Starship for Sale Books in Order
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Starship for Sale books in publication order
12 books
Blue Burn
by MR Forbes
2022
Ben finally has proof of Sedaya's treachery and a chance to put it in front of the Empress. That would solve a lot, if anything in Ben's life ever went according to plan.
Candy Bomb
by MR Forbes
2022
Back in the Spiral, Ben hopes to reunite with his crew and focus on the bigger threat facing the galaxy. Instead he gets handed a new ally, a fresh grudge, and another reckless mission.
Eight Ball
by MR Forbes
2022
When everything falls apart at once, Ben has to hold his crew together and claw his way back into the fight. If he fails, the people he cares about most will pay the price.
Head Case
by MR Forbes
2022
Owning a starship is expensive enough before nobles start trying to kill you. When Keep returns with an even wilder offer, Ben has to decide whether destiny is calling or just conning him again.
Keep Away
by MR Forbes
2022
Ben knows he cannot dodge his fate forever. What starts as another dangerous step toward becoming a real captain turns personal fast, and suddenly he has far more to lose than his ship.
Kill Spree
by MR Forbes
2022
Ben is thrown into the galaxy's most grotesque contest, a bloody race against psychopaths and the clock itself. Winning is the only way to save his crew and get his best friend back.
My Hero
by MR Forbes
2022
Ben searches for the missing Prince Hiro as Duke Sedaya moves to consolidate control over the Hegemony. Finding him offers their best chance to resist the duke, but the race across the galaxy may already be running out of time.
Starship For Sale
by MR Forbes
2022
Ben Murdock answers a ridiculous text about a real starship for sale because his day cannot get any worse. He is wrong, and also about to discover the universe is much stranger than he thought.
Last Licks
by MR Forbes
2023
Sedaya’s sigilships overwhelm opposition as war spreads across the galaxy. Ben, Matt and Head Case’s crew attempt a desperate final operation to stop him, risking everything on a mission that may be their remaining chance to turn the conflict.
War Head
by MR Forbes
2023
Ben’s plans for carefree starship travel have left him a wanted criminal amid an approaching galactic war. Rejected by both opposing sides, he must take a dangerous gamble and prepare to fight before a tyrant establishes control.
World Eater
by MR Forbes
2024
After becoming an unlikely galactic hero, Ben discovers that peace leaves him restless. A wedding and growing unease pull the space wizard toward another adventure, raising the question of what comes after surviving the dangers that first transformed his life.
Stacked Deck
by MR Forbes
2025
A shipping magnate’s failing business sends Ben investigating apparent sabotage while Keep suspects ordinary bad luck. Contradictory clues and unreliable allies threaten to drag the Empire and Outer Rim into war, even as Emerald complicates Ben’s private life.
Starship for Sale books in chronological order
Series background & context
Starship for Sale may have the most cheerful premise in Forbes's catalog, at least at first glance. Ben Murdock gets a text offering him a fully operational starship for sale. It sounds like spam. He is having a terrible day anyway, so he answers. The ship turns out to be real, and that is when his life stops being ordinary for good.
All he has to do is sign the contract.
That opening tells you a lot about the series. These books like absurd hooks, quick momentum, and protagonists who are not prepared for the worlds they stumble into. Ben is not a trained captain or chosen warrior. He is a regular guy whose decision to play along with something ridiculous drops him into a much bigger galactic mess involving smugglers, nobles, emperors, bounties, hidden agendas, and a starship that matters far more than he first realizes.
The supporting cast helps sell the tone. Ben is not alone for long. He has a best friend, a strange lease-bound passenger, a growing crew, and recurring figures like Keep who keep making the situation weirder. The relationships are loose, funny, and increasingly loyal, which gives the series a warm found-family core even when Ben is being hunted by half the Spiral.
This is not fluffy comedy, exactly. The stakes rise in a real way, especially as powerful enemies like Sedaya come into focus and Ben starts to understand the larger danger facing the galaxy. But the books keep a breezy, adventurous feeling. They are built around clever escapes, new jobs, reversals, and the pleasure of watching a man improvise his way into becoming the sort of captain he never planned to be.
If you want a Forbes series that is more playful than grim, while still giving you space opera scale, Starship for Sale is an easy recommendation. It is fast, funny, and full of that simple fantasy of discovering that the universe is much bigger than you thought, then somehow surviving long enough to enjoy it.
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