Delphi in Space Books in Order
Part ofBob Blanton Books in OrderExplore the Delphi in Space books in order by Bob Blanton, with quick summaries, series background, and tips on where to start with the saga.
Last updated: July 2, 2026
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Publication Order
20 books
Delphi City
by Bob Blanton
2019
With Sakira hidden, the McCormacks build a secret base in the Cook Islands to turn alien tech into something Earth can use. Spies, governments, and corporate pressure threaten the project before Delphi can truly stand.
Delphi Nation
by Bob Blanton
2019
Keeping Delphi secret is no longer possible once the team's space work starts changing the balance of power. Marc and his allies go public and face the political shock of a new nation holding the high ground of space.
Delphi Station
by Bob Blanton
2019
Marc's team is ready to move into orbit by building a space station. Going public with advanced technology may secure humanity's future, but it also puts the McCormacks in direct conflict with world powers.
Starship Sakira
by Bob Blanton
2019
Marc McCormack finds an alien starship and decides to use it to push Earth toward space. He and a tiny crew must hide the ship, outpace the government, and prepare before its original owners return.
Delphi Alliance
by Bob Blanton
2020
Delphi's city and station are growing, but Earth is still divided over what comes next. When a massive incoming asteroid appears, Marc has to unite rival nations fast enough to survive it.
Delphi Colony
by Bob Blanton
2020
Earth and Delphi's alien allies each get a chance at a new beginning on distant worlds. Marc works to build a real colony while Catie enters the Academy and both face tests far from home.
Delphi Exploration
by Bob Blanton
2020
With their position secured for the moment, the McCormacks turn outward and find two worlds that might support new colonies. Exploration brings promise, but also hard questions about who should claim the future.
Delphi Federation
by Bob Blanton
2020
After war and secrecy, everyone on Earth knows Delphi has alien technology. Winning the peace proves harder than winning the fight, as Marc faces politics, leadership, and the cost of reshaping the world.
Delphi Challenge
by Bob Blanton
2021
Artemis comes under threat from the same kind of enemy that once shattered an earlier colony fleet. As Catie nears graduation, Delphi must defend its world and uncover what the attackers really want.
Delphi Diversion
by Bob Blanton
2021
A collapsed wormhole sends Catie into an unexpected system full of wreckage and unanswered questions. Stranded far from plan, she is pulled into local mysteries and another chance to extend Delphi's reach.
Delphi Embassy
by Bob Blanton
2021
Catie is left to manage Onisiwo's transition into the Delphi League while helping repatriate liberated slaves. Real diplomacy proves slow, political, and full of people trying to bend the new order to their advantage.
Delphi League
by Bob Blanton
2021
After defeating the Fazullans, Delphi must deal with freed slaves, bitter enemies, and a third alien people far from home. Catie takes on a mission that could expand the League, if she can hold its ideals together.
Delphi Diplomacy
by Bob Blanton
2022
Catie continues her campaign to win allies for the Delphi League, this time among the Thoreans. A bad beginning leaves her trying to salvage the mission with nerve, patience, and her own style of diplomacy.
Delphi Envoy
by Bob Blanton
2022
Catie finally visits the starfaring civilizations known to her allies, hoping to bring them into the Delphi League. Instead of a smooth mission, she finds resistance, secrets, and a mystery on Aperanje.
Delphi Forge
by Bob Blanton
2022
When the League faces a shortage of crucial platinum metals, Catie is asked to build a starbase in a new system. It is a practical mission until greed, sabotage, and risk start closing in.
Delphi Castaways
by Bob Blanton
2023
A wormhole accident throws Jason and Miranda into an unknown system during the war with Thorea. Marooned on a world with stone age humans, they must survive local conflict without revealing who they really are.
Delphi Mediation
by Bob Blanton
2023
Jason's arrest leaves Marc and Catie chasing separate crises at once. While tracing kidnappers and pirates, Catie discovers a larger, rougher league of worlds and a fresh layer of trouble.
Encounters of the Third Kind
by Bob Blanton
2023
This short story returns to the beginning of Delphi through ADI's eyes. It shows how the ship's AI first found Marc and why that meeting changed everything that followed.
Delphi Crossroads
by Bob Blanton
2024
Another network of civilizations with jump technology forces the Delphi League to rethink its future. As leaders debate peace, distance, or war, Catie faces a crossroads of her own.
Delphi Mirror
by Bob Blanton
2025
Burned out and restless, Catie disappears into a Volmora colony under a false identity. Even in hiding she stumbles into accusations, theft, and a mystery she must solve without her usual support.
Series background & context
Delphi in Space starts with a simple, irresistible question: what would happen if an ordinary person found an alien starship and decided not to turn it over? In Starship Sakira, Marc McCormack makes exactly that choice. Instead of cashing out or handing the problem to the government, he wants to use the ship to push Earth into a future where humanity can stand on its own in space.
Marc does not do that alone. His brother, his daughter Catie, a small circle of trusted allies, and the ship's AI, ADI, become the core of the series. The early books, especially Delphi City and Delphi Station, are as much about planning and construction as they are about danger. The group needs a hidden base, money, tools, loyal people, and a way to introduce alien technology without starting a war on Earth.
That balance between secrecy and scale is what gives the series its shape.
Every success creates a bigger problem. A floating city in the South Pacific is hard to hide. A space station is even harder. By the time you get to books like Delphi Nation, Delphi Alliance, and Delphi Federation, the question is no longer whether the world will notice. It is what happens when governments, corporations, and rival powers realize that a small private team now has technology that can change the planet.
The tone stays much more hopeful than grim. These are books about competent people trying to build something lasting, even when politics, sabotage, and alien threats keep getting in the way. There are battles and crises, but there is also a lot of time spent on logistics, diplomacy, resource problems, and the day-to-day work of turning a secret project into a real civilization. If you enjoy science fiction that takes the practical side of empire building seriously, that is a big part of the appeal.
Catie becomes more and more important as the series goes on.
Later books shift the center of gravity from Marc's original discovery toward Catie's work as an envoy, diplomat, and problem solver. In Delphi Embassy, Delphi Diversion, Delphi Envoy, and Delphi Diplomacy, she is often the one stepping into new systems, negotiating with alien societies, and carrying Delphi's influence beyond the first wave of expansion. That gives the back half of the series a slightly different feel. It is still space opera, but with more focus on alliances, leadership, and the messy work of holding a growing league together.
The setting keeps widening, too. What starts with Earth, the Cook Islands, and near-Earth construction projects eventually stretches to colonies, alien homeworlds, wormholes, and whole political networks between stars. Even so, the stakes usually stay personal and practical. Can these people protect what they built? Can they stay decent while becoming powerful? Can they make room for other civilizations without repeating the same mistakes that shaped old empires on Earth?
If that mix sounds good, Delphi in Space is easy to settle into. It is a long, readable science fiction series built around big ideas, family loyalty, technical problem-solving, and the belief that the future can still be made, if the right people are stubborn enough to try.
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