Michael A Stackpole Books in Order

This solitaire Tunnels & Trolls adventure brings a character by ship to Gull on the tropical island of Phoron. A hotel serves as a base for exploring the city, with branching encounters and choices determining the adventurer's fortunes.

Mugged after drinking in Gull, an adventurer is thrown into the sewers when the attackers try to escape the police. This solitaire Tunnels & Trolls gamebook challenges the player to navigate the underground labyrinth and get out alive.

A solitaire adventure invites readers into a contemporary tale of action and exploration inspired by Indiana Jones. Designed for Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes and other role-playing systems, it turns the reader into the participant directing the adventure.

This role-playing supplement provides businesses, locations and personalities for adventures in port cities. Game masters can adapt its establishments to their own campaigns, using the surrounding characters and situations to develop encounters without relying on a particular game system.

This role-playing supplement explores a fantasy city's darker neighborhoods through businesses, criminal hangouts and distinctive residents. Locations such as illicit markets and corrupt courts offer game masters material for urban adventures, with personalities and scenarios adaptable to different systems.

The Lyran Commonwealth's heir is kidnapped before a secret marriage can establish an alliance with the Federated Suns. As half brothers fight on opposing sides, uncovering the plot becomes crucial to the heir's safety and the Inner Sphere's future.

A marriage between the Lyran heir and the Federated Suns' prince promises a powerful alliance after her rescue. Rival warlords refuse to accept the resulting balance of power, setting the stage for renewed conflict across the Inner Sphere.

This BattleTech scenario pack follows the Kell Hounds mercenary unit through its history and battles. Character profiles and a unit roster support scenarios for BattleTech, BattleForce and MechWarrior, giving players several ways to explore the force's operations.

Hanse Davion's armies advance while Capellan advisors plot to turn his technology against him. Assassins threaten the Lyran ruling family, and the Kell Hounds' feud complicates resistance to another invasion as the Fourth Succession War spreads.

The Clans invade from beyond the Periphery with military strength the Inner Sphere cannot match. Longtime enemies in the Federated Commonwealth and Draconis Combine must consider cooperation if they hope to withstand the approaching threat.

This DC Heroes role-playing supplement supplies statistics and background for Batman, his associates, enemies and surroundings. Essays examine his relationships and role among other superheroes, while an included scenario gives players an adventure built around his world.

The Clans' invasion devastates the Inner Sphere, forcing the Five Successor Houses toward an uneasy alliance. Cooperation becomes essential to resisting the attackers, but longstanding rivalries make holding that coalition together another challenge in the continuing war.

This solitaire Tunnels & Trolls adventure returns to Gull and its surrounding territory, where pirates, criminal gangs and threats to elven tombs complicate exploration. Interlocking encounters let the player choose a path through the city's dangers.

This role-playing adventure setting centers on Kenneth Allard's island mansion and the secret laboratory beneath it. Spies, mercenaries and guests with hidden motives become involved in industrial espionage, mysterious deaths and threats to confidential research.

Tycho Caine rebels against the Dark Lord Fiddleback and, as Coyote, assembles a team to oppose him. An extraterrestrial fighter and a search for Caine's assassin school draw separate investigations into a conflict that distorts reality.

The Clan invasion advances with secret support from ComStar, whose leaders have plans beyond assisting the attackers. Efforts to defend the Inner Sphere become entangled with an organization seeking to unite its worlds under a single authority.

Tycho Caine wakes in a body bag with amnesia, certain only that he has a mission and someone wants him dead. In a near-future world combining technology and occult power, he must discover whom he serves.

Coyote must cooperate with former enemy Fiddleback when the Dark Lord's rebellious apprentice becomes a greater threat. Rival alliances and betrayals complicate a battle in which human fighters struggle to prevent powerful supernatural forces from dominating their world.

An uneasy peace follows the Clan war, but renewed incursions keep mercenaries such as the Kell Hounds busy. Border raids intensify political divisions within the Federated Commonwealth, threatening the stability of a realm still vulnerable to further conflict.

Kai Allard-Liao returns to Solaris VII, the competitive world where his father made his name. Championship ambitions compete with personal complications and an assassination plot, drawing him into dangers that reach beyond the arena's BattleMech fights.

Humanity faces a decisive struggle against an enemy from the outer reaches of space as NecroMutants and Mystics battle for control of Earth. The conflict brings the Apostle of Insanity trilogy's opposing forces toward their climactic confrontation.

Centuries after Neal Elfward's legendary struggle against a sorceress, instability threatens the freedom he helped secure. An elf proposes resurrecting him to aid a new quest, but the man behind the legend may differ from what his successors expect.

Prince Victor Steiner-Davion takes the Federated Commonwealth's throne while the Clans continue threatening the Inner Sphere. His efforts to maintain peace face pressure from outside enemies and an ambitious sister whose political maneuvering endangers his position.

After civil war devastates Clan Wolf, Vlad vows to rebuild it and seek revenge. A possible alliance with the Lyran Alliance offers a route to renewed strength, but his ambitions threaten rivals and the wider Inner Sphere.

Wedge Antilles rebuilds Rogue Squadron by selecting skilled pilots for the Rebel Alliance's elite X-wing unit. An assault on a heavily defended Imperial stronghold tests whether the new recruits can work together and survive their demanding assignment.

The Rebels hold Coruscant, but the Krytos virus threatens its population and political stability while Tycho Celchu faces trial. Imprisoned pilot Corran Horn must seek escape as Rogue Squadron confronts the consequences of its apparent victory.

Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron infiltrate Coruscant to gather intelligence for a Rebel invasion. Imperial ruler Ysanne Isard's control and a hidden traitor make their mission dangerous, with the squadron's trust as vulnerable as its cover.

Young swordsman Locke travels to the City of the Sorcerers, seeking a future beyond the Ward Walls. His journey into the realms of Chaos brings him against a force bent on destroying human life rather than merely testing his ambitions.

The Inner Sphere's leaders unite behind Prince Victor Steiner-Davion to carry the war into Clan territory. Their plan to destroy the Smoke Jaguars requires former rivals to cooperate in a campaign far beyond their familiar defenses.

After a king destroys his homeland and family, Nolan joins the Talions, warrior-judges whose duties outweigh personal loyalties. An assignment to protect that same king forces him to choose between the responsibilities of his order and his desire for revenge.

Ysanne Isard controls Thyferra and its supply of medicinal bacta, threatening the New Republic's survival. Without official support, Rogue Squadron must challenge her superior fleet and break her hold on the planet before the shortage undermines the Republic.

Rogue Squadron travels to Mrlsst to secure a ship's cloaking technology before the Empire obtains it. A group denying the Battle of Endor and the appearance of a mysterious Ghost Jedi complicate the pilots' mission.

Wolfgang Kies and his fellow bounty hunters and computer specialists help Elf Lord Richard Raven protect humanity from magical and technological predators. Crime lord Etienne LaPlante targets their activities, threatening both Raven and the people working beside him.

An apprentice swordsman searches for his missing father as an ancient evil threatens the land of Chaos. Saving it requires an unlikely alliance with Imperial forces, testing his ability to work with others against the emerging darkness.

Jabba the Hutt's death leaves a hidden cache of stolen Imperial weapons on Tatooine. Rogue Squadron must locate the hardware before rivals gain enough firepower to dominate the planet and turn those weapons against the pilots.

Wolf-priest Malachy Kidd lost his sight and faith in battle twelve years earlier. A new divine calling draws him into protecting the powerful, legendary Dost, beginning a magical journey that confronts him with the beliefs he abandoned.

When his wife Mirax disappears, Rogue Squadron pilot Corran Horn turns to Luke Skywalker's academy to develop his latent Jedi abilities. His search leads toward a pirate organization, testing both his investigative experience and his relationship with the Force.

Prince Victor Steiner-Davion carries the struggle against the Clans into their own territory, seeking an end to their threat. The prospect of victory raises another problem: whether the warrior can find a place in an Inner Sphere undergoing political upheaval.

Rogue Squadron pilot Plourr is summoned home to take up her role as a princess. An internal rebellion places her at the center of her planet's troubles, forcing her to confront responsibilities beyond serving with her fellow pilots.

Captured Imperial ace Soontir Fel tells the Rebels about deception and corruption beneath the Empire's public order. His account opens the possibility of defection, challenging assumptions about an enemy whose experience could reshape his relationship with the Alliance.

Rogue Squadron faces Imperial fighter ace Baron Soontir Fel, bringing its pilots against a formidable opponent. Their battles pit the Rebel unit's teamwork and experience against the skills of a man whose reputation makes him a dangerous adversary.

Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron accept help from their former enemy Ysanne Isard to rescue captured comrades. Her proposed alliance draws them into an Imperial power struggle, where trusting her could be as dangerous as refusing her offer.

After the Emperor’s death, his assassin Mara Jade must complete a final mission against the leader of the Black Nebula crime organization. With her master gone and unforeseen complications arising, carrying out the assignment may cost her life.

The Yuuzhan Vong attack the New Republic with unfamiliar technology and an apparent immunity to the Force. Luke Skywalker struggles to unite divided Jedi while Leia and the younger generation confront an enemy threatening the galaxy's survival.

Rogue Squadron heads to Malrev 4 expecting a straightforward rescue of stranded travelers. Instead, attacks by both the native Irrukiine and the people they came to save suggest a hidden danger behind the mission's seemingly simple purpose.

This collection combines Onslaught and Ruin, following the New Republic's struggle against the invading Yuuzhan Vong. Luke Skywalker seeks to hold the Jedi together while other heroes investigate an enemy whose abilities challenge their military and the Force.

Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron undertake what appears to be a routine assignment while Imperial leaders plot against them. Ysanne Isard and Admiral Krennel pursue their own ambitions, putting the pilots in the path of a Star Destroyer fleet.

Imperial ruler Sate Pestage secretly negotiates with Leia to defect in exchange for access to Coruscant. Ysanne Isard anticipates his plan, drawing Rogue Squadron into a contest where diplomacy and betrayal could decide control of the Empire.

The Yuuzhan Vong's changing tactics leave the New Republic struggling and the Jedi divided. While Luke tries to preserve their unity, Jacen Solo and Corran Horn investigate an occupied planet for a weakness that could alter the war.

Tarrant Hawkins and his friends begin their coming-of-age rituals only to encounter an invasion threatening Oriosa. A legendary sword promises invincibility, but its power draws them toward an ancient conflict where survival demands more than youthful courage.

Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade prepare to marry, joining a Jedi Master with the Emperor’s former assassin. Imperial and New Republic opponents seek to prevent the union, turning their wedding into a confrontation with enemies determined to stop it.

Young thief Will steals an artifact that entangles him in a prophecy about defeating the tyrant Chytrine. Warriors and rulers see different uses for him, while Chytrine sends corrupted heroes to destroy the boy who might challenge her.

After terrorists destroy interstellar communications, the Republic of the Sphere's peaceful worlds face isolation and renewed conflict. LumberMech operator Sam Donelly becomes involved with revolutionaries, but his concealed identity could place both him and the Republic in danger.

Chytrine's armies advance while her agents seek fragments of the DragonCrown, an artifact that could secure her rule. Princess Alexia gathers unlikely allies to resist her, facing accusations of treachery and competing loyalties within the threatened world.

Set in the Crimson Skies world, this aviation adventure begins with a narrator waking restrained beside an unidentified captor. Dogfights, intrigue and romance accompany gaming material that includes aircraft statistics and a new battle over Denver.

Reports of Will Norrington's death threaten the alliance formed to oppose Chytrine. His companions continue the struggle despite uncertainty about the prophecy, while the tyrant exploits division and pursues the DragonCrown that could complete her conquest.

Keles and Jorim Anturasi explore unknown lands and seas for their powerful cartographer family, while their sister Nirati faces enemies at home. Their discoveries threaten an uneasy peace and expose all three siblings to dangerous rivalries and magic.

Nalenyr faces invasion as its defenders seek heroes trapped in a magical wasteland. The Anturasi siblings are scattered among hostile and altered realms, where surviving personal dangers becomes part of a conflict reaching from the earth to the gods.

Clan Wolf's campaign against the Republic brings three warriors into intersecting struggles. Alaric seeks victory, former Wolf Anastasia fights her old comrades, and mercenary commander Verena must prove herself in battles where ambition leaves little room for mercy.

Magical warfare threatens Nalenyr as the Anturasi siblings pursue separate struggles across the world and beyond it. Keles faces assassins, Jorim confronts an elder god, and Nirati joins a perilous campaign as ancient defenders prepare for a final battle.

Occultist Merlin Bloodstone and his assistant Connor Moran visit an Arizona Renaissance festival, where entertainment gives way to real danger. A centuries-old vendetta and a blessing transformed into a curse force them to confront more than staged fantasy.

A serial killer leaves tarot cards beside the victims, prompting police to consult occultist Merlin Bloodstone. After a leak ends his involvement, another murder near his home makes the case personal and draws him back into the investigation.

This guide provides twenty-one days of exercises designed to prepare a novel before drafting begins. Stackpole covers characters, worldbuilding, dialogue, description and plotting, helping writers assemble enough material to sustain a story beyond its opening chapters.

Aliens arrive in a near-future America claiming they have come to help. Jed questions their apparent invulnerability as the encounter exposes assumptions about outsiders, conflict, and how people respond when a supposed threat arrives from beyond their world.

In a future where chocolate is illegal, Confections Enforcement Agency operative Mark Glace pursues those who supply it. Trouble inside the agency and a confrontation with a former lover challenge his commitment to protecting citizens from their own desires.

Trick Molloy searches for a dancer who witnessed her boyfriend's murder and may know where incriminating evidence is hidden. Finding her before the mob becomes harder because she is skilled in magic and determined to remain concealed.

Former police officer Trick Molloy now works as a nightclub bouncer after being framed for corruption. When the man responsible for his dismissal is killed, Trick must investigate a murder connected to the grievance that changed his life.

Club Flesh dancer Lexie is found dead, and former police officer Trick Molloy becomes a likely suspect. Working as a bouncer in a world shaped by magic, he has three days to identify the killer before police close in.

Trick Molloy's late stepfather demands that his heirs compete for an estate or see it donated to hate groups. The first task involves acquiring a painting, but dangerous rivals and something wrong with the artwork complicate the contest.

Lou Sandberg once saved Trick Molloy's life and now needs help rescuing his wife from a Russian gangster. The criminal wants a cocaine theft in exchange, and his stronger command of magic leaves Trick facing an unusually difficult opponent.

Every two centuries, invaders demand children whose dreams become an addictive resource, with nightmares especially prized. A man whose twin brother was taken during their last visit prepares to challenge beings that have conquered entire dimensions.

Stackpole presents eight lessons on fiction writing and building a career, covering plotting, characterization, dialogue and engaging readers. Four accompanying stories serve as examples, showing how the course's techniques work within complete pieces of fiction.

Captain Owen Strake surveys the troubled colonies of Mystria while Prince Vladimir tries to defend their interests. Imperial rivalry, colonial unrest and supernatural enemies turn their duties into a struggle over the region's loyalty and future.

A hero returns to Capital City after twenty years in captivity and finds his former peers retired. New heroes and unfamiliar villains have transformed the city, forcing him to reassess his role while facing an enemy threatening its protectors.

Conan seeks revenge against the warlord Khalar Zym, whose forces destroyed his village and killed his father. Reaching his enemy requires confronting Zym's witch daughter and monstrous allies, turning a personal vendetta into a battle with wider consequences.

Five stories explore crime and technology through virtual highwaymen, a telepathic detective, and a private investigator’s unusual Christmas case. Other tales examine animal intelligence and a basketball-related scheme, with commentary on the stories’ origins and characters.

Five mysteries combine murder and magic, from a wolf detective and a frontier pursuit to a Talion adventure and occult intrigue in London. The collection also includes a detective who wants to save a prospective victim for his own purposes.

Exploration of Mystria's interior reveals independent communities and awakens an ancient enemy. With the Crown refusing aid and imposing new taxes, Prince Vlad must unite resentful colonies against a threat that could destroy them all.

Occultist Merlin Bloodstone becomes involved when a student's religious dispute threatens her academic future. After a televangelist is murdered, he and assistant Connor Moran must unravel the surrounding deception before an innocent woman is condemned.

Patrick Molloy, a former police officer framed for bribery, works as a club bouncer in a society hostile to magic users. Seven linked stories follow his efforts to uncover crimes and deliver justice while enemies seek to imprison him.

After assassins attack Vol'jin in Pandaria, Chen Stormstout brings the wounded Darkspear leader to a remote monastery. Recovery gives him time to reconsider his purpose and loyalties as conflict within the Horde threatens the principles he once trusted.

New Homeland Security Services agent Miracle Dunn investigates a drug company employee's murder and discovers a much older killing. In an alternate America reshaped by terrorism, the linked cases threaten powerful pharmaceutical leaders and test the limits of protection.

Banished from Ustalav by political enemies, Lady Tyressa Vishov leads her family and retainers into the River Kingdoms to rebuild. Monsters and local rulers threaten their frontier settlement, while old adversaries remain determined to prevent their recovery.

HSS agents Miracle Dunn and Abraham Fyn investigate an occult murder and the simultaneous theft of a writer's manuscript. With Merlin Bloodstone's help, they uncover a conspiracy that reaches far beyond the friend apparently framed for the killing.

This comics collection follows Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron as they defend the New Republic after Endor. Missions involving Imperial terrorists, disputed loyalties and stolen weapons take the pilots across a galaxy where the Empire's remnants remain dangerous.

Wedge Antilles leads Rogue Squadron through rescue missions, pirates and confrontations with Imperial ace Baron Fel. Their assignments culminate in an effort to recover Sate Pestage, a fugitive whose knowledge could help the New Republic take Imperial Center.

The Kell Hounds are hired to guard joint military exercises involving Prince Ian Davion's forces. Raiders interrupt the assignment, leaving Morgan Kell to defend the planet and protect the prince while weighing choices that could affect two Great Houses.

Morgan and Patrick Kell face a religious zealot threatening to starve Galatea into submission. Their new mercenary unit must stop the uprising, but civilians drawn to the movement complicate any attempt to defeat it without innocent casualties.

Morgan and Patrick Kell arrive on Galatea to build a mercenary unit, attracting opposition from a corrupt general and crime lord. Recruiting skilled personnel threatens the criminal empire, forcing the brothers to confront enemies who control their new base.

Young inventor Terry Vech is forced to repair the damaged cryogenic armor of villain Sub-zero. With his family threatened and inadequate tools at hand, he must work under a psychopath's supervision while trying to keep everyone alive.

Capital City's criminal underworld is fragmenting as ambitious newcomers compete for its wealth. Established heroes Puma and Colonel Constitution join Nighthaunt, Graviton and Iron Otter to confront the changing threats and restore order to their city.

Teenage hero Merlin investigates a confusing kidnapping or theft that could cost Lyttleton Union its Friday football game. With players' scholarship prospects at stake, Lemuel Lyttle discovers that even a small town's apparently minor crimes demand attention.

Lemuel Lyttle travels to Capital City as fledgling superhero Merlin and meets his idol, Puma. Invited to help defend the city against its criminal underworld, he discovers the situation is more complicated than it first appears.

The Chartreuse Claw targets an art exhibition in Lyttleton, assuming its borrowed treasures will be easy to steal. Local hero Merlin intervenes, but another participant complicates the confrontation and leaves him facing two opponents stronger than himself.

After years of elite training to become superhero Merlin, Lemuel Lyttle enters Lyttleton Union High School. Bullies, cheerleaders and school politics present unfamiliar challenges, testing skills that were developed for a very different kind of danger.

Hotel heiress Rose Van Ryn disappears while hiking near Lyttleton. Lemuel Lyttle and Grant Stone volunteer to search alongside superhero Bluestar, but Rose's suspicious husband and the lack of any trace make hopes of rescue fade.

Alien teenager Grant Stone has extraordinary powers but wonders whether he would rather remain on his family's farm. Armed revolutionaries arriving in Lyttleton force a decision and introduce an ally who knows too much about his secret.

A company's researchers build a killer robot with billions in military contracts at stake. Their technical challenge becomes a corporate struggle when the vice president responsible for marketing and military relations proves an unexpectedly formidable opponent.

With the Locust War over, Marcus Fenix and Anya Stroud face the difficult work of rebuilding Sera. As Anya seeks alliances and Marcus investigates rumors of surviving Locust, human enemies threaten the fragile peace they hope to create.

A nameless undead awakens in a crypt and joins Balarion's quest to free his father, an imprisoned king. Traveling through a fractured realm with surviving champions, they face monsters and doubts about whether their broken world can be restored.