Richard Paolinelli Books in Order

Scientist Steven Collins designs a magnetic shield to protect Earth from asteroids, but his experiment sends him a century into the future. Facing a devastated world, he must confront the consequences of his invention and humanity's remaining dangers.

Inspector MacKenzie Bolton hunts a San Francisco serial killer whose crimes coincide with the return of Dyson’s Comet. An inherited curse and a narrowing window to stop the murders complicate an investigation that brings disturbing secrets closer to home.

General Duncan Sinclair’s expedition beyond the Solar System leads to Earth’s invasion by the Kustani. With defenses collapsing, he proposes destruction on a solar scale, forcing humanity to consider what victory means when survival appears impossible.

Paolinelli chronicles high school football in Turlock, California, from its first team in 1920 through the 2014 season. Statistics, rosters, photographs, and interviews connect players' careers with the sporting and community history of his hometown.

FBI agent Jack Del Rio investigates the murders of tribal leaders near Gallup, New Mexico, alongside Navajo officer Lucy Chee. The killings evoke a feared supernatural trickster, while political intrigue complicates their search for a very real threat.

Still recovering from his reservation investigation, Jack Del Rio uncovers assassinations and a conspiracy reaching into the American government. With potential traitors among his allies, he races to expose the plot and protect a president he cannot fully trust.

This biography follows baseball player and umpire Ralph 'Babe' Pinelli from early twentieth-century San Francisco to the major leagues. It examines the experiences that shaped the official who worked behind home plate during Don Larsen's perfect World Series game.

Travelers Peter Childress and Charlie Womack stop at the Infinity Hotel and discover they cannot leave. Its endless floors and guests from different eras lead Peter toward a mystery whose implications reach far beyond their own escape.

The spirits of Christmas visit hardhearted Micah Lyre, hoping to teach him generosity before it is too late. This satirical variation on Dickens's story raises the stakes: refusing their lessons could unleash a worldwide zombie apocalypse.

Former FBI agent Jack Del Rio lives under another name on the Navajo Reservation, allowing the world to believe him dead. When old enemies locate him, he returns to confront the surviving conspiracy that still threatens the United States.

In the late 1870s, marshal David Crockett Hall and Texas Ranger John Barclay Armstrong separately pursue wanted men. Their trails converge in Kansas, where a shared investigation across the West creates an unexpected partnership and friendship.

Captain Rock Congo and the pirate crew of the time-traveling Timeless pursue thief Duchess Moran into ancient Greece. Her attempt to prevent Leonidas from reaching Thermopylae threatens to erase the history that made Earth's future alliance possible.

The first human expedition to Mars encounters Oracle Veritas, who reveals a forgotten civilization of beings remembered as Earth's gods. Her account of ancient conflict exposes humanity's origins and warns that an old destructive force is rising again.

Duchess Moran travels to ancient Egypt seeking a gem that could raise an army of the dead. Rock Congo and the Timeless pursue her through history, racing to uncover the Sphinx's secrets before she can devastate Earth.

Recovering from severe injuries, Galen Dwyn rejoins Rhea as she searches for her missing father. A rescue mission in lawless space brings fresh ambushes and political upheaval, forcing Galen to confront a renewed threat to the Alliance.

Mercenary Galen Dwyn accepts a job rescuing a kidnapped princess in the Andromeda Galaxy. Joined by his former mentor and an outspoken artificial intelligence, he confronts political plots that could plunge the galactic alliance into civil war.

Martian invaders attack the American West as well as England in an alternate War of the Worlds. Injured veteran Daniel Wayne must lead civilians toward safety when cylinders land near Denver, turning a sidelined soldier into an unexpected protector.

An observer with an incurable disease chooses to spend his remaining days on Earth as the expanding Sun destroys it. Alone on humanity’s abandoned homeworld, he records its final moments for descendants scattered across the stars.

Rooster Brooster Motherclucker believes Farmer MacDonald serves a sinister empire and plots a barnyard rebellion. Guided by an elderly spider, he gathers other animals into alliances and confrontations shaped as much by confusion as by genuine threats.

Space Force pilot Cag Carrington and his wingman discover an asteroid approaching Earth that remains invisible to sensors. What began as an escort patrol becomes an urgent struggle to prevent catastrophe through a dangerous plan relying on one pilot.

Major Adam Armstrong discovers a stranded alien during humanity’s first crewed expedition to Pluto. Learning that advanced civilizations often face a catastrophic technological threshold sends them racing to warn Earth before it reaches its own extinction point.

Astronaut Jim Watson prepares for retirement after overseeing a lunar base, but disaster at Terra Prime station leaves him isolated in space. With his crew gone and dangerous debris blocking his return, survival requires an improvised route back to Earth.

Television hosts Larry Kincaid and Vicki Grace investigate legends of disappearing stone staircases in a remote national forest. Their search draws them into an unsettling mystery, where apparently empty woodland challenges the boundaries between ordinary reality and supernatural danger.

Heir finder Eric Christopher searches for a missing person and discovers a lodge occupied by spirits with unfinished business. Contact with the dead forces him to reconsider his work and whether he can help those unable to move on.

Engineer Sam Peck watches Earth’s poles reverse from his station on the Moon, then returns to a radically altered planet. Alone amid collided continents and displaced landmarks, he searches for signs of life while struggling against isolation and an unfamiliar landscape.

Eric Desmond’s romance with Regan takes an unexpected turn when she reveals an alien identity and mission. Their private retreat draws him into a transformation with consequences for two civilizations, testing the relationship between love, duty and survival.

After a zombie catastrophe, Connor Osborne seeks safety near an Alaskan island with his wife and daughter. Encounters with the undead and Kodiak bears challenge familiar divisions between ally and enemy as the family searches for a place to rebuild.

Scientist Anne Fontana returns from a retreat to find people changing and their eyes turning sapphire blue. Discovering alien parasites behind the transformation leaves her facing a choice between promised peace and preserving humanity’s freedom and identity.

A Navy diver survives sabotage only to discover his experimental suit has fused with his body. Drawn into a secret project exploring the mind’s power, Walter Koch encounters surviving undersea civilizations whose approaching war threatens far more than the ocean depths.

Former Galactic Justice inspector Sam Spade works as a private detective on a remote space station. Two competing clients draw him toward a murder investigation and a conspiracy involving technology capable of extracting confessions and replacing human personalities.