William Forstchen Books in Order

Long after a catastrophe freezes Earth, Michael Ormson emerges as a prophesied leader among people burdened by plague and warfare. His powerful ice fleets and new ideas offer hope, while questions remain about the source of his calling.

Michael Ormson’s military innovations and reforming message threaten the Cornathian Brotherhoods, whose power has endured for centuries. Unable to attack his fortified island directly, his enemies search for a way to draw the Ice Prophet onto the frozen seas.

Michael Ormson’s armies have captured Cornath’s capital, but victory has failed to ease ordinary people’s suffering. As his officers create new enemies, the Ice Prophet struggles to survive a confrontation that could determine whether humanity escapes renewed stagnation.

Corbin Gablona retrieves Alexander the Great and an alien commander from history to stage a high-stakes military contest. Hoping to expand his empire through a rigged victory, he discovers that controlling legendary generals is harder than arranging the game.

Future gamblers recruit history’s greatest warriors and strategists, including Persian assassins and the forty-seven ronin, for increasingly realistic military contests. When simulated conflict becomes actual war, the displaced fighters must apply their skills to a much larger crisis.

American captain Mark Phillips and Japanese captain Ikawa Yoshio are drawn from World War II through a magical portal to Haven. Their old enmity must give way to cooperation as unfamiliar supernatural forces threaten their survival.

A storm transports Union soldiers and their artillery from the American Civil War to an alien world. Colonel Andrew Keane discovers human communities oppressed by enormous nomadic predators and attempts to use his regiment’s weapons and democratic ideals against them.

Former enemies Mark Phillips and Ikawa Yoshio have become allies on the strange world of Haven. They struggle against Gorgon, a demon lord whose magic threatens to enslave their adopted home and reach into other worlds beyond it.

Following victory over the Tugars, Andrew Keane and the displaced Union regiment help establish a republic in Suzdal. Political responsibilities complicate their military role as surviving enemies move into the neighboring territory of descendants of ancient Romans.

Colonel Andrew Keane and his Civil War regiment face a worsening struggle on a world ruled by alien hordes. When a human traitor supplies their enemies with knowledge of air power, the soldiers’ technological advantage becomes dangerously uncertain.

Andrew Keane leads displaced Civil War soldiers and human allies in a retreat before the Merki hordes. On an alien world, familiar lessons from Earth’s military history become essential as the army struggles to evade a relentless advance.

The rulers of the Magellanic Cloud discover that their powerful Overseers depend on technology inherited from a vanished civilization. That revelation threatens the system restraining interstellar violence, turning carefully controlled military games toward the possibility of genuine war.

Garth One-Eye arrives in Estark during a festival where rival Houses compete through magical combat. His powerful spells and concealed interest in a destroyed House draw him into factional struggles while he pursues revenge for his family.

The Kilrathi propose peace while secretly completing a fleet capable of destroying Earth. As the Confederation disarms, Admiral Tolwyn and experienced veterans distrust the agreement and fight to buy humanity time before the planned surprise offensive.

Earth and its colonies on Mars, the Moon, and the asteroid Belt approach civil war. At the elite Star Voyager Academy, those political divisions strain the institution that trains them together, threatening friendships, loyalties, and humanity’s military unity.

Terran forces face defeat as the Kilrathi advance, leaving humanity with one desperate offensive against the enemy homeworld. A small group of pilots must attempt a mission against overwhelming odds, with the survival of their species at stake.

A mountain torn from its planet during a magical duel has become an asteroid that now threatens the world below. Feuding peoples must confront the approaching catastrophe while also facing the alien Brom, a common enemy.

Called out of retirement after the Kilrathi war, Captain Blair returns to combat against rebels from the Border Worlds. Flying against fellow humans brings unfamiliar challenges as a new conflict threatens the peace he hoped to enjoy.

After a century of peace, Earth’s politicians reduce military spending while the Kilrathi attack frontier colonies. Commander Winston Turner fears that an aging fleet and plans for limited retaliation leave humanity dangerously unprepared for the approaching war.

Presumed dead, Hans Schuder survives in captivity under the Horde while a newly arrived enemy brings advanced technological knowledge to the conflict. A discovered escape plot forces him and fellow prisoners to devise another path toward freedom.

Justin Bell and Matt return toward Star Voyager Academy aboard a ship whose captain accuses Matt of mutiny. Facing his friend’s execution under Article 23, Justin must decide how far to defy authority to save him.

Peace follows the destruction of the Kilrathi homeworld, but independent warlords retain powerful fleets and ambitions for revenge or conquest. With Earth’s exhausted leaders dismissing warnings, human colonies remain exposed to piracy and the possibility of renewed conflict.

After years fighting to free humanity from alien hordes, Andrew Keane faces a Bantag enemy equipped with twentieth-century technological knowledge. His outnumbered forces rely on inventive tactics and Chuck Ferguson’s new weapons and aircraft to avoid annihilation.

Andrew Keane’s Union soldiers and their human allies defend liberated cities against increasingly sophisticated Horde forces. A brutal winter offensive tests their ingenuity as recently arrived Bantag specialists bring advanced weapons and knowledge to the enemy campaign.

A proposed peace parley prompts Colonel Andrew Keane to resign his government post. He and the surviving soldiers of the thirty-fifth Maine prepare for one final campaign against the Bantag Empire, risking everything in their long struggle against alien domination.

Hostile extraterrestrials appear while the Solar System is already nearing civil war. Justin Bell must uncover the invaders’ secrets and help avert conflict among humans, confronting threats that could end both his ambitions and humanity’s future.

Twenty years after the alien Hordes’ defeat, the human Republic explores beyond its familiar territory. Navy pilot Michael O’Brien encounters warfare between factions of the Kazan, is captured, and resists interrogation by their high priest.

This collection examines historical decisions whose consequences went disastrously beyond their original intentions. Accounts of religious campaigns, family disputes, and military choices use humor to explore how apparently promising plans developed into destructive or unexpected failures.

Born enslaved, Samuel Washburn flees a plantation with his cousin and later returns south as a Union Army drummer. His perspective follows Black soldiers through Civil War campaigns, including the Battle of the Crater and its devastating human cost.

Firsthand accounts from American Korean War fighter aces describe aerial combat during the transition to jet warfare. Pilots recall missions in Mustangs, Sabres, and Shooting Stars, examining the skill, fear, and responsibility involved in controlling contested skies.

West Point graduate Donald Bennett recalls leading inexperienced soldiers through World War II. His experiences range from fighting in North Africa to Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge, tracing military responsibility through combat and the liberation of concentration camps.

As drought and energy shortages threaten global stability, scientists Gary and Eva Morgan pursue a space elevator that could transform access to orbit. With allies supporting their vision, they confront the technical and political obstacles to building it.

Two years after an electromagnetic pulse devastates America, Black Mountain begins recovering electricity, communications, and medicine. John Matherson’s hope for national renewal fades when a federal administrator demands that the community’s young people join an army of recovery.

Black Mountain’s recovery from the EMP catastrophe is threatened by an aggressive government suspending constitutional protections. John Matherson faces pressure from his former commander and friend Bob Scales, forcing difficult choices about obedience, resistance, and the town’s future.

A solar eruption threatens to destroy the world’s electrical infrastructure within forty-eight hours. Authorities shut down communications and power systems to limit damage, while ordinary people confront fear, uncertainty, and the possibility that panic will unravel society.