Joe Vasicek Books in Order

After a Hameji fleet devastates his star system, James learns that his sister Stella has survived as a slave. With no experience of combat, he must decide what he is prepared to become to rescue her.

A young man raised by desert tribesmen travels with the sheikh's daughter to a temple preserving the memory of Earth. Their search for answers pits his longing for the stars against their developing relationship and obligations.

Young planetologist Michael Anderson travels through a wormhole with Terra to investigate an Earthlike world showing signs of intelligent life. Far from humanity, the discoveries they make and the secrets between them challenge their assumptions about themselves.

Mercenary captain Danica accepts a mission to recover a missing princess as the remaining free systems prepare to resist the Hameji Empire. An ambitious prince and a political assassination turn the rescue into something larger than another contract.

Brothers Isaac and Aaron Deltana discover a young woman frozen inside a derelict space station. Seeking someone who can revive her, they head toward the New Pleiades, where an approaching imperial war threatens their rescue mission.

Inexperienced starfarer Aaron Deltana joins a makeshift flotilla defending the New Pleiades against an imperial advance. Alongside Mara Soladze, who seeks revenge for her father's death, he confronts the difference between proving himself and surviving war.

An alphabetical series of essays explores science fiction’s concepts, history, and changing readership. Vasicek examines familiar tropes, golden age influences, and the rise of independent publishing while reflecting on the genre’s role in his experiences as both reader and writer.

Reva Starchild awakens from cryostasis to discover that her people have vanished from history. Taking refuge aboard Isaac's starship, she struggles to adapt to an unfamiliar culture while his hidden past attracts dangerous pursuit.

Newly commissioned captain Aaron Deltana chooses Mara Soladze as his second in command as imperial forces return to the Outworlds. Their friendship is tested by the demands of leadership and a threat inside their own resistance.

Five years after the conquest of his homeworld, James McCoy must help his people escape occupation and start anew in the Good Hope Nebula. His independent habits complicate the leadership needed to preserve their freedom.

Isaac and Reva are held by Gulchina, whose pirates have seized technology that could help them build an empire. Beyond known space, an unexplored planet's ancient secrets may offer a chance to challenge their captor.

Sam Kletchka recounts his early career as a hired gun working across the galaxy. Stranded far from home and facing immortal enemies, he navigates dangerous assignments on the way to becoming an interstellar privateer.

Xenolinguistics student Jane Carter finds herself offered for sale at an alien slave auction. The man who betrayed her appears to be her only possible rescuer, forcing her to consider another way out of captivity.

An ancient order fractured over twelve powerful swords, leaving one blade hidden and a prophecy unfulfilled. When tavern girl Tamuna becomes its chosen bearer, a returning knight must help her face an empire and brotherhood seeking to control its power.

Reva leads survivors linked through an alien-human hive mind, but Isaac and Tomas question the dangers of their growing collective. With Gulchina controlling their route back to civilization, trust and forgiveness become essential to survival.

As the Outworld Confederacy and Gaian Empire fracture, Mara must work with Isaac and Reva to oppose would-be usurpers. Disagreements over using their telepathic collective as a weapon threaten the unity their efforts require.

Jane Kletchka and her husband Sam investigate a spreading galactic crisis for Earthfleet. When Sam goes missing, Jane and her remaining companions must carry on against the Immortals and a threat from beyond the Milky Way.

Mara Soladze faces a retreating war effort after Gulchina's betrayal destroys the Outworld Confederacy's strategic advantage. As imperial forces conquer one world after another, she struggles to protect the people serving under her command.

Mara Soladze and the Deltana brothers race to help Edenia II as Gulchina's forces bombard it from orbit. Trapped on the planet, Reva finds an unexpected ally while the struggle for the Outworlds reaches a crisis.

Raised on Icaria knowing only her family, Estee welcomes the arrival of an expedition from Earth. When the military visitors threaten her parents' hidden knowledge, she must protect secrets linking her homeworld's past with humanity's future.

Rex Carter's first date becomes entangled in a colonial revolt when he discovers his companion's involvement. With Earth swallowed by an alien anomaly, he tries to reach his sister Jane and her husband Sam amid civil war.

Time travelers fight hidden battles, attempt to change history, and discover unexpected dangers in this collection of speculative stories. Other characters confront plague, uncertain trust, matchmaking aboard a spacecraft, and the possibility that an Amish community guards a passage through time.

Independent pilot Jeremiah rescues Noemi from famine on a remote station and marries her despite their language barrier. Their search for a home encounters imperial pressure, endangered communities, and pirates, testing the commitments that bind their growing circle of companions.

Ten speculative stories examine technology, politics, faith, and the choices people make under changing social rules. Algorithmic control, universal basic income, time travel, and a lost kingdom create situations where apparently simple solutions collide with human beliefs and unpredictable consequences.

Zlata joins her abducted friend aboard the Falconstar and becomes a captive of Lord Khasan Valdamar. As his endangered clan struggles with enemies and betrayal, she sees opportunities to gain power within the politics of her captors.

Estee and Khalil are trapped aboard an ancient alien ghost ship created by a temporal paradox. While caring for her sisters and confronting their losses, they seek a way home and a means to prevent the vessel's devastation.

Ten stories follow humanity into space, where strange creatures, cryogenic sleep, concealed aliens, and dangerous machines complicate the journey. Characters face isolation, debt, and uncertain reality as exploration tests the ingenuity and sacrifices needed to survive beyond familiar worlds.

Eleven stories and a poem explore collapsing civilizations, altered timelines, and life beyond familiar institutions. Alien economic power, competing visions of paradise, and encounters with future selves expose the choices people make when their world’s assumptions cease to hold.

In a distant future dominated by a vast galactic empire, failed terraforming projects have left worlds struggling to survive. A discovery offers hope for a dying planet and the decadent power ruling it, linking their prospects for renewal.

Asteroid prospector Christopher Columbus Jackson pursues his fortune until a distress beacon leads him to a stranded warrior priestess. Helping her draws him beyond his usual concerns, testing whether he believes in anything greater than his own survival and success.

Citizens surrender control of their bodies for compulsory quarterly labor in a closely monitored future society. Discovering she is pregnant after her service, a young woman flees to protect her unborn child and expose the government’s concealed abuses.

Merchant captain Jason sees a chance to escape debt by rescuing Princess Julietta from pirates. Pursuing the reward draws him into competing interests and concealed forces behind her kidnapping, complicating a mission he hoped would finally change his fortunes.

Samuel’s unusual magic makes him a target for a secretive cult after he leaves the King’s Fleet. With a privateer captain’s help, he must find and destroy an ancient amulet capable of releasing evil before it reaches the wrong hands.

Widowed Elara shelters her clairvoyant daughter at an isolated homestead as famine and disease threaten their survival. Men seeking to exploit the child’s gift force her to seek help from a weary veteran and risk trusting someone with their future.

Aspiring sea mage Alex cannot command the wind or waves despite his magical gift. Shipwrecked on the shores of a ruined empire, he must uncover the land’s connection to his powers before its curse destroys his crew.

Twenty-six essays explore fantasy’s recurring images, traditions, and emotional appeal. Vasicek considers myths, archetypes, magic, kings, and epic conflict, connecting the genre’s imagined worlds to moral struggles and the human desire for wonder and meaning.