Dumb Luck and Dead Heroes Books in Order

Struggling naval cadet Brad Mendoza discovers a mysterious boat and becomes entangled in a conspiracy against Prometheus’s royal family. With little academic success or discipline to recommend him, he must rely on friends to help protect the academy.

Brad Mendoza and Jessica Lin accept a job protecting frontier farmers from pirates despite having an unarmed ship and almost no resources. Their improvised campaign uncovers further complications, forcing them to depend on ingenuity and each other.

With Brad Mendoza imprisoned and holding a secret that could reshape the galaxy, Jessica Lin assembles an unlikely rescue crew. Their damaged pirate ship may be their only chance to reach him before his captors break him.

Disgraced after a disastrous civilian casualty incident, naval officer Brad Mendoza accepts command of a failing starship. His new executive officer Jessica Lin brings hidden troubles, forcing him into a struggle to save both her and his unwanted command.

Presumed dead and nearly out of supplies, Brad Mendoza and Jessica Lin accept a lucrative passenger-and-cargo run. Their customers have deliberately chosen them, drawing the former naval officers into a conspiracy that demands skills neither expected to need.

A routine patrol brings Captain Brad Mendoza and Commander Katherine Henderson to a mining colony under attack by six pirate ships. With only their battlecruiser to oppose the fleet, they must find a way to protect the colony against overwhelming odds.

Christmas at the Promethean Naval Academy brings Brad Mendoza into an assassination plot against a future queen. Chance encounters entangle him with hidden enemies, and protecting the royal target soon becomes inseparable from keeping himself alive.

An ambush leaves Brad Mendoza commanding five small surviving ships in the blockaded Jalisco system. Unable to call for help, he must confront a superior enemy fleet while rebel troops kill civilians on the planet below.

Brad’s ex-wife asks him to find a vanished naval task force and the man she left him for. A mysterious note persuades Brad and Jessica to investigate, drawing them between hostile fleets on the brink of war.

Jessica Lin disappears while Brad Mendoza is pressured into capturing a dangerous target. Hunted by criminals, bounty hunters, and their own navy, the separated partners struggle to save each other and uncover the larger conspiracy surrounding them.

Brad and Jessica discover a traitor among their friends while attempting to rescue a duke’s sister. When the assignment entangles them with royalty, revolution, and an old enemy, the person who betrayed them may become indispensable.

Newly promoted admiral Brad Mendoza escapes his responsibilities by chasing slavers with Jessica and their crew. The apparently straightforward mission becomes a trap, leaving them hunted by a better-equipped enemy determined to destroy them both.

Meeting mercenary Billy Firebrand, the hero Brad Mendoza thought was fictional, brings unexpected trouble. A manipulative princess, blackmail, and a kidnapped president draw Brad and Jessica into another dangerous assignment with little chance of going according to plan.

Brad Mendoza receives an advanced carrier and a troublesome fleet for a vital mission behind enemy lines. Sabotage, unreliable personnel, and a powerful opponent’s interference threaten his command, forcing him to improvise another unlikely route to survival.

With the war apparently lost, Brad Mendoza and Jessica Lin venture into wild space seeking a way to save their nation. Elsewhere, their allies must persuade an admiral with his own agenda to support a desperate attempt at victory.

Sent on a remote patrol after trouble involving an admiral's dog, Ensign Brad Mendoza discovers a devastated system and an abandoned station broadcasting distress. An unhelpful artificial intelligence and a dangerous robot dog complicate the crew's search for answers.