Mike Shepherd

Grace O'Malley's ragtag forces stand valiantly against the fearsome Roughriders—determined to write their planet's history in the scorched wreckage of the battlefield. A novel of the Battletech series.

This is the third book with Grand Admiral Sandy Santiago serving as Kris Longknife's Relief, then Replacement, and now Successor on Alwa. She has all the challenges a gal could ask for. Granny Rita is on the rampage, and the cats have gone on strike. Leaving the Colonials to deal with Granny Rita, Sandy heads off to work with the cats, only to discover she is not the only one who has a bone to pick with them - alien monsters have a vendetta as well! Sandy has to work to find a way of peace among the Alwans, feisty cats, and a new alien race.

Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Victoria Maria Teresa Inez Smythe-Peterwald was raised to be attractive and marry well. When her brother, her father's favorite and the heir apparent, was killed in battle by Lieutenant Kris Longknife, Vicky's attempt at vengeance failed. Angry and disappointed, her father forced her to join the Navy.

Now Ensign Vicky Peterwald is part of a whole new world, and her only ally is an unexpected one: Kris Longknife.

There's no rest for a Longknife-even if you're a newlywed. Vice Admiral Kris Longknife's honeymoon gets cancelled when she hears that the space raider's home world may have been discovered. Finding where the raiders came from could be the key to saving humanity. If only uncovering their secrets was that easy. Along the way, she ends up tangling with a mutinous crew and a system filled with strange, deadly enemies poised to wipe another sentient civilization out of existence...

Grand Duchess Vicky Peterwald has undergone an unlikely transformation-from pampered heir to naval lieutenant. Now Vicky will need to use both her military and political ranks to rebuild war-torn planets, planets ruined both by the Peterwald Empire and by Kris Longknife's revolutionary quests. When the death-before-dishonor code of the Navy meets the anything-goes-to-win motto of the Imperial family, Vicky must confront, outwit, and conquer both revolutionaries and her own family to stifle galactic disorder.

The aliens attacking the planetary system of Alwa are an enemy unlike any Admiral Kris Longknife has ever encountered before. She doesn't know who they are, only that they worship a being known as the Enlightened One and are unafraid to sacrifice themselves against her fleet. But Kris faces more than just the fanatical behavior of an alien armada. A saboteur has unleashed an epidemic that has infected seventy-two career military women-including Admiral Kris Longknife.

From the Nebula Nominated and New York Times Best Selling Author comes the long lost story of how Launa Obrian and Jack Walking Bear met, got to know each other, hit and did not hit it off and learned to train together. Here's the story that was referred to in the other books of the trilogy, but you've never had a chance to read before. Follow these two courageous troopers as they prepare for an insane mission even as the world around them descends into its own insanity.

Vicky Peterwald is no longer just the heir apparent to an imperial dynasty. She survived naval training and proved her mettle in combat to help the starving people of the ravaged world of St. Petersburg. Now, she is truly a Grand Duchess, leading a growing battle fleet in a rebellion against the tyranny of her stepmother, the Empress.

The Peterwald Empire is in the midst of civil war. On one side is the tyrannical Empress, on the other is the last person Kris ever wants to see again—Grand Duchess Vicky Peterwald. Due to their shared history, the Emperor believes Kris can mediate between the factions and bring about peace. But before Kris even begins her mission, she survives two assassination attempts on her family home world. Someone doesn’t want her interfering in the Empire’s affairs. Is it Vicky, the Empress, or a traitor among her own people...

This collection of 4 short stories under one cover: Maid Goes on Strike, Ruthie Longknife's First Christmas, Among the Kicking Birds and Bad Day.

A search for her lost friend leads the female space warrior into a galactic hellhole with no way out.