Michael Jan Friedman Books in Order

Living quietly on Earth after surviving the destruction of Asgard, immortal Vidar hears a kinsman’s plea for help. An enemy has stolen Thor’s hammer, forcing him to return with a dangerous horn to defend the rebuilt realm and humanity.

Vidar races a destructive rival to obtain Frey’s legendary sword, whose magic promises victory to its wielder. Traveling between worlds with mortal and supernatural allies, Odin’s surviving son must prevent another catastrophe from consuming both Earth and Asgard.

Elf prince Harlicch rescues college professor Barbara St. James from attackers in New York. Their encounter draws her into a conflict with his enemies, bringing dangerous magic into ordinary city streets and forcing an unlikely partnership.

A thousand years after Ragnarok, Vidar must confront a masked destroyer determined to complete its devastation. Armed with a powerful sword, he leads unlikely allies through the frost giants’ realm, seeking to stop an enemy who threatens every world they know.

Scientist Tolian Soran is determined to reach the Nexus, even if altering its course means destroying an inhabited world. In this comics adaptation, Picard seeks help from James Kirk to stop a catastrophe neither captain can prevent alone.

Heiress Janna Leighton’s promised donation could transform life for Metropolis residents in need, but assassins threaten to silence her. Superman works to keep her safe while Lois struggles with jealousy over the attention Janna receives.

Lois Lane and Clark Kent struggle to keep their relationship intact while chasing newspaper stories. Their efforts to outmaneuver rival reporters place romance and professional ambition in conflict, even as Clark maintains his other identity as Superman.

Lois Lane and Clark Kent pursue criminals in Metropolis while navigating an increasingly complicated romance. Their work as competing reporters and Clark’s secret life as Superman put personal feelings and professional loyalties under continual pressure.

Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy join forces to terrorize Gotham, threatening the city with cold and botanical destruction. Batman and Robin must counter their alliance with help from a new partner, Batgirl, in this novelization of the film.

This illustrated guide presents the worlds of the Federation as destinations for an imagined future traveler. Its fictional travel perspective explores places within the Star Trek universe, combining descriptions of planetary settings with the experience of visiting them.

Q offers an irreverent tour of the galaxy from the perspective of a powerful, impatient observer. His account covers peoples, history and the Q Continuum while challenging the solemn descriptions favored by the Federation’s more conventional authorities.

Preparing to speak at Gary Mitchell’s funeral, Kirk recalls their first months aboard the Enterprise. When an encounter with Klingons separated the captain from his trusted friend, he had to rely on an unfamiliar Vulcan officer named Spock.

This illustrated exploration visits worlds and societies across the Star Trek universe, from Vulcan and Klingon life to Borg territory and the Q Continuum. Its imagined journeys reveal the environments, cultures and encounters behind Federation exploration.

Young Kirk and Gary Mitchell begin their friendship at Starfleet Academy before a training mission takes them into a diplomatic crisis. Assigned to protect a reconciliation ceremony, they must work together against terrorists determined to renew an interplanetary conflict.

When a traffic accident endangers passengers, Clark rushes through the flames and emerges unharmed. His parents must finally explain his extraordinary abilities and unusual origins, opening a new chapter in the young hero’s understanding of himself.

Hulk Hogan recounts his transformation from Terry Bollea into a professional wrestling star. His account follows early struggles, fame and life beyond the ring, alongside steroid controversies, painful injuries and the personal costs of maintaining a public persona.

Newly commanding the Stargazer, young Jean-Luc Picard struggles to earn his crew’s trust. Ordered to capture the pirate White Wolf, he discovers that the mission may be designed to fail and that his quarry holds a consequential secret.

Picard accompanies his engineer to a dangerous ritual on Gnala, where sabotage threatens the visit. Meanwhile, a distress call draws the Stargazer into a strange phenomenon, leaving the divided crew facing crises without its captain’s immediate guidance.

Before commanding the Enterprise, Picard meets Guinan during a crisis aboard the Stargazer. Her mysterious past and longing for oblivion complicate an encounter whose consequences reach beyond their personal concerns to threaten the wider galaxy.

A transporter accident brings a third woman resembling the Stargazer’s twin officers aboard ship. Picard seeks to return the visitor to her own universe, while suspicion, jealousy and hostile alien forces threaten to turn the problem into disaster.

Aliens who understand Starfleet technology launch devastating attacks, forcing Picard into a desperate response. Behind enemy lines, his first officer and an antagonistic admiral must cooperate aboard a shuttle to uncover the secret that might stop them.

A former Stargazer officer’s freighter is seized by a powerful alien and directed toward hostile territory. Picard must prevent a war by trusting Serenity Santana, a woman whose earlier betrayal makes accepting her help a dangerous choice.

Visitors claiming to come from the future warn the Ultimates that a secret organization will enslave Earth. As the team investigates, Tony Stark's worsening illness tempts him to change a timeline their mysterious allies insist must remain intact.

Lawrence Talbot survives an apparent death and finds himself pursued by people hunting werewolves. Rescuers promise protection and knowledge about his curse, but their motives may be as dangerous as the enemies from whom they shield him.

Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson recount investigations by their paranormal research team, including cases beyond their television series. They describe reported disturbances, investigative methods and the experiences they regard as evidence, alongside the challenges of their unusual work.

Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson revisit early paranormal investigations and explain how their interests developed. Accounts of reported apparitions, unsettling dreams and unexplained encounters sit alongside discussion of the techniques they use to examine such claims.

Apprentice wizards Athis and Belid summon a demon and immediately lose control of the situation. With fellow student Klaria, they scramble to contain the consequences before their master discovers the disaster, or their efforts bring down the Crimson Keep itself.

Former police officer Zeno Aristos has lost his sense of direction after leaving the force. When someone close to him is kidnapped, his search through New York’s criminal world brings him into conflict with an ancient malevolent power.

In an alternate 2012, the Aztec Empire still rules much of the Americas. As the calendar approaches its end, ritualistic killings draw investigator Maxtla Colhua into a case that threatens his city and challenges its beliefs.

Teenager Tim Cruz survives a deadly illness and tries to return to ordinary life. Strange changes in his body make that impossible, while the disappearance of the person who might explain them leaves him searching for answers.

Anthony Borelli’s knowledge of Renaissance Italy becomes urgently practical when he finds himself there. Confronted by monstrous enemies and a desperate plan to save humanity, he must discover courage beyond anything his ordinary school life has demanded.

Seven stories place ordinary people and unusual heroes in morally difficult situations. A young investigator pursues murder, rival superhero mothers clash, and apparently familiar lives conceal fantastic secrets, with further tales exploring power, duty and dangerous choices.

Robinson Dark awakens aboard a starship that resembles his own, yet something is profoundly wrong. Searching for its missing captain and crew, he must unravel where he is and what has happened to the people around him.

Eight stories travel from familiar neighborhood settings to distant reaches of space. Across fantasy and science fiction, Friedman brings unusual possibilities into varied lives, inviting readers to consider how the extraordinary can disturb even seemingly ordinary worlds.

Eight stories explore supernatural mysteries, unusual powers and difficult moral choices. A haunting in an immigrant settlement, a goddess confronting an unfair decree and heroes endangered by their own decisions bring extraordinary pressures into recognizably human lives.

Fantasy, science fiction and superhero stories range across unusual investigations and imagined worlds. Alongside tales including Trash Talker and Goney, another visit to the City of a Thousand Gods explores the possibilities and complications of extraordinary lives.

Kirk encounters alien weaponry supporting an oppressive government on Modala. A century later, Picard visits for a celebration with Spock and McCoy, only to face another crisis when the Ferengi arrive and reopen the planet’s troubled history.