Michael Wallace Books in Order

A social-science introduction to the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and opportunity around the world. Using theory, examples, and case studies, it examines how global systems shape poverty, development, and social change.

Jacob Christianson tries to pull himself and his wife away from Blister Creek's controlling world. But family pressure, old beliefs, and the community's dangerous secrets make leaving far harder than either of them expected.

An ancient evil threatens the Free Kingdoms, and a small group of wizards, warriors, and unlikely allies must resist it. Their fight leads toward the Dark Citadel, where the past is still powerful enough to destroy the present.

A mute witness knows an attempted murder has taken place, but cannot tell anyone what he saw. As family secrets and medical mystery collide, the people seeking the truth discover that someone is willing to kill to keep it buried.

Only one person understands that Walter Fitzroy is trapped in mortal danger, but getting anyone to believe the warning is another challenge. The race to uncover the truth becomes a tense fight against silence and time.

The Dark Wizard marches against the Free Kingdoms while scattered defenders struggle to mount a resistance. A wizard, a warrior prince, a freed boy, and a young queen must find a way to hold their world together.

A stand-alone adventure set against a harsh and dangerous landscape, where survival depends on courage and quick thinking. As the characters confront threats beyond their control, the meaning of home and loyalty comes under pressure.

When a woman is murdered in the polygamist enclave of Blister Creek, Utah, medical student Jacob Christianson investigates before outside police get involved. With his sister Eliza, he uncovers secrets that could destroy their church.

The struggle over Blister Creek's future continues as Jacob is pulled back toward the community he cannot easily leave behind. Faith, loyalty, and fear collide when another threat exposes how much power its leaders still hold.

This Righteous novella returns to the tense world of Blister Creek, where a closed religious community handles danger on its own terms. Jacob faces another test of loyalty as hidden violence threatens to break into the open.

Near the end of World War II, an American fighter pilot is shot down over Germany. While trying to reach Allied lines, he must protect a German family and evade retreating soldiers, collaborators, and advancing Soviet forces.

Jacob and Eliza's lives in Blister Creek grow more dangerous as the community's hidden crimes continue to surface. Escaping the old rules is not simple when family ties, belief, and fear all pull in different directions.

In Blister Creek, another threat forces Jacob Christianson to confront the consequences of the community's silence. The investigation deepens the divide between what his faith demands and what the evidence reveals.

Seven years after a caving accident leaves Meggie Kerr paralyzed and unable to communicate, the nightmare surrounding that day returns. She knows a brutal crime has been hidden, but finding a way to tell anyone may be impossible.

A war against dark magic draws unlikely allies into the fight, including those connected to the griffin riders. As old powers awaken, the defenders of the Free Kingdoms need courage, trust, and help from places they never expected.

In German-occupied Paris, Gabriela Reyes risks everything to free her imprisoned father and punish the man who destroyed her family. Her plan collides with a wealthy German plotter whose secret mission could change the war.

In fifteenth-century Paris, murder and fear spread through a city already gripped by the Inquisition. Two brothers and the woman between them become caught in a dark, supernatural struggle involving rumors of wolf-men.

A World War II spy story follows characters forced to cross dangerous territory where every contact may be a trap. Pursued by enemies and haunted by divided loyalties, they must survive long enough to reach safety.

Jacob faces a case that pushes him further into the hidden violence surrounding Blister Creek. As old loyalties fracture and powerful people protect their secrets, he must decide how much he is willing to lose for the truth.

Wrongly court-martialed after an alien war, Captain James Drake escapes hard labor with his loyal crew. As a fugitive, he takes his ship into pirate territory to find evidence, clear his name, and prevent another war.

The secrets surrounding Blister Creek grow more dangerous as Jacob is drawn into another investigation. His search for the truth tests his loyalty to family and faith while exposing threats that reach beyond the isolated community.

As the Dark Wizard's forces advance, leaders across the Free Kingdoms must decide whether they can stand together. Warriors, wizards, and young rulers face betrayals, battles, and the growing cost of holding a kingdom together.

Jacob Christianson faces another dangerous crisis in and around Blister Creek, where faith, family, and secrecy remain tightly tangled. Solving the case means challenging people who will do almost anything to protect their power.

In 1676 New England, Puritan widow Prudence Cotton searches for her kidnapped daughter after King Philip's War. She joins English agent James Bailey to investigate her husband's murder across a wilderness full of danger and betrayal.

Drake's struggle against the forces that framed him becomes a larger fight over the future of the kingdom. Facing powerful ships and entrenched enemies, the Blackbeard crew must risk everything to expose the conspiracy.

Captain James Drake and the Blackbeard crew continue their hunt for the truth behind his disgrace. Their search pulls them through hostile systems where pirates, powerful officials, and the threat of another war close in.

The Blackbeard's long campaign reaches a decisive stage as rebellion spreads across the stars. Captain Drake and his crew must confront the people behind the conspiracy before another interstellar war becomes impossible to prevent.

During the Civil War, journalist Josephine Breaux works behind enemy lines while hiding secrets of her own. Her reporting and espionage place her in increasing danger as the war turns personal and trust becomes scarce.

The war for the Free Kingdoms reaches its breaking point as wizards, rulers, and soldiers face an enemy that has grown too powerful to ignore. Old loyalties and dangerous magic collide in the final battle for the realm's future.

After the first battle, Captain Tolvern and the sentinel forces face a wider and more dangerous campaign. New alliances, contested territory, and a determined enemy force commanders to make choices with no safe outcome.

Former pirate Catarina Vargus leads a colony expedition beyond the frontier, hoping to establish a new outpost. Instead, Scandian marauders threaten her people, supplies, and the fragile chance to build a home.

Human and Hroom factions form a desperate alliance as the war reaches a critical stage. With worlds and fleets at risk, Tolvern's side must find a way to survive an enemy strong enough to shatter everything.

From the precarious foothold at Fort Allia, Catarina Vargus and her allies face a determined enemy fleet. The colony's survival depends on holding territory, protecting its people, and outthinking foes who know the frontier better.

A human battle station that has waited years for war finally faces a threat it may not be able to stop. Captain Jess Tolvern and her crew must defend the line while confronting an enemy they barely understand.

In 1851, Irish immigrants Victoria and Maeve arrive in New York after the famine with little but each other. Swindled and stranded, they fight poverty, prejudice, and danger while trying to build a life through sewing.

Jess Tolvern leads the Blackbeard into a crisis that could decide the fate of a frontier outpost and its people. Enemies close in, alliances are tested, and the fight for a new home reaches its most dangerous point.

Markal and his allies are drawn deeper into a struggle involving magical orders, rival rulers, and deadly relics. As the red sword's legacy grows harder to control, defending the realm may require an equally dangerous answer.

A young wizard is captured by marauders determined to break her will and use her power. Unexpected help arrives from griffin riders, while the wider battle for the realm and its ancient magic reaches a crisis.

When his master is murdered, apprentice wizard Markal inherits a crisis far beyond his training. To restore what was lost, he must confront assassins, dangerous magic, and the terrible power bound to the red sword.

After Japan invades the Philippines, American army nurse Louise Harrison flees Manila with wounded soldiers. In the mountains, she insists on treating an injured Japanese soldier, creating dangerous tensions within the desperate group.

The alliance's struggle turns into open military pressure as fleets and worlds face escalating danger. Every tactical choice has consequences, and the people trying to preserve the alliance must decide what they are willing to sacrifice.

War exposes divisions inside the alliance as clearly as it reveals threats beyond it. With armed resistance growing and trust collapsing, its defenders must fight to keep their cause from being destroyed from within.

A fragile political order in space begins to crack as rival powers prepare for conflict. Crews and commanders must navigate shifting loyalties, strategic threats, and the hard truth that survival may depend on uneasy alliances.

In Berlin, a dangerous mystery draws its characters into a city shaped by history, secrecy, and competing loyalties. The search for answers becomes a test of whom to trust when every clue points toward another hidden agenda.

Still recovering from the damage caused by the war, Narina faces another dangerous test of her discipline and loyalty. The fate of the sword masters and the future of the lowlands rest on choices no warrior can make alone.

A new alien threat pushes the human and Hroom worlds toward war just when they can least afford it. Commanders and colonists must defend vulnerable systems while trying to understand an enemy no one knows how to reach.

Narina's fight against the crowlords grows as other sword masters answer the call. The conflict demands more than skill with a blade, forcing her to face enemies determined to reshape the lowlands through war.

The conflict with the insectoid forces deepens as fragile alliances strain under military losses and fear. With battle spreading through the jump-gate network, the people fighting for peace may be overwhelmed by events.

As the war widens, Narina and her allies confront threats that move beyond open battle. Old enemies, hidden paths, and the burden of her growing legend test whether she can become the leader others need.

After her father is murdered, young sword master Narina leaves her temple to seek justice among the crowlords of the plains. Her search soon draws her into a war and the rising legend of the Sword Saint.

This collection gathers the complete Quintana Trilogy, a tale of a mountain city ruled by castes, coal, and secrets. When an ancient artifact awakens beneath the mines, rival lords and a powerful cult race to control it.

An insectoid armada threatens human and Hroom worlds, forcing Drake, Tolvern, and Vargus to fight across several fronts. Lieutenant Capp believes peace may still be possible, but reaching the enemy could cost her everything.

After seeing a child disappear into an abandoned gun battery near San Francisco, Ian finds himself being erased from ordinary life. With only his friend Chloe able to help, he confronts a reality-bending creature that feeds on suffering.