Lightship Chronicles Books in Order

Lieutenant Peter Cochrane’s expected exploration assignment changes after his former girlfriend dies in an attack on the lightship Impulse. Transferred to a foreign command with secret orders, he confronts ancient technology and rival powers that could plunge humanity into war.

After the loss of Impulse, Peter Cochrane investigates a mysterious station aboard Starbound and survives another devastating attack. Returning to a divided Carinthia, he faces a trial and political maneuvering that may connect its royal succession to the First Empire.

Peter Cochrane and his wife Karina seek allies on Sandosa, where a diplomatic mission turns into an assassination attempt. Attacks elsewhere draw him toward Prince Arin of Carinthia while discoveries about Earth’s Historians complicate the growing conflict between rival powers.