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Near Space Books in Order

Browse the Near Space books by Allen M Steele in order, with short summaries, series background, and where to start with these grounded space adventures.

Last updated: July 5, 2026

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Orbital Decay

by Allen M Steele

1989

Construction crews in Earth orbit think they are building a solar power satellite, until the job starts to look far darker. Steele's debut brings blue-collar grit and political anger to a very plausible near future.

Clarke County, Space

by Allen M Steele

1990

On a huge orbital colony, Sheriff John Bigthorn has to juggle mob violence, local politics, and separatist tension. It is a lively Near-Space story that mixes frontier law, crime, and orbital realism.

Lunar Descent

by Allen M Steele

1991

Life at a lunar mining station is already hard enough before trouble erupts far from help. Steele focuses on the workers, security staff, and fragile machinery that make a Moon settlement feel real.

Labyrinth of Night

by Allen M Steele

1992

An expedition to the Face on Mars uncovers a far older mystery beneath the dust. Steele turns one of science fiction's favorite Martian myths into an adventure about ruins, obsession, and what humans hope to find.

A King of Infinite Space

by Allen M Steele

1997

A man expecting death wakes more than a century later in a new body and a very different society. Steele uses that premise to ask who owns a life, and what freedom means when the future has already claimed you.

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