MR Forbes Books in Order
Browse MR Forbes books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy where to start picks across his sci-fi and fantasy worlds.
Last updated: July 2, 2026
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Publication Order
80 books
Balance
by MR Forbes
2013
Dead ex-con Landon Hamilton gets sent back to Earth by Dante as a rare balance of human, angel, and demon. The only problem is he is supposed to save the world with powers he barely understands.
Betrayal
by MR Forbes
2013
Landon saved the world once, but the cost was brutal and deeply personal. Now a new betrayal, a missing girl, and a growing supernatural war push him even closer to the edge.
Broken
by MR Forbes
2013
Landon and his friends face a threat that reaches beyond the old war between angels and demons. If they cannot stop it, creation itself may start coming apart.
His Dark Empire
by MR Forbes
2013
In a world ruled by an ageless tyrant, Eryn hides the magic that marks her for death. When soldiers come, she is forced into flight beside Silas, a lethal man with a shattered past.
Bound
by MR Forbes
2014
Sacrificed to save the world, Landon wakes trapped in hell with the thing he helped imprison. Escape may depend on trusting the vampire whose choices helped unleash the nightmare in the first place.
Dead Lucky
by MR Forbes
2014
A bizarre message sends Conor Night on a dangerous trip to New Orleans with his partner and an undead sidekick. What should be a quick detour becomes a night of magic, mayhem, and bad odds.
Dead of Night
by MR Forbes
2014
Necromancer Conor Night signs on for a simple theft because staying alive costs money. The job quickly tangles him in the schemes of Earth's most powerful wizards, and failure may be fatal.
Evolution
by MR Forbes
2014
As the balancer between good and evil, Landon is drawn into a pair of linked mysteries, a shape-shifting killer and a scientist working with angels. Both point toward a dangerous new turn in the war.
His Ancient Heart
by MR Forbes
2014
The journey into the Dark changes both Silas and Eryn, and not for the better. Hunted by General Spyne, they race toward the Refinery, where the secrets of magic may cost them everything.
His Cure for Magic
by MR Forbes
2014
Silas and Eryn chase an ancient map into the Dark, a place of fear, monsters, and magic gone wrong. They think they are searching for a cure, but the truth waiting there is far worse.
Dead Red
by MR Forbes
2015
Conor takes a job from a wizard he does not trust and ends up in the path of a deadly cult. He is used to dodging death, but death itself seems ready to make things personal.
His Final Secret
by MR Forbes
2015
The end of the tyrant's reign finally feels possible, but the truth behind the cure for magic is horrifying. As battle lines close around them, Eryn and her allies move toward the final secret.
Point of Origin
by MR Forbes
2015
With the Goliath compromised, Mitchell and the Riggers chase the Creator, the figure tied to the alien threat itself. Getting to him first may be the only way to change the course of the war.
Starship Eternal
by MR Forbes
2015
War hero Mitchell Ares Williams survives an assassination attempt only to be haunted by warnings from futures past. To save humankind, he must find a lost starship before an ancient enemy does.
The End of Liberty
by MR Forbes
2015
Mitchell and the Riggers uncover the first secrets of the Goliath and race back toward Liberty. Their odds are terrible, and failure could cost millions of lives before the real war even peaks.
The Knife's Edge
by MR Forbes
2015
After a failed mission, Mitchell is forced into an uneasy alliance with Liun Tio, a warlord who may be humanity's best hope against the Tetron. Trust is scarce, and the war is only getting worse.
Dead Stare
by MR Forbes
2016
Conor finally thinks life may be calming down, which is exactly when it goes bad again. Forced into a job that could push the magical Houses into open war, he learns the rules are changing fast.
Eternal Return
by MR Forbes
2016
Hope rises with a recovered memory and a newly forged weapon, but Mitchell knows victory is still far away. When a mission goes wrong, he has to gamble everything to bring the Goliath home.
Execution
by MR Forbes
2016
Landon thought Abaddon was gone for good. When the demon returns under someone else's control, Landon and his ragged team have to stop a deadly plot before humankind is wiped out.
Extinction
by MR Forbes
2016
The war between Heaven and Hell is reaching its breaking point. Landon has enemies everywhere, but the hardest fight may be against someone he still loves.
Forever Until Tomorrow
by MR Forbes
2016
The war seems lost until Major Katherine Asher is pulled into a fight she does not understand after a terrorist attack. At the same time, a long-broken man in St. Louis steps toward old secrets.
Man of War
by MR Forbes
2016
Half a century after aliens conquered Earth, a message from home sparks a chance to fight back. The rebellion is finally ready to stop running and start taking back what was lost.
The Edge of Infinity
by MR Forbes
2016
With the Goliath back and a final chance finally in reach, Mitchell moves toward the war's endgame. The problem is that he is not the only one who has been waiting for this moment.
Tides of War
by MR Forbes
2016
Gabriel and the crew of the Magellan survive annihilation only to end up aboard a captured alien ship. The secrets inside may be humanity's best chance to finish the war, if they can get home alive.
Weapons of War
by MR Forbes
2016
After fifty years of fear and pursuit, the rebellion wins its first real taste of hope. It is not enough, but it is enough to prove the enemy can bleed.
Damned If You Don't
by MR Forbes
2017
Abbey has learned terrible truths and cannot trust many people beyond the Rejects. When the Nephilim assault the Republic and her daughter is caught in the crossfire, the mission becomes painfully personal.
Dead End
by MR Forbes
2017
Conor has discovered what being the world's only necromancer really means, and he hates the answer. An ancient wizard with an apocalyptic plan is loose, and stopping him may cost Conor everything.
Fire and Brimstone
by MR Forbes
2017
Queenie is changing, and not in ways she understands or wants. With allies scattered, enemies multiplying, and a fleet of devastating ships on the rise, the Rejects have no room left to fail.
Forgotten
by MR Forbes
2017
Sheriff Hayden Duke lives a simple life aboard the generation ship Pilgrim until his wife finds a body that should not exist. Her disappearance drags him into a mystery that shatters everything he thought was true.
Forsaken
by MR Forbes
2017
Cast out into a world he has never seen, Hayden faces demonic aliens, false friends, and a brutal tyrant. Surviving the Pilgrim was only the start of his trouble.
Good Intentions
by MR Forbes
2017
Queenie and the Rejects finally reach the Covenant, only to find it is not what they expected. To stop Thraven and his armies, they will have to gamble on a plan as reckless as it is necessary.
Hell's Rejects
by MR Forbes
2017
Disgraced soldier Abigail Cage is pulled from a hellish prison world for a suicide mission to recover stolen super-starships. Freedom is possible, but only if she survives the job and the strange new threat hunting her.
Kill the Queen!
by MR Forbes
2017
Abbey is trapped in an ancient stronghold while Captain Mann fights to stop a galaxy-spanning war. Everyone wants something from the Queen, and most of them would be perfectly happy to kill her first.
Queen of Demons
by MR Forbes
2017
The universe is on the brink, and Queenie is stranded deep in enemy space with her crew. If the Rejects want to save the galaxy, they will have to fight their way back from almost impossible odds.
The Devils Do
by MR Forbes
2017
Queenie and the Rejects finally have clues, a dangerous new ship, and a few shaky allies. Unfortunately, the enemy fleet is growing faster than expected, and there is no safe place left to regroup.
Deception
by MR Forbes
2018
Caleb wakes from stasis expecting to guard a colony. Instead he finds missing Marines, a starving ship, the dead on the move, and a monstrous threat stalking the corridors.
Deliverance
by MR Forbes
2018
With Earth lost, Caleb boards the colony ship Deliverance as one of humanity's last survivors. He expects a hard journey, not an attack that reveals the danger on board may be worse than the enemy outside.
Desperation
by MR Forbes
2018
The colony's new world looks perfect, until Caleb learns the settlement was never the real goal. Betrayal and panic spread fast as he races to prepare for the storm coming their way.
Double Down
by MR Forbes
2018
Still reeling from heavy losses, Hayley and Quark chase the one person who might help them face the coming storm. The enemy stays one step ahead, forcing them into sacrifice after sacrifice.
Earth Undefeated
by MR Forbes
2018
Captured and battered, Sheriff Duke faces a final countdown with his family on the line. To save them, he may have to trust the fugitive he once chased and rewrite everything he thought he knew.
Earth Unending
by MR Forbes
2018
Sheriff Duke races across a deadly wasteland toward an enemy with apocalyptic plans. Cannibals, killers, and monsters are dangerous enough, but the real threat is far bigger than any of them.
Earth Unknown
by MR Forbes
2018
Framed for his wife's murder on Proxima, Nathan Stacker flees to Earth to find answers and revenge. He soon learns the forgotten planet is the least safe place he could have chosen.
Earth Unrelenting
by MR Forbes
2018
Sheriff Duke is now the hunted one, chased across a world that keeps getting worse. The secret behind the forgotten Earth could change the universe, if he lives long enough to expose it.
Single Shot
by MR Forbes
2018
Betrayed and on the run, Hayley, Quark, and the Riders aim for one impossible heist. If they are going to stop a galaxy-wide war, they have to take the leap before their enemies close in.
Triple Threat
by MR Forbes
2018
Hayley Cage expected military success, not mercenary work on the galaxy's edge. When a routine rescue mission on a backwater planet goes spectacularly wrong, her squad ends up fighting for the whole galaxy.
Unforgiven
by MR Forbes
2018
Hayden has no time to rest while the world is besieged from every side. Demonic invaders, a violent king, and a deeper hidden threat all stand between the sheriff and any hope of peace.
Damnation
by MR Forbes
2019
Humanity is collapsing on two fronts as the invasion closes in everywhere. With hope nearly gone, three heroes become the center of one last desperate chance to turn the war.
Declaration
by MR Forbes
2019
The colony is stuck at the center of a planetwide war and close to collapse. The enemy believes Caleb is cornered, which may turn out to be a very expensive mistake.
Destruction
by MR Forbes
2019
The planet chosen for Deliverance is not empty, and the war around it is far older than Caleb guessed. Captured by a familiar yet alien enemy, he has one more chance to protect the colony.
Invasion
by MR Forbes
2019
Two centuries after Earth's first defeat, a new threat rises on both Earth and Proxima. It wants more than conquest, and stopping it will take hope from worlds that have almost run out of it.
Isolation
by MR Forbes
2019
The enemy has already arrived, above and below, and both Earth and Proxima are under siege. Scattered survivors have almost nothing left to fight with, except the possibility that help is not gone after all.
No Good Deed
by MR Forbes
2019
Hayden's search for answers leads to fresh trouble, a wanted new ally, and an enemy worse than the one he expected. Doing the right thing is once again the fastest route to disaster.
No Planet for Good Men
by MR Forbes
2019
In the wreckage of post-invasion Earth, Hayden Duke tries to be a lawman in a place without laws. Then he stumbles onto fallout so strange and deadly that even he does not recognize it at first.
No Way Back
by MR Forbes
2019
Sheriff Duke has already seen how bad things can get, and they are still getting worse. To stop what is coming, he will have to keep pushing forward through a world that offers no safe return.
Star Fire
by MR Forbes
2019
A surprise attack on a distant station turns into something much worse when an impossible ship appears out of nowhere. One veteran pilot suddenly finds himself fighting for the fate of everyone.
Star Kill
by MR Forbes
2019
Captured after his first brush with the invaders, Grayson Stone refuses to stay quiet. If he can escape and carry warning, humankind might still have a chance.
Star Rage
by MR Forbes
2019
Grayson wants to believe the invaders can be stopped, but nothing is simple anymore. With allies stranded and betrayal in the ranks, he has to outmaneuver enemies on every side.
Emerge
by MR Forbes
2020
A century into Pioneer's voyage, Deputy Niko Nori investigates a murder tied to a suspect who should not exist. The case forces him to dig up the ship's buried past and awaken its most important sleeper.
Endure
by MR Forbes
2020
Pioneer is stranded behind enemy lines and close to capture. While Tyson prepares a defense, other forces work from within to make sure the ship's remaining secrets fall into the wrong hands.
Entropy
by MR Forbes
2020
A strange malfunction aboard Pioneer pulls Preslan and Tyson into a mystery hidden inside the ship itself. The anomaly looks technical at first, until it becomes clear it is something much more dangerous.
Evolve
by MR Forbes
2020
Pioneer's long voyage is nearing its end, but the final approach may destroy everyone aboard. To save the ship and the Forge, scattered allies have to survive one last impossible fight.
Exodus
by MR Forbes
2020
After humanity loses first contact, the giant starship Pioneer launches from the Rockies as a last hope for survival. But danger follows the ship into the void, and not every problem can be left behind.
Star Fall
by MR Forbes
2020
After a massacre, Grayson and Rozik escape with information that could turn the war. To use it, they must keep a failing ship alive and convince old enemies to unite before Earth falls.
The Sheriff
by MR Forbes
2020
On a ruined Earth where the strong prey on the weak, a lone gunslinger rides out to deliver justice. Some call him a legend. Everyone calls him the Sheriff.
The Sheriff 2
by MR Forbes
2020
Sheriff Duke keeps crossing a broken world where justice depends on who arrives first with a gun. His story continues with more hard roads, harder people, and no shortage of trouble.
Edge Case
by MR Forbes
2021
Cassidy finally learns what he is and what kind of fight he was built for. With the Immortals closing in, the last battle could either free humankind or destroy far more than one world.
Foresight
by MR Forbes
2021
Test pilot Nicholas Shepherd commandeers an experimental starship during humanity's last desperate escape from alien-occupied Earth. What begins as survival quickly turns into a mission that could decide the future itself.
Forever
by MR Forbes
2021
Crippled, nearly finished, and helped by an unexpected ally, Nicholas and his crew prepare to return to Earth. The problem is that Earth is no longer the world they left behind.
Formation
by MR Forbes
2021
Flung far across the universe with no route home, Nicholas and his crew investigate a nearby distress signal. The answers they find make the true purpose of Foresight far more disturbing than he imagined.
Mindfracked
by MR Forbes
2021
In a drowned twenty-fourth century, Shade agent Cassidy hunts a deadly fugitive through New Manhattan. The case cracks open a long-buried conspiracy that could change everything he thinks he knows about himself and his world.
Silent War
by MR Forbes
2021
Freed by one hard truth, Cassidy joins the rebellion against the regime that suppresses humanity's governing AI. A second revelation is waiting, and it may raise him up or bring everything crashing down.
The Sheriff 3
by MR Forbes
2021
Still hunting the elusive Colonel, Sheriff Duke is pulled deeper into his own past. The search leads toward a deadly confrontation that may change far more than one old score.
Blue Burn
by MR Forbes
2022
Ben finally has proof of Sedaya's treachery and a chance to put it in front of the Empress. That would solve a lot, if anything in Ben's life ever went according to plan.
Candy Bomb
by MR Forbes
2022
Back in the Spiral, Ben hopes to reunite with his crew and focus on the bigger threat facing the galaxy. Instead he gets handed a new ally, a fresh grudge, and another reckless mission.
Eight Ball
by MR Forbes
2022
When everything falls apart at once, Ben has to hold his crew together and claw his way back into the fight. If he fails, the people he cares about most will pay the price.
Head Case
by MR Forbes
2022
Owning a starship is expensive enough before nobles start trying to kill you. When Keep returns with an even wilder offer, Ben has to decide whether destiny is calling or just conning him again.
Keep Away
by MR Forbes
2022
Ben knows he cannot dodge his fate forever. What starts as another dangerous step toward becoming a real captain turns personal fast, and suddenly he has far more to lose than his ship.
Kill Spree
by MR Forbes
2022
Ben is thrown into the galaxy's most grotesque contest, a bloody race against psychopaths and the clock itself. Winning is the only way to save his crew and get his best friend back.
Starship For Sale
by MR Forbes
2022
Ben Murdock answers a ridiculous text about a real starship for sale because his day cannot get any worse. He is wrong, and also about to discover the universe is much stranger than he thought.
The Sheriff 4
by MR Forbes
2022
Sheriff Duke rides on through the ruins, trying to protect the innocent in a world that keeps rewarding brutality. His legend grows, but so do the dangers shadowing his path.
Where should I start?
If you want military sci-fi: Starship Eternal → The End of Liberty → The Knife's Edge
If you want lighter space adventure: Starship For Sale → Head Case → Keep Away
If you want dark sci-fi western vibes: Forgotten → Forsaken → Unforgiven
If you want cyberpunk and AI intrigue: Mindfracked → Silent War → Edge Case
If you want urban fantasy first: Balance → Betrayal → Broken
Author bio
MR Forbes built his career the way a lot of modern indie careers start, with one book, a stubborn idea, and the decision to stop waiting for permission.
Long before that, he was the kind of kid who wanted all the sci-fi he could get. He has said he spent his childhood trying to read every science fiction novel he could find, writing his own stories, playing sci-fi video games, and watching sci-fi movies whenever he could. He even wrote on an electronic typewriter, which tells you something about both the era and the level of commitment.
That early obsession never really left.
He self-published his first novel, Balance, in February 2012. It was an urban fantasy story he had been turning over in his head for about three years before he finally sat down and wrote it. Around the same time, he had been reading a lot of self-published fiction and came to a simple conclusion: if other writers could take the leap, maybe he could too.
At the start, his goal was modest. He has said he hoped for five reviews, just five people who cared enough to finish the book and say something about it. From there the audience grew fast. Over time his catalog expanded into a long list of series, and those books went on to sell in the millions.
A lot of his best known work lives in science fiction. Readers who pick up Starship Eternal, The Forgotten, Starship For Sale, Rebellion, or Mindfracked usually know what they are coming for: momentum, danger, strange technology, and characters who get shoved into impossible situations and have to keep moving anyway. His books tend to like big hooks, lost ships, broken worlds, stubborn survivors, and crews that become families under pressure.
He also moves comfortably into fantasy and urban fantasy. Balance helped launch The Divine, a series about Landon Hamilton, a very unlikely champion caught between angels and demons. Ghosts & Magic follows necromancer Conor Night through a mess of wizards, cults, and bad decisions. Tears of Blood turns toward darker epic fantasy, with hunted magic users, an old empire, and a long road through secrets and ruin.
What ties the books together is less polish than energy. Forbes likes high stakes, fast turns, and heroes who are not neat or noble in the obvious way. A sheriff on a dying world, a washed-out guy who answers the wrong text, a soldier with visions he cannot trust, these are the kinds of people he keeps dropping into the center of the storm.
He has also kept a direct line to readers. On his store and author pages, he talks openly about starting small, being grateful for the support, and enjoying the chance to get closer to the people buying his books. That practical, hands-on streak fits the rest of the story. He did not arrive through a traditional slow climb. He built a body of work, found his audience, and kept going.
And he is still going.
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