Star Force (David VanDyke) Books in Order

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A Star Force mission sends human forces toward a mystery that could bring new answers and new dangers. As the crew confronts what lies ahead, the larger war remains ready to punish every mistake.