Lindsay Buroker Books in Order

Law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon investigates mutilated bodies, suspicious fires, and a plot against the emperor. Ordered to hunt notorious assassin Sicarius, she must discover how he fits into the conspiracy while wondering whether her superiors expect her to survive.

Goblin brothers Malagach and Gortok want to become heroes rather than spend their lives fishing and foraging. Using scavenged tools and borrowed books, they set out to confront villains in their mountain home, risking trouble their community never expected.

Amaranthe Lokdon and Sicarius remain wanted despite saving the emperor, so a mysterious illness offers a chance to prove their loyalty. Investigating bodies in the aqueducts brings them against dangerous magic and machines while imperial soldiers continue hunting them.

Athletes vanish from the Imperial Games, giving Amaranthe Lokdon and her outlaw team a public mystery that might earn them pardons. Internal rivalries and an unreliable potential ally complicate matters, especially when their strongest fighter also disappears.

Cryptographer Tikaya Komitopis is kidnapped by enemy marines to decipher mysterious runes. A fellow prisoner becomes her only ally as ancient artifacts and assassination attempts threaten the expedition, but his hidden identity makes trusting him another dangerous puzzle.

Young inventor Kali McAlister enters a Yukon sled race to fund her escape from Moose Hollow. Pirates want her father's powerful energy source, rivals sabotage her machine, and a sword-wielding stranger's offer of protection raises questions about his motives.

Kali McAlister wants to finish an airship and leave the Yukon, but her valuable knowledge attracts dangerous enemies. An ex-fiance brings a new scheme while a mysterious attacker deploys machines that test her ingenuity and business partner Cedar's combat skills.

Wanted outlaws Amaranthe and Sicarius discover a plot to sabotage a military icebreaker. Stopping it could demonstrate their loyalty to the empire, but soldiers hunting them may prove as dangerous as the conspirators they are trying to defeat.

With Amaranthe captured and Sicarius searching for her, reluctant leader Maldynado must protect Emperor Sespian. Assassins are pursuing the emperor, who doubts Maldynado's loyalty, leaving him responsible for keeping the team together under threats from enemies and allies alike.

Emperor Sespian secretly asks Amaranthe Lokdon's outlaw team to kidnap him, offering an opportunity they cannot ignore. Infiltrating his guarded train means confronting soldiers and hostile spies while a discovered weapons shipment raises fears of war and a possible trap.

Cryptanalyst Tikaya Komitopis and Admiral Rias Starcrest hope for a quiet voyage before facing her family's reaction to their relationship. Their captain's stolen artifact draws pursuers, forcing Tikaya to decipher its mysteries before the entire ship pays the price.

Kali McAlister's airship plans are interrupted by a gangster seeking flash gold, a gambler questioning her about Cedar, and murders in Dawson. As tribal women are killed, Kali and her partner must identify the threat before she becomes its next victim.

Imperial assassin Sicarius returns from a successful mission to discover that an enemy has sent a killer in retaliation. Five-year-old Prince Sespian is the target, forcing Sicarius to confront a danger reaching into the emperor's own household.

Amaranthe and Sicarius pursue spies stealing military prototypes, hoping the effort might earn imperial pardons. The chase leads to reputedly haunted Darkcrest Isle, where Sicarius's unusual reluctance suggests a danger Amaranthe cannot dismiss as a simple superstition.

Preparing for warrior-mage entrance exams, Yanko is sent to his uncle's salt mine to toughen up. Choosing a formidable prisoner as his sparring partner becomes more than a test of courage when he learns the contest is meant to be fatal.

Sergeant Evrial Yara questions her decision to join Amaranthe Lokdon's outlaws after doubts arise about the emperor's rightful claim. Dangerous artifacts smuggled aboard their steamboat leave little time for reflection, threatening the capital they are traveling toward.

Yanko's reunion with his soldier brother is interrupted by an alarm at the salt mine: workers have been found mutilated in a newly opened tunnel. Their magical training and military experience may not prepare them for the threat below.

Tikaya Komitopis brings Admiral Rias Starcrest home despite his role in devastating her nation during the war. His submarine project uncovers an ancient secret, forcing her to consider whether protecting her people could require turning against the man she loves.

Disgraced former cadet Fortis makes a living as a mercenary far from his homeland. When a wizard hires his company to attack an imperial outpost, he must choose between loyalty to his comrades and the soldiers he once hoped to join.

With Emperor Sespian ousted and war approaching the capital, Amaranthe Lokdon's rebels face a business coalition armed with a devastating weapon. Restoring the throne and winning their own exoneration demand a plan that could endanger the city they want to save.

War intensifies in the capital as Amaranthe Lokdon tries to restore Sespian and reunite her scattered team. Sicarius has fallen under a wizard's control, creating a threat that forces her to seek his freedom before he turns against his allies.

After months at his uncle's mine, Yanko hopes a visit from childhood love Arayevo will offer time together. A political delegate, a troubled woman, and a wedding demanding perfection leave him struggling to speak with her before she departs.

Sicarius and Amaranthe seek a quiet Solstice Day on a tropical island, but wanted posters make relaxation difficult. While bounty seekers threaten their holiday, Sicarius faces a challenge unfamiliar to him: choosing a gift for the woman beside him.

Archaeologist Delia and her friend Simon scavenge Arizona mines to pay the bills, until they discover a decapitated body. Two mysterious motorcyclists possess unfamiliar artifacts and knowledge, drawing the pair toward discoveries that may conceal a deadly monster.

Punished fighter pilot Ridge Zirkander is assigned to command a remote prison mine in the mountains. There he encounters Sardelle Terushan, a sorceress awakened after three centuries, whose presence brings questions his military experience cannot readily answer.

Sorceress Sardelle risks persecution in a country that bans magic, while her relationship with pilot Ridge Zirkander draws unwanted attention. When enemy scientists obtain dragon blood for powerful weapons, both join a secret mission to prevent their homeland's destruction.

Cedar Kartes closes in on Cudgel Conrad, the criminal who killed his brother and framed him for murder. With inventor Kali McAlister helping, he must navigate police suspicion, an intrusive newspaperman, and traps that may turn his pursuit against him.

Captured pilot Caslin Ahn is imprisoned alongside Tolemek Targoson, a pirate responsible for deadly attacks on her homeland. Mutual hostility makes them unlikely allies, but captivity forces both to confront shared danger and assumptions about the person beside them.

Former tennis star Temi Sidaris has lost the career she loved after a disabling injury. Two mysterious strangers offer to heal her if she wields a powerful sword against monsters, making recovery inseparable from a dangerous responsibility she never sought.

Cofah scientists are using a surviving dragon's blood to create devastating weapons. Tolemek wants to rescue his missing sister from their custody, but her fate is tied to the creature, drawing him and his allies into the same dangerous search.

Pardoned former outlaws Amaranthe and Sicarius are enjoying a submarine vacation when the new president summons them home. An unfamiliar threat endangers the capital and the fledgling republic, forcing them to interrupt their peace and confront another national crisis.

Artifact hunter Delia is still adjusting to magical swords and mysterious strangers when another monster attacks Sedona. Her friends may have the only weapon that can harm it, but an awakened ancient evil makes protecting the town more complicated.

Writer Tara Blankenship expects a quiet assignment at an Olympic Peninsula eco village but encounters slaughtered livestock and nighttime intruders. Difficult neighbor Malcolm Ashcroft may hold the key to the mystery, though he could also be responsible for the threats.

Ambassador Basilard investigates a blight threatening his homeland, hoping success will restore his people's trust and access to his daughter. Forced companion Ashara Longbow has children of her own to protect, but blackmail pressures her to sabotage his mission.

Lieutenant Caslin Ahn withdraws from her comrades while struggling with guilt over a friend's death. A royal summons brings her back to Wolf Squadron, where an unleashed ancient evil requires the team to fight together to protect their nation.

Sardelle returns to the mountains seeking evidence that Ridge survived, accompanied by allies whose motives are uncertain. Meanwhile, King Angulus sends Tolemek, Cas, and Kaika on a risky mission as the Cofah emperor threatens further conflict.

Ridge, Sardelle, and their companions return to find a missing king, sorcerers under attack, and the capital exposed to invasion. Wanted by authorities themselves, they must find a way to protect their country without entering openly or trusting its leadership.

Demolitions specialist Kaika resents being assigned to train cadets and confronts the king responsible for her orders. Instead, she is drawn into investigating an enemy-infiltrated research facility alongside King Angulus and General Zirkander, where discoveries threaten their country.

Yanko White Fox trains as a warrior mage to restore his disgraced family's standing, despite abilities better suited to earth magic and animals. Rebellion at the family salt mine thrusts him into a dangerous quest before he is ready.

Captain Alisa Marchenko holds her daughter's kidnapper aboard her ship, but a coma keeps his knowledge inaccessible. Reaching a hospital on Arkadius requires evading Alliance forces, while her father's arrival with a stolen artifact complicates the rescue effort.

Captain Alisa Marchenko follows clues to her kidnapped daughter on Cleon Moon, where mafia clans control the domed cities. With Leonidas beside her, she must survive hostile factions while protecting the powerful relic aboard her ship.

Alisa Marchenko promises her daughter that she will rescue Prince Thorian from a rogue Starseer. With few clues and an enemy capable of dominating the entire system, her crew faces a dangerous search against a shrinking deadline.

After years fighting for the Alliance, pilot Alisa Marchenko heads toward the last imperial stronghold to find her daughter. Hostile authorities, troublesome passengers, and questions about her late husband's secrets threaten the reunion she desperately wants.

Kali's dream of building an airship and leaving the Yukon is nearly within reach. But her friend and business partner Cedar is imprisoned, with American authorities coming to hang him, forcing her to confront a more urgent crisis.

Alisa Marchenko searches an asteroid belt for the research station where her kidnapped daughter may be held. With Jelena and Prince Thorian attracting rival factions, the crew's rescue mission becomes increasingly dangerous and difficult to pursue.

Alisa Marchenko's search for her daughter is diverted by passengers seeking an ancient relic capable of destroying worlds. Forced to help, she must survive competing treasure seekers while questioning what her companions will do with its power.

Paleontologist Lilah Zirkander investigates supposedly cursed dragon bones in a remote prison mine. Working with disgraced Colonel Vann Therrik draws her into mountain passages where ancient secrets and a forgotten threat force the unlikely partners to cooperate.

Yanko White Fox searches for an ancient relic that could save his nation from famine and anarchy. Hunted by enemies, he must also contend with his pirate mother, who wants the artifact and has little concern for her son.

Stranded after the empire's defeat, pilot Alisa Marchenko plans to steal a damaged freighter to reach her daughter. An imperial cyborg already occupies the ship, turning her desperate escape into a confrontation with a former enemy.

This anthology follows eleven protagonists facing dangers across space, from criminal powers and mercenaries to unfamiliar alien forces. Its stories bring human, cyborg, clone, and alien characters into conflicts that threaten them and the people they love.

Alisa Marchenko heads toward a Starseer stronghold to retrieve her daughter. Her cyborg ally Leonidas has a history with the powerful group, while his separate mission with Dr. Dominguez could undermine the rescue she is trying to accomplish.

These four Dragon Blood scenes take place after Soulblade and before Shattered Past. Visits to Ridge and Sardelle's home and questions about a marriage proposal bring familiar characters into personal complications away from their larger battles.

Jelena Marchenko turns her crew into mercenaries to repay her parents' debt, accepting a mission to rescue prisoners of war. The seemingly suitable job places them between warring sides, forcing her to weigh financial needs against lives.

This anthology gathers ten space opera stories involving aliens, battles, cyborgs, and robots. Characters encounter unfamiliar worlds and conflicts beyond their own, with Lindsay Buroker's Hope Springs appearing alongside stories by nine other authors.

Former soldier Jasim Antar wants peaceful work, but a murdered comrade reveals that someone is targeting veterans of the Cyborg Corps. Facing the same threat, he seeks help from his former commander, who remembers him as a troublesome subordinate.

Army officer Trip Yert conceals magical abilities in a country that fears them. When returning dragons threaten humanity, his hidden power may offer protection, but investigating his heritage could cost him the life and relationships he values.

Ridgewalker Zirkander plans to marry Sardelle during an apparent lull in their country's troubles. A demanding dragon, a missing friend, and his mother's ignorance of magic make organizing the wedding considerably less straightforward than he hopes.

Trip Yert and his companions seek to close a portal allowing dragons into the world. As the danger grows, his increasingly visible magical abilities threaten to expose a secret that could change his standing with friends and fellow officers.

Jelena Marchenko helps Abelardus search for an ancient relic, hoping to earn acceptance among the Starseers. As the expedition proceeds, doubts about his intentions and the artifact's history make her question the risks to her crew.

Jelena Marchenko finally receives command of a family freighter, but rescuing mistreated animals diverts her into corporate warfare. When childhood friend Prince Thorian also needs help, she must balance family responsibilities against her sense of justice.

New Crown Agents Jev and Zenia investigate the blood disease that killed the young king's cousins. If someone created it deliberately, the king could be next, and Jev's shared ancestry may place him in danger too.

Zenia learns that her magical dragon-tear gem is linked to a dragon being imprisoned and tortured. She and Jev lead a rescue mission to a distant continent, where their ally's captor may be stronger than they can overcome.

When Jev's dwarf friend Cutter and a master gem cutter disappear, he asks fellow Crown Agent Zenia to help. Their investigation exposes threats to the kingdom while forcing them to confront feelings complicated by differences in social status.

Jev Dharrow's efforts to escape an arranged marriage are interrupted by elven assassins hunting his friend Lornysh. With powerful enemies threatening the city and killing anyone who helps their target, Jev must protect his friend and his future.

Returning soldier Jev Dharrow is accused of stealing a magical artifact capable of starting another war. Inquisitor Zenia Cham wants to recover it and advance her career, leaving Jev to prove his innocence and persuade her to cooperate.

Skip tracer McCall Richter secretly shelters an android rescued from imperial researchers. When a cyborg enforcer confiscates her spaceship and brings aboard a former rival, his questions threaten to expose the illegal partnership she has worked to protect.

Half-dragon officer Trip Yert hopes for normal life after returning home, but coordinated dragon attacks threaten the capital. Meanwhile, Rysha's parents expect a noble suitor, forcing him to confront both his powers and his uncertain social standing.

After learning that his father was a dragon, Trip proposes a search for the ancient creature to secure help against Iskandia's enemies. With Lieutenant Ravenwood accompanying him, he must find a possible ally unseen for thousands of years.

Trip Yert tries to bring magical stasis chambers containing his half-dragon siblings safely home. When a baby girl is stolen, he and his companions must confront hostile mages and corrupt business interests before losing her forever.

Yanko and his friends must escape a Turgonian prison and return to a homeland torn by civil war. Finding the missing Prince Zirabo may clear his name, but survival could require trusting someone who has tried to kill him.

Roboticist Casmir Dabrowski joins a fleet mission to recover an ancient artifact and regain his king's favor. Competing astroshamans and mercenaries turn the search into a conflict where obeying royal orders may clash with doing what he believes is right.

Casmir Dabrowski pursues a stolen wormhole gate to an underwater base defended by robots and cyborgs. A rival mercenary also wants the artifact, leaving Casmir to outwit both adversaries if he hopes to return home.

Prince Zirabo asks Yanko White Fox to claim and develop a new continent for their hungry nation. Rival powers covet the same land, and securing it may be the only way to end the civil war devastating home.

Casmir Dabrowski returns home seeking answers from the queen about his genes, but enemies still want him dead. Traps, an abducted friend, and an angry king threaten his attempt to discover the truth and protect those he loves.

Skip tracer McCall Richter usually tracks criminals and debtors, but her new android employee leads her into a stolen maple syrup investigation. On a frosty moon full of suspicious people, the only witness is a neighboring junkyard dog.

Princess Nalini faces an arranged marriage meant to secure a political alliance, while bodyguard Tristan secretly works to ensure it happens. Their growing attraction puts her duty to her people and his ambition to become a knight in conflict.

Casmir Dabrowski and his friends become caught in a struggle over the secret held inside an ancient wreck. Pursued by military forces, mercenaries, and mysterious outsiders, they must navigate competing factions fighting over humanity's future.

Robotics professor Casmir Dabrowski flees home after robot assassins attack him on campus. Among bounty hunters, pirates, and mercenaries, he seeks answers about his genes and why an unknown organization considers him worth killing.

Magical assassin Val Thorvald helps her weapons maker face threatening werewolf competitors. A second dragon arrives with plans to use Val against her tenuous ally Zav, trapping her between a friend's danger and a feud among dragons.

Val Thorvald returns from Idaho hoping to resolve her relationship with dragon lord Zav. Powerful dark-elf magic threatens her city, while Zav's disapproving sister intervenes, leaving Val to fight both a public danger and personal interference.

Val Thorvald plans to visit the elven homeland with dragon partner Zav to develop her magic. Vampire attacks across Seattle and her business partner Dimitri's disappearance force her to postpone training and search for her friend.

Casmir and his allies confront the prince who invaded their kingdom, only to face his plan to kill everyone on Odin with a biological weapon. A fleet commander demands Casmir's own weapons while holding two friends hostage.

Accused of causing the prince's death, Professor Casmir Dabrowski is taken home as the king's prisoner and faces execution. Separated from his friends and protective robots, he must escape as another crisis threatens the Star Kingdom.

Freelance assassin Val Thorvald searches for a missing friend whose only witness is an abandoned magical tiger cub. Building a bond with the destructive youngster may be her best chance of discovering what happened and rescuing her friend.

Casmir wants to return home, but an invasion and a blocked wormhole gate leave him stranded. He searches for whoever ordered the attack, confronting a powerful enemy who has already spent months trying to kill him.

Val Thorvald's encounter with a magical bog turns her dwarven sword into a beacon that draws dangerous creatures from miles away. With dragon partner Zav distracted by finding an engagement ring, she must stop the weapon attracting enemies.

Val travels with Zav to the dwarven homeland to investigate her magical sword's hidden abilities. A half-dwarf thief claims to be its rightful heir, threatening to leave Val defenseless against enemies waiting for an opportunity to attack.

Half-elven assassin Val Thorvald protects humans from magical predators with an enchanted sword and telepathic tiger. When her boss develops a mysterious illness, a government investigation and a demanding dragon complicate her efforts to save him.

Before their later adventures, Jelena and Erick acquire the freighter Snapper in the Sky Full of Stars universe. This prequel novella follows the space adventure behind the ship that will become part of their future travels.

An injured gnome delivers Val Thorvald's unconscious grandfather to her new home, pursued by an unknown threat. Val must find a cure while contending with a hostile female dragon who wants her partner Zav for herself.

Val Thorvald's assignment in northern Idaho brings her dangerously close to her vacationing daughter and ex-husband. Suspecting they were targeted to draw her in, she must protect them while dealing with the dragon justice court pursuing her.

Morgen Keller explores her inherited witch powers while falling for her werewolf protector Amar. Their peoples' longstanding hostility turns personal when her mentor withdraws support and her coven demands that she choose between her heritage and their relationship.

Jak and Jadora escape through an ancient dragon gate, seeking allies in another world while mage kingdoms pursue them. A dangerous jungle and Lord Malek's intrusions into Jadora's dreams threaten their freedom and complicate their search for protection.

Cybernetically enhanced Mari Moonrazor flees a restrictive cult that worships machines, with her bounty-hunting mother sent to retrieve her. Seeking asylum in the Star Kingdom, Mari must earn trust among people whose planet her community bombed.

Jak Freedar's search for an ally against the wizards leaves him caring for a newly hatched dragon. King Uthari forces him into another mission as powerful mages seek to seize the hatchling and control its power.

Jak Freedar faces a king's demand for a plant that prolongs life while searching for elder dragons. He hopes they can teach his hatchling to fly and help protect vulnerable eggs against the mages who dominate his world.

Cartography student Jak Freedar dreams of exploring other worlds through a dragon gate. When his archaeologist mother uncovers one and his powers emerge, tyrannical wizards send assassins, forcing him to understand the gate's magic before they catch him.

Divorced and unemployed programmer Morgen Keller visits Bellrock to settle her grandmother's estate. Discovering witchcraft, a threatening resident werewolf, and evidence of murder, she must investigate her inheritance with help from the creature who first threatened her.

Val Thorvald's wedding preparations unravel when her coffee shop is bombed and its youngest employee disappears. An unexpected visit from her elven relatives and the approaching arrival of Zav's dragon clan add complications as she investigates.

Morgen Keller's werewolf ally Amar falls under a witch's control after being magically branded. To free him, the inexperienced witch must develop her inherited powers, confront a stronger opponent, and face her growing feelings for him.