Liaden Universe Books in Order

Brainwashed covert operative Val Con yos'Phelium saves former mercenary Miri Robertson from assassins and becomes a target himself. Forced into an uneasy alliance, the pair flee across space while confronting dangerous enemies, their own training, and an unexpected attraction.

Abandoned by her captain and shipmates, experienced officer Priscilla Delacroix must survive on an unfamiliar planet. Starship captain Shan yos'Galan joins her pursuit of revenge, but confronting the crew also threatens to expose the wounds of her mysterious past.

Fleeing assassins, Val Con and Miri become stranded on a distant planet and must learn to trust each other. Meanwhile, Shan and Priscilla search for them, unaware that the forces pursuing the missing pair also threaten Clan Korval.

Val Con and Miri seek refuge among her kin on Lytaxin while the Department of the Interior moves against Clan Korval. The clan activates its emergency dispersal plan, but their supposed safe haven brings dangers of its own.

With Clan Korval threatened by interstellar conflict, Val Con returns demanding Balance and retribution. Meanwhile, professional gambler Pat Rin receives tempting offers from the clan's enemies and a Juntavas Judge, making his next move difficult for anyone to predict.

Liaden master trader Er Thom risks clan expectations by loving Terran scholar Anne Davis. Discovering that their earlier relationship produced a child intensifies the conflict, setting family duty and cultural demands against the future they might share.

Brilliant mathematician Aelliana Caylon wins a starship in a game of chance and sees a possible escape from her controlling family. Learning to pilot with the accomplished Scout Daav opens new independence and an attraction with dangerous implications.

Young Terran Jethri Gobelyn becomes entangled in a trading scam and attracts the attention of Liaden captain Norn ven'Deelin. Offered a place aboard her ship, he must learn unfamiliar customs while developing his skills among a demanding new crew.

Genetically engineered soldier Jela and independent smuggler Cantra form an uneasy alliance in a galaxy ravaged by war. His urgent mission and her determination to survive collide as renewed enemy attacks turn their personal troubles into a wider crisis.

Twelve shorter adventures explore duty, daring, and dangerous social customs across the Liaden Universe. Lee and Miller's collection turns its attention to the choices and relationships of people navigating a society where manners can carry serious consequences.

As the Enemy accelerates its destruction of entire star systems, Cantra seeks a man whose equations might offer a defense. A missing world, dangerous promises, and her own concealed identity complicate a mission that demands more than expert piloting.

A novella and nine shorter works explore distant worlds, rough ports, and overlooked corners of the Liaden Universe. Stories of inheritance, shifting identities, and personal obligations reveal the people living beyond its central adventures.

Theo Waitley struggles with changes at home and a growing record of mishaps on her supposedly safe world. When her mother investigates suspicious academic work, an unwanted journey off-world promises to disrupt the familiar life Theo wants restored.

Aelliana hopes her ship, courier partnership, and love for Daav will free her from her family's control. Resistance from her clan and disappearing pilots complicate that future, while Daav's responsibilities reveal a larger struggle than she anticipated.

Theo Waitley gains a place at Anlingdin, an elite academy for starship pilots, despite her history as a troubled misfit. Training among talented students tests her independence as she begins discovering the abilities and responsibilities of her future profession.

After surviving the pilot academy, Theo Waitley becomes an accomplished starship pilot but cannot escape her complicated family past. Powerful enemies and her connection to Clan Korval draw her toward a future that threatens both her independence and survival.

Cats take a central role in this collection of short fantasy and science fiction adventures. A Liaden crossover sends Val Con into the wizard Kinzel's world, leaving Miri to work out how to bring him home.

Theo Waitley inherits command of the self-aware Bechimo and begins establishing a trade route for Clan Korval. A lover's deadly nano-virus and hundreds of stranded pilots create urgent demands while she negotiates a powerful, uncertain partnership with her ship.

Seventeen short stories explore romance and adventure among the Liaden Universe's interstellar trading clans. The collection follows people finding their way through unfamiliar worlds, personal loyalties, and the challenges of life across a far-reaching galactic society.

Fifteen shorter tales follow scouts, artists, traders, magicians, and pilots throughout the Liaden Universe. Their adventures reveal new sides of its societies, blending personal relationships with the hazards and obligations of a life among interstellar clans.

Clan Korval's arrival on Surebleak unsettles the hidden kompani community. Three lives intersect amid the change: apprentice Kezzi, young Korval warrior Syl Vor, and Rys, a man who has neither a world nor a past to guide him.

Terran trader Jethri Gobelyn pursues his training within an adoptive Liaden clan, only to discover that belonging carries dangerous obligations. Leaving the safety of Elthoria forces him to defend his honor while confronting unfinished feuds and unexpected connections.

Twelve shorter works revisit the Liaden Universe through scouts, traders, artists, and pilots whose lives cross its far-flung societies. Comic encounters and larger cosmic concerns expand the setting through adventures mostly first published after 2011.

Exiled Clan Korval tries to rebuild on Surebleak while maintaining the Port Road and supporting new civic order. Unreliable trading allies, surviving enemies, and local resistance force the clan to consider a risky alliance with criminals.

Master Trader Shan yos'Galan seeks new business routes to restore Clan Korval's fortunes. Blacklisting and armed attacks threaten his ship's mission, while apprentice and heir Padi conceals a secret that could endanger her future and her life.

Theo Waitley takes her intelligent ship Bechimo and its threatened crew into supposedly safe space. When vessels begin arriving from another universe and time, a damaged battleship presents an urgent rescue dilemma complicated by possible ancestral ties.

An awakening artificial intelligence rumored to possess universe-destroying power draws competing interests from across known space. Theo Waitley's circle, secretive operators, and the Lyre Institute each have reasons to reach it first, while sentient machines struggle for freedom.

Four novelettes, two novellas, and two short stories explore further corners of the Liaden Universe. The collection includes linked tales of neighbors and divided lives, bringing personal relationships into its wider world of galactic trade and adventure.

Clan Korval rebuilds on Surebleak while its ships seek new trade routes and its enemies continue their pursuit. Technology left by a failed universe and the mysterious Uncle's schemes create possibilities that could be either opportunities or elaborate traps.

Shan yos'Galan must establish profitable trade routes before Clan Korval's dwindling resources run out. Recovering from an attack and managing Padi's emerging abilities, he turns toward uncertain allies and a newly accessible port filled with strange energies.

Shorter Liaden Universe tales explore adventure, romance, and personal obligations across a galaxy of interstellar clans. These stories shift from intimate relationships to wider dangers, returning to the cultures and characters that shape its connected worlds.

Jethri Gobelyn takes command of a small trading vessel bound for the South Axis Trade Fair. His mission to help family Loop ships survive becomes tangled with dubious commerce, mistaken identities, and political pressures that test his competing loyalties.

With Tinsori Light's hostile intelligence defeated, a mismatched team rebuilds the damaged station and prepares to welcome ships. The Lyre Institute wants control of the facility, forcing its keepers to distinguish allies from dangerous new arrivals.

Trader Padi yos'Galan arrives on Colemeno to help restore Clan Korval's fortunes through new routes. Local politics and psychic forces draw her toward the mysterious Tekelia, challenging her wish to focus on trade and ignore her developing powers.

An Oracle predicts the destruction of Colemeno's divided peoples as Clan Korval prepares a new trade route. While some seek to prevent disaster and others seek profit, Padi's changing role and two children's lives may determine the future.