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Privateer Tales Books in Order

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See the Privateer Tales books in order, with quick summaries, series background, and where to start with Jamie McFarlane's long-running space opera.

Last updated: July 3, 2026

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20 books

1

Big Pete

by Jamie McFarlane

2014

Long before Liam's adventures, Marine Sergeant Pete Hoffen is fighting to get his people out alive behind enemy lines. One impossible order forces him to choose between obedience and the men he refuses to abandon.

2

Fool Me Once

by Jamie McFarlane

2014

After escaping eighteen months of captivity, Celina Dontal should be safe, but her missing sister leads her straight into new trouble. On Mars, she has to trust strangers while old enemies close in.

3

Parley

by Jamie McFarlane

2014

Liam is ready for shore leave on Mars, but a rescue at the edge of space brings new complications aboard. Between naval pressure and dangerous enemies, the crew barely gets a moment to breathe.

4

Rookie Privateer

by Jamie McFarlane

2014

Teenager Liam Hoffen is stuck on a mining asteroid until pirates attack Colony 40 and leave his future in ruins. Salvage, loss, and a taste for justice push him toward life as a privateer.

5

A Matter of Honor

by Jamie McFarlane

2015

What starts as a much-needed beach break on Curie quickly turns into another dangerous entanglement for Liam and the Hotspur crew. A mysterious invitation opens the door to secrets far bigger than a vacation.

6

Buccaneers

by Jamie McFarlane

2015

Nick James thinks the Tipperary system could become a booming trade hub, so the Hotspur crew heads there looking for a home. Instead they find predators, false promises, and frontier lawlessness.

7

Cutpurse

by Jamie McFarlane

2015

Street thief Priloe Sharpe survives the gang-ruled bog city of Nannandry by quick hands and quicker thinking. One stolen piece of offworld tech gives him a shot at escape, if it does not get him killed first.

8

Out of the Tank

by Jamie McFarlane

2015

After devastating injuries, Tabitha Masters wakes from radical treatment with a body that works again and questions that will not settle. Her second chance comes with new abilities and fresh danger.

9

Smuggler's Dilemma

by Jamie McFarlane

2015

The Red Houzi pirates are raiding mining colonies and vanishing before anyone can stop them. Liam and his crew are pulled into a rough campaign where every shipment and every ally could matter.

10

Blockade Runner

by Jamie McFarlane

2016

While chasing old leads in deep space, Liam Hoffen learns Earth faces full-scale Kroerak invasion. Cut off by a closed transport network, he has to improvise a way home while the clock keeps shrinking.

11

Give No Quarter

by Jamie McFarlane

2016

Marked as criminals by a powerful corporation, Liam Hoffen and the Hotspur crew have nowhere safe to run. Hiding on Ophir is tempting, but exposing the truth could matter even more.

12

Corsair Menace

by Jamie McFarlane

2017

Bankrupt, stranded, and still hunted, Liam Hoffen and his crew are offered a mission that looks a lot like suicide. If they want a way forward, they have to gamble everything on one desperate play.

13

Fury of the Bold

by Jamie McFarlane

2018

Left for dead and facing a larger swarm, Liam Hoffen and his battered crew hunt for an alien weapon that might change the war. The problem is surviving long enough to use it.

14

Judgment of the Bold

by Jamie McFarlane

2018

With the Kroerak finally on the back foot, Liam should be close to victory. Instead, a new threat rises from the aftermath, forcing him to fight for humanity's future one more time.

15

Privateers in Exile

by Jamie McFarlane

2018

A routine scouting mission goes wrong in spectacular fashion, stranding Liam Hoffen and his crew far from home and out of time. To return, they have to survive a revolution they never meant to join.

16

Pursuit of the Bold

by Jamie McFarlane

2018

Years of war have worn Liam Hoffen down, but fresh Kroerak plans leave no room to quit. Chasing rumors of an ancient weakness, he and his crew head toward a long-shot defense against extinction.

17

Incursion at Elea Station

by Jamie McFarlane

2019

Liam Hoffen wakes from long stasis to find his home shattered and his people scattered. Outnumbered and short on ships, he teams with a brother he never knew to strike back.

18

Black Cutlass

by Jamie McFarlane

2020

After the Mendari war, Liam Hoffen expects hard cleanup, not a new apocalyptic threat. On the enemy home world he uncovers mind control, a massive warship, and a weapon that could still destroy everything.

19

Freebooter's Hold

by Jamie McFarlane

2020

Captain Liam Hoffen is trying to build Elea Station into a real home when attack and scarcity hit at once. With his people under siege and food running low, every decision suddenly matters.

20

Privateer's Supremacy

by Jamie McFarlane

2022

Elea Station has become a refuge, but Liam Hoffen's hard-won peace is threatened when sensors go dark and a remote colony falls silent. To stop a new invasion, he may need help from pirates and an estranged brother.

Series background & context

At the center of Privateer Tales is Liam Hoffen, a young man from an asteroid mining colony whose life changes fast after pirates hit home. What begins in Rookie Privateer as a survival story grows into a long-running space opera about crews, cargo, loyalty, and the pressure of trying to protect people in a dangerous universe.

This series likes crews as much as heroes.

Liam is the anchor, but he is never carrying the whole story alone. Nick James brings restless ambition and big plans. Tabitha Masters adds military toughness and emotional weight. Other allies step in as the books go on, and the cast gradually builds the feeling of a real working crew, one that has to earn money, fix ships, manage risk, and decide who belongs.

The setting widens in a satisfying way. Early books stay close to mining colonies, Mars, pirate trouble, and the rough edges of local politics. Later arcs push the story into frontier trade systems, cloud cities, strange new regions of space, and eventually much larger wars. The scale gets bigger, but the books usually keep one foot planted in ordinary problems like supplies, repairs, family, and whether the next job is worth the danger.

That practical streak is a big part of the appeal. These are not stories where people simply become legends and float above consequences. McFarlane keeps bringing the action back to homes, ships, crews, and the cost of staying free. Even when the plots turn toward alien threats and system-wide stakes, the emotional center is still about relationships and the question of what kind of life Liam and his people are trying to build.

The tone is quick, readable, and built for momentum. There are battles, chases, smugglers, and plenty of shipboard tension, but there is also room for humor and quieter moments between the action. If you like science fiction series that start with one damaged kid and a small crew, then steadily open out into something much bigger, Privateer Tales has a lot to settle into.

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