless.

Broken pilot Kevin Bowden is asked to fly again, this time by turning alien interface craft into improvised bombers. If he cannot help destroy the J'Stull transmitter in time, R'Bak will get a deadly call for reinforcements.

Domingos Fernandes Calabar helps the battered Dutch strike back in the Atlantic world, until enemies seize his family and sell them into slavery. What follows is both a rescue mission and a much larger fight against empire and bondage.

The teenagers aboard the Crosscurrent Voyager keep searching for survivors after the plague, but Earth's failing GPS network sends them on a dangerous run to French Guiana. If they cannot reach the space facility, humanity's scattered remnants may never reconnect.

Druadaen expects a soldier's life, not a trail of mysteries involving dragons, raiders, fossils, and forbidden questions. His search for answers leads far beyond the battlefield, and toward enemies inside his own homeland.

Murphy's Lawless has a base on R'Bak, but survival now depends on several risky operations working at once. As the Sear approaches and Kulsian danger grows, every scrap of medicine, intelligence, and timing matters.

Caine and a handful of companions are stranded on a derelict alien ship above a lethal world and running out of time. The descent is dangerous enough, but the planet below holds predators, ruined cities, and signs of the Ktor.

Exiled after uncovering impossible truths about Arrdanc, Druadaen keeps searching for the real nature of his world. A one-way portal offers answers, but it also splits him from his friends and paints a target on all of them.

Murphy and the Lost Soldiers are still stranded far from Earth, trying to build a foothold on R'Bak with too little help and too many enemies. This braided novel pushes their survival mission into a make-or-break phase.

Months into life on Bactradgaria, Caine's group has survived weather, predators, and warlike x'qao. Surviving is not enough anymore. They need allies, territory, and a way to rise high enough in the food chain to endure.

Murphy's Lawless finally has a plan to challenge the Kulsian Harvester fleet, but building crews and unity may be harder than stealing ships. With the Searing near and Murphy's health worsening, time is brutal.