Star Force Books in Order
Part ofBV Larson Books in OrderSee the Star Force books by BV Larson in order, with quick summaries, series background, and help choosing where to start.
Last updated: July 1, 2026
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Publication Order
13 books
Swarm
by BV Larson
2010
Kyle Riggs is abducted by an alien ship and survives its lethal tests, only to learn those aliens are the friendly ones. Earth is dragged into a wider war and forced to build a fleet in a hurry.
Conquest
by BV Larson
2011
Kyle has broken Earth free of the Macros, and now the machines want him erased. The war expands, the stakes rise again, and humanity finds itself staring at another possible extinction.
Extinction
by BV Larson
2011
Earth has promised service to the machines, and Kyle Riggs is sent to invade an alien world on their behalf. Suicidal missions, human politics, and Macro demands make a bad year even worse.
Rebellion
by BV Larson
2011
Kyle Riggs begins to understand the true shape of the war between machines and living races. As Star Force is pushed into uglier battles, loyalty becomes the most dangerous question on the field.
Battle Station
by BV Larson
2012
The Eden system is finally in humanity's grasp, but Star Force is exhausted and the machine war is far from over. Kyle Riggs goes looking for a lasting answer before the next armada arrives.
Empire
by BV Larson
2012
Cut off in Eden, Kyle Riggs starts hearing strange, unreliable reports from a suddenly quiet Earth. With enemies gathering and alien alliances shifting, he must decide whom he can still trust.
Annihilation
by BV Larson
2013
The young human colonies in Eden are taking root, but enemies gather on every side. Kyle Riggs must sort out desperate calls for help, shifting alliances, and growing threats before the whole project is wiped out.
Storm Assault
by BV Larson
2013
Kyle Riggs turns back toward Earth as Star Force, the Imperials, and the Blues edge toward a three-way war. Revenge, conquest, and survival start looking like the same mission.
Army of One
by BV Larson
2014
This short Star Force novella follows one nanotized man on a do-or-die mission as machine invaders descend on Earth. It is a focused side story about a future player in the larger war.
Exile
by BV Larson
2014
Lost far from Earth, Cody Riggs runs into the overwhelming power of the Ancients and finds himself abandoned from every side. To survive, he has to claw his way back into a game rigged against him.
Outcast
by BV Larson
2014
Fresh from the Academy, Cody Riggs is hurled hundreds of light-years from home aboard the Valiant. Surrounded by hostile aliens and trouble inside his own crew, he is forced into command fast.
The Dead Sun
by BV Larson
2014
Kyle Riggs has liberated Earth, only to end up sitting uneasily on its throne. As the final war with the machines begins, he must learn who his real allies and enemies have been all along.
Demon Star
by BV Larson
2015
Cody Riggs flies into a triple-star system where three civilizations are locked in an endless cycle of invasion and survival. Trying to help the wrong side could doom far more than his own crew.
Series background & context
Star Force is the series that really put Larson on the map, and you can see why. It opens with a direct, high-concept jolt. Kyle Riggs is snatched by an alien ship in the middle of the night, forced through brutal tests, and dropped into a much larger war than Earth even knows exists. Within a very short time, humanity is no longer a backwater species minding its own business. It has been annexed into an alien order and handed technology that could either save it or get it wiped out faster.
Kyle Riggs carries the first long stretch of the saga.
He is not a polished navy hero. He is an improvised one. That matters because the books are built around rapid change. Earth arms marines with alien technology, builds ships it barely understands, and starts making choices in a conflict driven by machine enemies far older and stronger than humanity. The central war against the Macros gives the early books their spine, but the series keeps widening as alliances shift, hidden motives surface, and the scale of the battlefield grows from one planet to entire systems.
A big part of the fun is how restless the setting is. The books move from Earth's immediate survival to campaigns on alien worlds, then outward into colony building, the Eden system, strange biotic allies, and political trouble back home. Larson also has room for memorable oddballs, especially Marvin, the troublesome artificial construct whose presence keeps the series from ever becoming too stiff or solemn.
Then the story changes shape a little.
In Outcast, Exile, and Demon Star, the focus shifts to Cody Riggs, Kyle's son, in books co-written with David VanDyke. That branch keeps the same universe but adds a fresh lead and more of an isolated survival feel. Cody is cut off, pushed into alien territory, and forced to make his own name in a setting that already carries the weight of earlier wars.
The tone here is unapologetically big. These are space-opera books that like escalation, ring networks, impossible enemies, and commanders making dangerous decisions with partial information. They are not shy about pulpy energy, and that is part of the appeal. If you want sleek restraint, there are other shelves for that. If you want humanity building fleets in a hurry while the galaxy keeps getting larger and stranger, Star Force absolutely knows what it is doing.
Start with Swarm and expect the map to keep opening.
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