Rick Partlow Books in Order

Caleb Mitchell is an engineered super-soldier raised on a pacifist colony and thrown into a harsher universe. War, identity, and hidden power all collide as he discovers what he was made to be.

Jason McKay and Shannon Stark think they are leading a glorified security job. Then aliens invade, civilians start dying, and the mission becomes a fight for survival and the truth behind the attack.

Jason and Shannon return to a Republic still facing enemies from outside and within. Duty pulls them one way, loyalty another, and the next threat will not wait politely.

Raiders, political pressure, and wider dangers put Jason McKay and Shannon Stark back under strain. Protecting the Republic means making decisions that no one gets to walk away from cleanly.

A failed assassination drags Cal Mitchell back into danger and into a hunt for the legendary Northwest Passage. The prize could change the galaxy, if it does not destroy the searchers first.

After their mission beyond the frontier, Cal and his allies come home to a threat that is much closer and no less deadly. Survival may require trusting the wrong people.

A young fighter heads into war with more nerve than wisdom. Combat, ambition, and the myth of heroism collide as he learns what glory really costs.

Recon Marine Randall Munroe is pushed into harder missions and larger secrets as the war widens. Every success pulls him deeper into danger on both sides of the line.

Munroe's war reaches a brutal finish where identity, loyalty, and survival all come due at once. There is no way through except the hard one.

Tyler Callas escapes his powerful mother by becoming Randall Munroe and enlisting in the Marines. Force Recon gives him the war he wanted and the identity crisis he did not.

Munroe's false identity gets harder to protect as the war deepens and old connections resurface. In reconnaissance work, exposure can be as deadly as enemy fire.

Set against the war with the Tahni, this tale follows the Acheron on one more dangerous run. Survival depends on the crew holding together when the odds say they should not.

Sandi Hollande is trouble, and trouble finds her fast in the unstable frontier after war. Along with Ash Carpenter, she gets pulled into violence, corruption, and survival aboard the Acheron.

Alex Kane has been broken by war and loss, but one more mission offers a hard chance at redemption. In Partlow's future, atonement never comes cheaply.

A transformation virus is turning ordinary people into psionic monsters, and human space is collapsing. Old heroes and unlikely allies gather for a fight that may already be too late.

A disaffected playboy goes looking for redemption and finds trouble instead. In Partlow's universe, privilege is no shield once the real danger arrives.

Korri Fontenot left Earth long ago, only to watch war break her life apart. When her great-granddaughter steals an alien artifact, the road home becomes the start of a far bigger disaster.

They thought the war was over, but the new order forming in its wake may be even worse. The survivors have to face what victory has actually created.

Holly is caught between duty to the Commonwealth and the human cost of obedience. The crisis in front of her demands a decision she may never be able to undo.

In an early future-war tale, a tense mission collides with stranger and deadlier forces than anyone expected. What begins as routine quickly turns into a fight to endure the unknown.

A weapon the size of an asteroid is racing toward Earth, launched in revenge for ancient human terraforming. Sam Avalon, Priscilla, and cyborg soldier Telia Proctor have four years to stop it.

Treachery hits close to home as Logan's hard-won gains begin to fracture. In a universe of contracts and crowns, betrayal is often the fastest weapon.

Mech combat, dominion politics, and hidden agendas all tighten around Logan and his company. The deeper the war gets, the harder it is to tell where duty actually lies.

Nathan Stout, a discarded clone built for war, forms Broken Arrow Mercenary Force to fight for a shattered America. Mechs, invasion, and hidden manipulators turn every battle into something bigger.

Nate Stout keeps fighting, but the war around him is being shaped by forces he barely understands. Past secrets and present battles threaten to trap BAMF in a conflict with no clean exit.

The throne of Sparta is finally within Logan's reach, but taking it may cost him the life he built as a mercenary. Redemption has a shadow of its own.

The missions keep coming, but so do the political consequences. Logan learns that pirate hunting and royal destiny are not going to stay separate much longer.

Victory brings its own problems in a ruined America still full of enemies and agendas. Nate has to decide what winning even means when every side wants to claim the future.

Logan's mercenary crew pushes deeper into enemy territory, taking harder contracts and bigger risks. Every job drags him closer to the power he once tried to leave behind.

This anthology explores augmented humanity through stories of implants, nanotech, cybernetics, and the dangerous edge technology can give. Every tale asks what people become when enhancement stops being optional.

Prince Logan Conner gives up rank and name to lead a mercenary mech company against pirates. But leaving the throne behind is a lot easier than staying free of it.

Retired Marine and sci-fi writer Andy Clanton never expected to become part of a real alien war. The worst part is that the invaders look disturbingly, terrifyingly human.

Cam Alvarez can go to jail or join the Marines, so he chooses war. What looks like a way out becomes a fight for Earth when aliens hit harder than anyone expected.

After years of war, Cam returns as an officer to lead the platoon he once served in. Going on the offensive sounds good, until the price of victory starts coming due.

Cam is no longer just trying to survive, he is trying to lead. In a war growing more desperate by the day, his decisions will decide who makes it home.

Farther from safety than ever, Sandi, Ash, and their allies have to survive a universe that keeps closing doors behind them. Exile turns into open conflict before long.

Cam and Vicky want a quiet life on a colony world after years of war. Smugglers, weapons, and an old Tahni enemy make it clear the fighting is not finished with them.

Sandi Hollande and Ash Carpenter are already living on the edge when events push them further outside the law. Enemies multiply as the truth behind the conflict grows stranger.

Now a drop trooper, Cam learns that command sees his unit as expendable. He has to keep his people alive while fighting an enemy that hits hard in space and on the ground.

Earth is now part of a much larger war, and Andy Clanton is back in uniform whether he likes it or not. New allies, new enemies, and brutal combat make the learning curve steep.

The war heats up, and Andy and his people stop reacting and start hitting back. The problem is that every counterattack pulls humanity deeper into a conflict it barely understands.

Life around the Acheron is never quiet for long. Shipboard loyalties, frontier danger, and the aftershocks of war keep the crew moving from one crisis to the next.

This themed anthology looks at readiness, service, and people who answer the call when crises hit. The stories imagine future responders, soldiers, and protectors under pressure.

The mechanized war reaches its endgame, and Nate Stout has to decide what can actually be saved from the ruins. Survival is no longer the same thing as victory.

With the Tahni war dragging into its worst phase, Ryan Hendrix, Travis Miller, and others prepare for one last desperate push. It could end the war, or everything else with it.

Nate and his mech pilots keep fighting through a broken country where every side has an agenda. The war is getting hotter, and the people steering it are getting bolder.

Nothing stays simple once alliances start shifting mid-war. Andy has to navigate battlefield danger and political danger at the same time, and one may be worse than the other.

Cam and his Marines are ordered to hold a crucial position while the war grinds on around them. The enemy is relentless, and the line they are guarding may be all that stands.

First contact does not bring wonder, it brings war. What begins as a meeting between species quickly turns into a violent struggle that will reshape both sides.

Nathan Stout leads a mercenary mech force in a shattered America under siege. Every battle brings him closer to the hidden hands trying to shape the war and his place in it.

A battle may be won, but the wider war is getting worse. On multiple fronts, soldiers and civilians alike learn that survival does not look much like safety.

This anthology turns to dangerous frontiers where law fails and survival gets negotiated one hard choice at a time. Different writers tackle conflict at the edge of order.

The war enters another dangerous phase, and Cam's Marines are right in the middle of it. New enemies, shaky plans, and rising casualties make every decision feel heavier.

The war keeps expanding, and people thought lost are forced back into the fight. New truths come to light just as the situation grows even more dangerous.

Cam's exhausted troops are thrown into another high-risk assault where speed matters as much as firepower. The mission is simple on paper, which usually means it is about to go bad.

Grant Masterson and his robot Dog make a living bringing people in. A new job drags them into a bigger conspiracy, and simple bounty work stops being simple very fast.

The war reaches a harder, more uncertain phase as humanity leans on allies it may not fully understand. Andy faces the cost of victory in a conflict that keeps changing shape.

What should be another paying job becomes a mess of corporate secrets and dangerous leverage. Jack learns quickly that pirates are not the only predators in the galaxy.

Another mission sends Cam Alvarez straight into the teeth of the war. Between hard landings, bad intel, and relentless enemies, every step forward comes with a cost.

The campaign widens, the pressure mounts, and trust gets harder to give. Andy and his allies have to hold together long enough to survive another turn in the war.

Wash Williams thinks life is already complicated, then a portal opens to a world of giant insectoid aliens. Now Earth itself may be next on the Hive Mind's list.

Wash survives the first nightmare through the gates, only to learn the war is just beginning. Earth still has a chance, but the Hive Mind is not done with it.

Cam and his unit are pushed into another brutal operation where the battlefield feels more like a trap than a plan. To get out alive, they need grit, discipline, and luck.

Chase Weston and Evangeline Cortez keep digging into the truth behind the Sunkillers. What they uncover threatens far more than one dig site, and plenty of people want them stopped.

The search for answers becomes a larger journey across hostile space. Chase and Evangeline are now chasing alien history while old enemies and new dangers close in from every side.

War veteran Jack Bennet comes home to nothing and turns a junkyard starship into a living. His first bounty job sends him straight into the violent heart of the Pirate Worlds.

Grant's work with Union authorities pulls him deeper into a conflict where revenge and justice do not always line up. The people behind the chaos are getting harder to reach.

Grant and Dog are now working undercover with Allie Miller to bring down Nautilus. Love, loyalty, and a terrorist weapons deal make the next move far more personal.

Bodyguard Chase Weston thinks he is protecting an archaeologist on a risky alien dig. Then buried ruins reveal an ancient warning, and suddenly everyone wants the secret beneath the sand.

Grant's long hunt reaches the point where secrets can finally be exposed or buried for good. The closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous everyone becomes.

This anthology is built around bounty hunters and their targets, from desperate chases to morally gray contracts. Expect antiheroes, fugitives, and plenty of double-crosses.

The war is supposed to be over, but Cam knows better. With peace hanging by a thread and dangerous AI secrets in play, even allies may no longer be trustworthy.

Cam, Vicky, and the Orion crew think they are finally closing in on the path back to Earth. Instead they find a doomsday contagion that could end the human race.

A new contract sends Jack and his crew after zealots with plans bigger than any bounty. The payout may be good, but the trouble behind it is even larger.

Bad intel and worse partners turn Jack's latest hunt into a trap. In the Pirate Worlds, betrayal is often built into the contract price.

Charlie's side stops thinking like fugitives and starts thinking like revolutionaries. Every strike against the empire brings bigger consequences and even bigger enemies.

Portals, swarms, and human weakness all converge in the final stage of Wash's war. Winning may be possible, but it will not look anything like safety.

Murdock hunts the source of insurgent weapons through crime syndicates, frontier stations, and a much larger battlefield. Deception is everywhere, including on his own side.

Ranger Antonin Murdock is sent into a frontier rebellion where pirate politics and military failure are feeding each other. What looks local may be the start of something much worse.

Murdock is squeezed between Commonwealth power and Sanya Baretto's insurgency as the frontier war tightens. With betrayal closing in, isolation may be the deadliest battlefield of all.

Victories expose deeper truths about the empire Charlie is fighting. The rebellion is growing, but so is the scale of what it may have to destroy.

Tyler Callas escapes a powerful family by reinventing himself as Randall Munroe and joining the Marines. In Force Recon, he finally finds purpose and danger in equal measure.

Jack heads deeper into the underworld where smugglers, pirates, and bad deals thrive. Catching one target may open the door to a much nastier problem.

Charlie Travers gets pulled off Earth and into a rebellion against the Anguilar Empire. Staying alive is hard enough. Becoming a leader is the real surprise.

Cam Alvarez and his battered Marines face a war that refuses to stay over. As alliances shift and old threats return in new forms, survival depends on staying one step ahead.

Jack's work as hunter and reluctant covert asset finally collides in a dangerous endgame. The long chase is ending, and someone is going down hard.

Munroe's past will not stay buried, even in the middle of a war. Recon work, hidden identity, and relentless pressure make every mission feel like a test of who he really is.

The war pushes Munroe into harsher operations where clean choices do not exist. On the frontier, soldiers, profiteers, and survivors are all trying to use the chaos.

Munroe reaches the sharp end of the war and the secrets around it. Duty and identity finally collide in a mission that could destroy the life he built.

Charlie's accidental role in the fight grows into something much larger as the rebellion starts pushing back. Survival is no longer enough. Now they need momentum.

This anthology focuses on older veterans and operators who know exactly how ugly things can get. Experience counts for a lot, and youthful confidence is no substitute for it.

The journey home turns into another fight where the rules are breaking down fast. Cam and his people need every advantage they can get, because nobody else is going to save them.

Charlie and his allies decide it is time to strike the Imperial Redoubt itself. If the mission works, the empire bleeds. If not, they die in the center of it.

The closer Cam gets to home, the more dangerous the road becomes. Old wars, new enemies, and the weight of everything still unresolved keep the pressure on.

Earth is no longer just the place Charlie came from, it is part of the war now. Defending home means fighting on a scale he never wanted to see.

Cam finally returns home to find the Commonwealth shattered by plague and collapse. A fragile remnant of humanity now faces a new AI-backed threat, and he is back in the middle of it.

Charlie has accepted the duty to help defend Earth, but Giblet steals a fighter to chase revenge against General Zan-Tar. Charlie must choose duty or friendship, and quickly.

Sanctuary was supposed to be the one safe place the resistance had left. When it is finally found, Charlie and his allies have to fight for the heart of their cause.

The war shifts into the cockpit as new pilots and new formations try to give the rebellion real striking power. The learning curve is steep and deadly.

An alien starship crashes on Mars, and the race to claim its technology pushes Earth toward catastrophe. Tom Bradstreet and the crew of the Morrigan may fire the first shots of a new war.

The first battles for Mars only open the door to deeper alien secrets and wider human conflict. Tom and the Morrigan crew now know the war is far bigger than one planet.

Victory over the Seekers buys only a brief reprieve. Ancient enemies, new allies, and the fate of the last Blessed all converge in one final battle.

Dr. Erik Manheim wanted a warrior for a mission tied to ancient ruins and a rogue planet. Instead he got Jack Schafer, a hungover bush pilot, and humanity may have to make do.

Brent and the other Archangels uncover a plot aimed at Orbital One and the last civilian check on shadow power. If they fail, millions die and the war begins all over again.

Brent has stopped running and started hunting. Going after the people behind the war means taking on a system built to protect itself and kill anyone who asks questions.

After hard-won victories, Charlie faces another dangerous turn in a war that keeps revealing deeper layers. New threats mean the rebellion still has no time to rest.

Cut off from safety and forced into hostile space, Charlie and his allies have to survive as exiles while the war keeps moving around them. The void is not empty enough.

Brent Parthet thought his war was over. When old lies and a hidden conspiracy tear his life apart, the enhanced soldier called Archangel has to decide who deserves to fall first.

Brent closes in on the conspirators who made the war and the men he became. Friends, enemies, and the truth itself are all getting harder to separate.

Power vacuums and buried enemies threaten to undo everything the rebellion has fought for. Charlie now has to win against shadows as much as open force.

Jack survived the first impossible mission, but alien tech and a widening crisis are pulling him even farther from the life he used to understand. The mistakes are getting bigger too.

Jack Schafer follows his worst enemy through a wormhole and ends up stranded on a brutal alien world. While he fights to survive, Lisa races to stop a threat that could enslave worlds.

Jack's strange journey keeps widening as allies scatter and old technology changes the stakes again. Getting home is hard enough. Making sure home survives may be harder.

Peace on Dravos begins to fracture as border raids and mind-bending ancient tech drive allies toward war. Jack and Lisa have to uncover the truth before a civil war consumes everything.

Jack's accidental adventure keeps expanding into something much larger than one mission or one world. Old enemies, fragile alliances, and dangerous technology force one more impossible choice.

The rulers of the galaxy are gone, but the vacuum they left may be worse than the system Brent destroyed. Old enemies, fragile alliances, and dark science threaten another collapse.

Cole Ransom survives one impossible mission only to face a larger escalation. The rules are changing, the enemies are multiplying, and the Mistral is still right in the blast zone.

Captain Cole Ransom and the misfit crew of the cruiser Mistral uncover a conspiracy tied to illegal human augmentation. To stop it, they will have to break orders and survive the consequences.