Marc Alan Edelheit Books in Order

Reassigned to the ragged 85th Imperial Foot, Captain Ben Stiger is sent on what looks like a doomed resupply mission to remote Vrell. To survive, he must rebuild his company, earn their trust, and outfight rebels, bandits, and darker forces.

Cut off at Castle Vrell with enemies closing in, Stiger refuses to sit behind walls and wait. With Eli beside him, he takes the fight to rebels and dwarves while larger powers move against the empire.

Young Ben Stiger arrives at Third Legion as an untested lieutenant burdened by his family name. To survive the opening campaign against the Rivan, he must learn how to lead men who do not want him.

Snowbound behind Castle Vrell, Stiger is made legate of the long lost Thirteenth Legion and bound to an ancient Compact. A sealed valley, a waiting enemy, and a buried dwarven secret turn the stalemate deadly.

Given what should be a simple mission, Stiger marches his weakened company to a distant garrison and finds massacre instead. With a Rivan army moving nearby, he must make a desperate stand at a forgotten fort.

Surrounded in Britannia, the Roman Ninth Legion expects destruction and gets something stranger instead. Hurled into a world of gods, dragons, and war, Karus must keep the legion alive and discover why fate chose him.

Stranded in the past after the World Gate closes, Stiger is cut off from everything he knows and unsure what remains to save. When the Horde rises and the Lost need a leader, he is forced back into the fight.

After Fort Covenant, Stiger expects a quiet winter and gets a dangerous imperial errand instead. A mission to the island kingdom of Thresh pulls him toward politics, hidden threats, and trouble far bigger than the order suggests.

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Stranded in a new world, Karus and the Ninth learn the Horde is sweeping across the land. To stop disaster, Karus and Amarra must recover the dread sword Rarokan before the enemy reaches it first.

Tovak Stonehammer is a pariah among dwarves, but the Horde gives his people no room for pride or delay. As the dwarven nations begin their Great March, he has to prove his worth in a world sliding toward war.

Karus returns from the Fortress of Radiance with a dangerous relic and too many enemies. To survive, he must rescue allies, cure a sickness in the legion, and forge an alliance among peoples who do not trust one another.

Back in the present with the restored Thirteenth Legion, Stiger finds Vrell besieged and the empire under crushing attack. To save it, he must break out, march hard, and reach the emperor before the war is lost.

Elven rangers Eli'Far and Mae'Cara track a murderous rogue into the human kingdom of Castol. What begins as a manhunt turns into rebellion, divine intrigue, and the first steps toward a much larger war.

Eighteen years after the First Galactic Empire falls, mechanic Keira Kane struggles to survive on the ruined world of Asherho. Hunted by a brutal regime and raised by former Imperial Marines, she may matter more than she knows.

Now a skirmisher in the Baelix Guard, Tovak has finally earned a place, though not everyone's respect. Sent behind enemy lines on a mission that could save his people, he has to rely on faith, grit, and hard won courage.

With the emperor dying and Stiger named heir in name only, the war moves from the frontier to the capital. He must secure the throne, face powerful enemies, and keep invading armies from finishing the empire.

Still hunting Mik'Las, Eli and Mae follow a slim lead into abandoned country and a spreading evil. As war gathers and an old enemy marks Eli for death, the chase becomes a fight for the fate of the land.

Tovak has become a holy warrior, but victory is still far away. With the Horde closing in and a lost fortress standing between the dwarves and survival, he must find a way forward before time runs out.

Rescued from government regulators and taken aboard the hidden starship Seringapatam, Keira is thrown into a secret mission. Her strange ability to interact with ancient machines could save the mission, or make her the most dangerous person on board.

Hunted across the frontier by Kyber and Castol scouts, Eli and Mae finally reach what looks like safety at Mekhet. Instead they find fresh mysteries, mounting war, and proof that their mission is far from simple.

Karus and the Ninth keep marching through a world at war, carrying the dread sword Rarokan and a holy mission from Jupiter. To survive, he must build alliances faster than the Horde can destroy them.

Crowned emperor at last, Stiger barely has time to breathe before new armies march on the capital. Surrounded by enemies and burdened by prophecy, he must lead the empire through the opening blows of its final struggle.

Returning from crusade, Alaric finds Dekar broken by lawlessness and hidden rot. To reclaim his home, he must fight on the battlefield and in the shadows, while uncovering what truly ruined the land.

Jim Garrett has been sidelined to overseeing a half built warship after a career wrecking decision. When humanity's alien enemy attacks early, he is forced to take the unfinished Surprise into battle.

Keira faces the awakening of ancient precursor technology beneath war torn Asherho as humanity nears extinction. With allies scattered and enemies closing in, she must master her bond with the machine or lose everything.

After saving Nabernacum, Stiger goes north toward Wackita to face the wizard Amaranth. The journey brings gnomes, elven rangers, a dragon, and old wounds together in a dangerous push toward prophecy.

Alaric has started to rebuild, but war and betrayal close in from every side. As rival powers move and whispers of an ancient empire spread, he must hold his realm together or watch it fall apart.

Alaric wins a battle only to face a harder truth, his blood carries a legacy that could reshape the world. With allies uncertain and rulers growing wary, every oath and alliance suddenly feels fragile.

Karus tries to hold humans, elves, and dwarves together against the Horde, even as tension frays every alliance. The Ninth Legion marches again, but survival depends on more than Roman discipline now.

Captain Jaxon Steele's first command turns disastrous when rebellion erupts during a diplomatic mission and leaves his destroyer trapped behind enemy lines. Outgunned and isolated, he must think faster than everyone trying to kill him.

Now leading a battered refugee fleet, Garrett has to turn tired ships and shaken crews into a force that can hold Javelin Station. Alien infiltrators and a rival captain make the defense even more dangerous.

Bound to the dark goddess Nyx by a debt he cannot refuse, Eli is pulled north toward a vacant crown and a land in chaos. With Mae and young Kora beside him, he walks into another dangerous piece of destiny.

Sent across the sea with imperial gold and a message, Stiger expects a hard diplomatic job and finds a kingdom ready to burn. Old grudges, court intrigue, and his family name make every step in Thresh dangerous.

Gravely wounded after his duel with Kyber, Eli wakes in hiding with the cursed sword Memory pulling harder on him than ever. Healing is not enough, because war still burns and darker bargains are coming due.

Garrett commands humanity's strongest task force, but the next mission may be its riskiest. To break the enemy's war machine, he must strike deep into the heavily defended Lima-66 system with no margin for error.

Steele heads back into the Santana system with a squadron of aging warships and a mission built on risk. To help save the Union, he must draw enemy forces away and survive the hunt of a ruthless admiral.

Fresh off an impossible escape, Steele takes command of the worn destroyer Wolverine for a covert mission into the Santana system. A mutinous crew, hidden agendas, and a growing conspiracy make stealth as dangerous as open battle.