Kevin McLaughlin Books in Order

Ryan Blackwell enters Northshield University hoping to escape his unwanted magical abilities. Instead, a nexus of ley lines attracts dangerous creatures to campus, forcing him to embrace his power as students begin dying around him.

An accident ended Dan Wynn's hopes of joining NASA, but an old friend's offer gives him another chance at spaceflight. Piloting humanity's first starship takes him far beyond Earth into dangers the opportunity never promised.

Tessa’s magical ability brings her to a compulsory test from which no candidate has returned. Forced through a door into unknown dangers, she must rely on her wits and determination to survive and discover what the ordeal truly demands.

The damaged starship Satori reaches an unfamiliar planet after a desperate escape, giving its injured crew hope of recovery. Exploring a ruined civilization instead exposes traces of an ancient war and a terrifying enemy still present.

Ryan Blackwell's growing magical strength has made him an outsider at Northshield University. When elemental fire threatens the campus, he must protect the people he cares about while facing decisions that deepen his sense of isolation.

Noelle, a cat adopted by inventor Henry, finds her home threatened by strange visitors and dangerous mechanical creations. As betrayal complicates the intrusion, protecting her human requires confronting attackers whose intentions are far more sinister than they first appear.

Thomas Stein's first command is attacked by space pirates whose operations extend far beyond one ship. His estranged father, Admiral Nicholas Stein, has prepared for the threat, but stopping it requires confronting an enemy seeking control of humanity.

In an alternate fifth-century Britannia, young Arthur faces more than the invasions following Rome's withdrawal. A plague of revenants crosses from the continent, and defending his home may become humanity's last chance against the spreading dead.

Earth's dependence on Martian energy makes conflict with an independent Mars increasingly likely. Admiral Nicholas Stein prepares his planet's defenses while his son Thomas investigates Earth's fleet, becoming entangled in political maneuvering as war begins.

Ryan Blackwell's summer break brings him home to family tension and a creature capable of stealing magic. Cut off from his powers and allies, he must outwit assassins and recover his abilities to survive a supernatural hunt.

Creatures imprisoned beyond Northshield's magical barrier gain human allies who want to release them in exchange for power. Ryan Blackwell must defend the barrier against a threat far greater than the apparition he previously defeated.

Ryan Blackwell's expanding magical abilities attract the Soulstealer, a centuries-old killer who drains victims of their power and lives. With no known survivors to guide him, Ryan must use his courage and ingenuity to escape the hunter's trap.

The Satori's crew returns home to repair their ship and recover from hostile first contact. Instead, Charline and Beth face danger on Earth while Dan and John investigate disturbing changes in Andrew, discovering that safety remains elusive.

The Satori travels to the Cyanauts' world hoping to free a species enslaved for its telepathic translation abilities. Winning their trust proves difficult, and the Naga's determination to retain control puts the crew's own freedom at risk.

Seeking intelligence about the Naga pursuing them, the Satori's crew returns to a dead planet under alien blockade. A plan to extract information from its defensive satellites becomes a dangerous encounter rather than the brief scouting mission they expected.

Raven hopes for rest after surviving supernatural enemies, but children begin disappearing and she cannot ignore their plight. Despite Drew's warnings, she confronts a threat associated with wolves, risking her new stability to save the missing children.

An old enemy asks Ryan Blackwell for help against a darkness neither can defeat alone. Their growing connection challenges his understanding of magic as a confrontation with ASTRAL approaches, placing both his identity and the world's future at risk.

Monsters destroy Raven's family, killing her husband and taking her daughter. Discovering that shadows conceal a world of magic and demons, she sets out to reclaim her child regardless of the supernatural obstacles in her way.

Still searching for her missing daughter, Raven tries to rebuild a life filled with grief. Seeking comfort brings her into another web of dark magic, where her growing feelings for Drew become entangled with the danger threatening him.

Earth's new weapon and a surprise attack shatter the fragile peace with Mars. Thomas and Nicholas Stein fight back as armored marines battle on Venus, while their enemy's hidden ambitions threaten the future of the entire solar system.

Six months after Earth's devastating war with the Naga, Beth Wynn helps lead a new Space Force. Disappearances at a lunar base and a captured alien ship reveal that the apparent peace conceals further threats close to home.

Noelle recognizes the danger in a small statue that her human companions fail to understand. When an intruder from another dimension threatens Henry, the resourceful cat must confront a supernatural menace that the people around her cannot even see.

Dan Wynn leads a delegation to the Naga homeworld aboard the restored Independence while the Satori searches a ruined planet for technology. Both missions face an ancient force returning to threaten humans and Naga alike.

As Rome's former territory in Britannia struggles to survive, revenants spread from a devastated Europe. Young Arthur must defend his people against the undead invaders, facing a threat that could extinguish the remaining human resistance.

Arthur's allies are scattered across a world threatened by demons and revenants, struggling to reunite. His sister Morgan seeks to turn the spreading curse into a weapon for her own rule, creating an enemy beyond the undead hordes.

The Naga have located Earth and send battle cruisers toward the planet, determined to capture the Satori's ancient technology. Its crew joins humanity's desperate defense, knowing that one starship may no longer be enough to stop the invaders.

Marooned on a desert planet after an alien attack, Charline Foster takes command of a small group of survivors. When their enemies return, she must turn the stranded people into a fighting force if they are ever to reach Earth.

An alien ship escapes Earth's defenses and rebuilds the gate needed to summon an invasion fleet. Ghost Squadron and the Intrepid must confront the arriving force, with humanity's available weapons offering little more than a chance to delay it.

Samantha's uploaded consciousness is recalled from Valhalla Online for a military mission near Neptune. Digital minds can survive acceleration that would kill human crews, but stopping the alien construction requires risking permanent death beyond the game's safeguards.

Kevin McLaughlin presents Robert Heinlein's five writing rules as practical lessons for developing a creative career. Exercises address finishing work, overcoming fear, managing the internal editorial voice, and bringing the principles into a writer's everyday routine.

Owen McInness loses his home and parents in the Naga attack on Earth and dedicates himself to revenge. His anger jeopardizes his Academy career, forcing him to confront it when a final opportunity offers another path forward.

Jasper Stein breaks the rules to help a friend on Mars, confident that his space experience will keep him safe. An accident leaves him injured and isolated, searching for one remaining chance before the planet's night becomes fatal.

Valeria expects to die when a dragon deposits her in its nest as food for a hatchling. Instead, an unexpected bond offers a possibility of partnership between humans and dragons in a world determined to keep the species apart.

With Earth threatened and no safe refuge, the Satori and Independence attempt a joint voyage to an extra-galactic star. A promising planet could offer humanity a colony, but exploring it quickly turns into a fight for survival.

After his parents' deaths, John lives alone between immense walls and a steep canyon, accompanied by a deer. Unaware that the animal is alien and he is an experimental subject, he considers venturing beyond his confined world.

Scott uses relativistic spaceflight hoping to reach a future capable of curing his fatal illness. Returning centuries later than planned, he finds a devastated Earth ruled by dragons and must survive with only a robot dog for company.

Supernova damage leaves Earth's biosphere dying, making evacuation through an uneasy alien alliance humanity's best hope. Alexandra King and David Jackson help prepare escape ships while investigating people who want to seize them for their own purposes.

An unexpected nearby supernova threatens Earth's survival just as an alien ship arrives near the moon. Doctor Alexandra King and pilot David Jackson must assess the visitors' intentions while undertaking a mission that could save humanity or doom it.

The Naga return to Earth seeking an alliance against a threat facing both species. Former opponent Owen McInness must confront humans determined to sabotage peace, whose hatred could destroy the cooperation humanity needs to survive.

The Coffee Break Novelist offers methods for completing a novel amid work, childcare, and other demands. Breaking the project into smaller tasks, it focuses on using limited pockets of time to make sustained progress toward a finished manuscript.

With humanity preparing to leave a dying Earth, a new president attacks the alien allies essential to survival. Alexandra King and David Jackson must decide whether to obey their own leadership or risk betrayal to protect both species.

Samantha faces imprisonment in the outside world while her digital self fights through Valhalla Online to protect her. Friends pursue the people behind the mystery as both versions of Sam push against the barriers threatening their future.

Caught between two apparent goddesses, Samantha discovers that they are advanced artificial intelligences. When one threatens the outside world, she and her friends must confront a danger that reaches beyond the virtual afterlife and their own survival.

Determined to discover who uploaded her mind into Valhalla Online, Samantha continues fighting through its realms. An assassin armed with hacked weapons pursues her, threatening permanent deletion rather than the ordinary deaths players can survive.

Samantha awakens among warriors, mages and monsters in a virtual afterlife, uncertain whether she has been abducted or killed. Cut off from the outside world, she must level up and win the game to uncover the truth.

Alone in Vanaheim, Samantha presses toward the final realm and answers about her arrival in Valhalla Online. A pursuing archer carries weapons that erase their victims permanently, forcing her to plan a confrontation before he strikes.

Dragon murders threaten to ignite another war as technomages uncover a secret World Council meeting. Newly appointed investigator Kristen Hall must protect leading dragons and unite her mage ally, human SWAT officers and dragon forces against the threat.

Kristen Hall investigates two dead dragons whose apparent duel may conceal a danger to human-dragon peace. Working with Windlock and his mage, she follows the case to Canada, where dwarves resist dragon power and distrust outsiders.

With her dragon powers fully awakened, Kristen Hall faces mage assassins determined to eliminate dragonkind. Their plans force her to weigh human loyalties against her heritage while gathering allies to prevent a war that threatens both species.

Trapped inside their tabletop role-playing world, Terry, Jewel, Mandy and Morgan finally locate the Tomb of Malevolent Evil. They must uncover its secrets and defeat its monsters before the dungeon awakens and spreads destruction across the land.

Kristen Hall and her allies struggle to stop rising technomages from reigniting a catastrophic war. Preventing the conflict may require her to confront the dragon who nearly killed her, despite the fear that earlier encounter left behind.

Although the mage uprising has been suppressed, dragons now fear humans armed with weapons capable of killing them. Kristen Hall struggles to protect both peoples as that unsettling shift in power threatens their already fragile peace.

As her allies pursue technomage cells in Texas and South America, Kristen Hall confronts an unidentified enemy within her own ranks. The inexperienced Steel Dragon must withstand mounting pressure while a conspiracy threatens devastating war.

Kristen Hall’s mixed team of humans, wizards and dragons follows a trail of killings to Florence. Their investigation brings them up against a powerful enemy, testing whether cooperation can prevent technomages from provoking an all-out war.

Kira awakens in a desert with no memory of her past and finds shelter among strangers. When raiders attack their town, unexpected combat abilities emerge, sending her toward answers about her identity amid the disorder of the Terran Empire’s fringe.

An invading alien force strikes the solar system while humanity scrambles to assemble a defensive fleet. The Satori and its allies face a desperate battle for Earth, fighting to stop an enemy whose assault threatens everything they are protecting.

A deceptive peace offer leaves Captain George Oliver commanding humanity’s last intact star carrier. With Earth facing an alien assault, he and the Intrepid’s crew must defend the survivors of a war their enemies intend to finish.

Medical student Selena Serrano discovers necromantic powers when her anatomy cadaver rises during a catastrophic emergence of magic. With technology failing and monstrous attackers threatening her city, she must use medical knowledge and an expanding undead army to defend the living.

Selena Serrano’s adventures continue as medical knowledge and necromancy remain her tools for surviving a magical apocalypse. This sequel follows the accidental necromancer deeper into a dangerous world where the dead may prove more dependable than the living.

Kira attends an awards ceremony honoring her mentor, only for terrorists to seize the tower and trap its occupants. With police unable to intervene, she must rely on her enhanced body and combat skills to rescue the hostages.

After an alien assault devastates Earth, Admiral George Oliver struggles to evacuate survivors aboard the remaining human ships. Hidden enemy forces threaten the damaged infrastructure his rescue depends on, forcing the Intrepid’s crew into another desperate defense.

Admiral Oliver prepares a refugee fleet to abandon Earth before the Drechnai return. Political resistance and treachery threaten the evacuation, while the Intrepid must hold off an overwhelming enemy long enough to give humanity a chance to escape.

Lieutenant Kyle Wagner takes command of a captured smuggling ship with unexplained technology and dangerous secrets. As aliens pursue humanity’s refugee fleet through every jump, his untested crew must discover how the enemy keeps tracking them.