David VanDyke Books in Order

Kyle Riggs is abducted by an alien ship and survives its lethal tests, only to learn those aliens are the friendly ones. Earth is dragged into a wider war and forced to build a fleet in a hurry.

Kyle has broken Earth free of the Macros, and now the machines want him erased. The war expands, the stakes rise again, and humanity finds itself staring at another possible extinction.

Earth has promised service to the machines, and Kyle Riggs is sent to invade an alien world on their behalf. Suicidal missions, human politics, and Macro demands make a bad year even worse.

Kyle Riggs begins to understand the true shape of the war between machines and living races. As Star Force is pushed into uglier battles, loyalty becomes the most dangerous question on the field.

The Eden system is finally in humanity's grasp, but Star Force is exhausted and the machine war is far from over. Kyle Riggs goes looking for a lasting answer before the next armada arrives.

Cut off in Eden, Kyle Riggs starts hearing strange, unreliable reports from a suddenly quiet Earth. With enemies gathering and alien alliances shifting, he must decide whom he can still trust.

The young human colonies in Eden are taking root, but enemies gather on every side. Kyle Riggs must sort out desperate calls for help, shifting alliances, and growing threats before the whole project is wiped out.

A rogue cyborg program seizes power in Russia just as Earth prepares for alien invasion. Jill Repeth and Spooky Nguyen must stop the coup while assassins, rival factions, and global politics threaten humanity's last defenses.

An immense alien vessel appears in the Gliese 370 colony system, drawing EarthFleet's Marines into a deadly investigation. The technology inside could help humanity fight the Meme Empire, but its price may be paid in blood.

In 2115, EarthFleet sends warships and marines on a one-way mission to seize an alien star system. Task Force Conquest must win a home for humanity, or die far from Earth trying.

Werewolf travel writer Ashlee Scott returns to Knightsbridge Canyon after a shooting, hoping to recover. Instead she faces her twin sister, old flames, ghosts, and new enemies under a very inconvenient full moon.

Marine Sergeant Jill Repeth loses her legs in combat, then watches them begin to regenerate. Hunted by the government that wants the miracle buried, she crosses a fractured America searching for her missing family.

Kyle Riggs turns back toward Earth as Star Force, the Imperials, and the Blues edge toward a three-way war. Revenge, conquest, and survival start looking like the same mission.

Ten years after Infection Day, Daniel Markis tries to unite a shattered world facing nuclear danger and alien plagues. Jill, Spooky, and Skull battle rivals, extremists, and the dark technologies reshaping the Second Cold War.

Combat medic Daniel Markis finds armed strangers and a mysterious woman in his home, then becomes caught in a hunt for a powerful engineered virus. The Eden Plague could change humanity, if anyone survives the struggle to control it.

Jill Repeth searches a nuclear wasteland for her kidnapped fiancé while Spooky helps prepare Earth's first Space Marines. Their experimental battleship Orion faces an enemy far beyond its strength, and the Destroyer is still coming.

A second alien plague has ravaged both Edens and ordinary people, with an even deadlier outbreak still expected. Jill Repeth and her allies race to protect survivors while governments experiment with dangerous super-soldier programs.

This short Star Force novella follows one nanotized man on a do-or-die mission as machine invaders descend on Earth. It is a focused side story about a future player in the larger war.

A world-killing alien Destroyer arrives in the Solar System with genocidal intentions. EarthFleet must try everything from stealth attacks to suicide missions to keep humanity alive against an overwhelming enemy.

The war comes back to humanity's home system as EarthFleet confronts enemies with the power to threaten everything it has built. Holding territory is no longer enough, and every strategic choice carries a cost.

Lost far from Earth, Cody Riggs runs into the overwhelming power of the Ancients and finds himself abandoned from every side. To survive, he has to claw his way back into a game rigged against him.

Fresh from the Academy, Cody Riggs is hurled hundreds of light-years from home aboard the Valiant. Surrounded by hostile aliens and trouble inside his own crew, he is forced into command fast.

Sniper Alan "Skull" Denham wages his own war against the growing Unionist movement after the Eden Plague devastates America. Hunted by the federal establishment, he must fight without losing what remains of his conscience.

EarthFleet's war for a foothold among the stars grows more complicated after its first victories. Commanders and marines face a powerful alien enemy while trying to turn fragile gains into a lasting defense.

Kyle Riggs has liberated Earth, only to end up sitting uneasily on its throne. As the final war with the machines begins, he must learn who his real allies and enemies have been all along.

Texas secedes as oppression by the federal government turns violent. Daniel Markis and Spooky send Reaper and Skull into the fight, hoping to protect a new haven for Edens before it is crushed.

After barely holding off the insectoid Scourge, Admiral Absen prepares for another assault while treachery spreads inside EarthFleet. A bold counterstrike by AI-equipped ships may buy humanity time, or invite disaster.

Cody Riggs flies into a triple-star system where three civilizations are locked in an endless cycle of invasion and survival. Trying to help the wrong side could doom far more than his own crew.

The Eden virus is spreading, offering healing to some while making its carriers targets. When desperate Edens seek Daniel Markis and the Free Communities for help, betrayal threatens their fragile refuge.

After a shooting, werewolf travel writer Ashlee Scott returns to Knightsbridge Canyon to recover. Family complications, old boyfriends, ghosts, and fresh enemies quickly prove that home is anything but safe.

Near Saturn's moon Titan, commanders cut off from Earth must navigate a naval-style space conflict with lives and resources on the line. Every decision has to be made in the fog of war, with no time to wait for safer orders.

Ashlee's relationship with Will is tested as her twin Amber explores new magical powers. With outsiders, old enemies, and a looming Blood Moon stirring trouble, Knightsbridge Canyon becomes dangerous again.

Werewolf travel writer Ashlee Scott receives an unsettling offer that could reshape her future. Pulled between family, her first love, a new werewolf, and a lurking vampire, she must decide whom to trust.

As the Unionist-controlled United States slides toward tyranny, Skull searches for a missing friend while Reaper leads a near-suicidal rescue. Hundreds of endangered Edens are trapped deep inside hostile territory.

Derek Straker's liberation campaign grows as he takes command of a powerful battleship and faces enemies determined to erase his new republic. Military victories bring fresh allies, but also dangerous expectations and political risks.

Derek Straker is a mech assault captain in a grinding interstellar war against the Hok. A mission beyond the front lines promises answers, but the truth behind the conflict is darker than he knows.

Commodore Straker's young republic faces a two-front war just as mysterious new players enter the game. Fleet battles rage, diplomacy turns slippery, and every ally comes with a question mark.

Straker's republic confronts a new conflict involving the Hive Masters and the balance of power among human worlds. As battles and negotiations collide, he must defend his people without surrendering the ideals behind their rebellion.

A Star Force mission sends human forces toward a mystery that could bring new answers and new dangers. As the crew confronts what lies ahead, the larger war remains ready to punish every mistake.

Derek Straker and his allies push into another dangerous corner of the Hundred Worlds as old enemies and unresolved loyalties threaten their fragile republic. Survival again depends on bold tactics, hard choices, and a crew willing to stand together.

Years after the Hive Wars, Straker's hard-won victory has left resentment simmering across the Hundred Worlds. Rumors of a rival fleet force him to gather trusted fighters before a new crisis can break his republic apart.

Signals from the edge of the Solar System draw the ECS Vanguard into the dark beyond Neptune. Flex faces the Blight, an alien force that sees humanity as an ancient enemy's puppet civilization.

Lieutenant Alex "Flex" Callahan spots alien probes near Luna, but his warning comes too late. Flying from the carrier ECS Vanguard, he joins a desperate defense as an ancient enemy invades human colonies across the Solar System.

Refugee ships fleeing Venus are being driven mad and transformed into horrors. Flex must uncover the truth about an alien menace called the Cure while doubters and enemies inside humanity's defenses work against him.

The Pax Solis conflict expands beyond the familiar worlds of the Solar System. Lieutenant Alex Callahan and the ECS Vanguard face another dangerous stage in humanity's struggle to survive among hostile powers.

A new Pax Solis campaign carries humanity's expanding conflict farther from Earth. With alien enemies, uncertain alliances, and the ECS Vanguard still in the fight, every advance comes with another risk.

The war for humanity's future continues into a wider and less familiar region of space. Alex "Flex" Callahan and his fellow pilots must meet new threats while the consequences of first contact keep escalating.