Star Crusader Books in Order

Nate's squadron joins elite alien pilots aboard the battleship Furiosa for a critical mission. Drawing on gaming experience and recent combat, the young pilots must help a fragile coalition face the Star Empire's overwhelming forces.

Gifted gamer Nate joins five cadets for a competition in the Byotai Empire, but mutiny turns their visit into war. Aboard the damaged Relentless, they must learn to fly real fighters to defend the survivors.

After saving Relentless, Nate and his fellow gamers face being returned to their studies. A shortage of pilots gives them another chance: reform Knighthawk Squadron and join Admiral Churchill's fleet on a dangerous secret operation.

Nate flies with Knighthawk Squadron as the Star Empire devastates the Byotai realm. Admiral Churchill's small battlegroup shelters its last surviving prince and attempts an audacious escape that could rally loyalists before their enemy completes its conquest.

Nate's squadron joins an elite battle fleet on a secret mission behind enemy lines. An ancient weapon threatens the Alliance, and Nate must train rookie pilots to support an assault led by Colonel Gun and Spartan.

Nate investigates a mysterious signal from the supposedly abandoned Kalar Anchorage and discovers a battle underway. Refugees and wounded soldiers shelter inside as Orion forces threaten to overwhelm the station before the Alliance can respond.

Nate and his friends join a tour aboard the Alliance's powerful new battleship Dreadnought. When Captain Gaunt plans to provoke a war against people Nate considers friends, the cadets must weigh loyalty against the possibility of mutiny.

After disastrous defeats force the Alliance back to Helios, Nate returns to find its fleet preparing for invasion. His squadron joins warriors and mercenaries from several worlds as the Star Empire's approaching forces threaten the gateway to Alliance territory.

Knighthawk Squadron leads the assault on the Centauri Rim, using real and virtual combat skills against separatist forces. Their target is an apparently impregnable fortress called the Rock, guarded by warships, pirates and an anti-alien movement.

With the Alliance replaced by the Terran Union, Nate and the Knighthawks become hunted rebels. Reports of atrocities in the Prometheus system send them into danger, where their investigation reveals a secret involving General Rivers and an old enemy.

Nate's first mission leading a flight in Knighthawk Squadron sends him into a desperate raid as Hyperion faces invasion. With the Alliance nearly defeated, his pilots must attempt an operation that could change the war.