Marina J. Lostetter books

Marina J. Lostetter is a sci-fi and fantasy author known for the Noumenon series and The Five Penalties trilogy, with sixteen books published across novels, short story collections, and anthologies since 2011.

Anthologies

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Absolute Visions 2011 Buy
Mirror Shards: Volume Two 2012 Buy
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 29 2013 Buy
Galaxy’s Edge Magazine Issue 11, November 2014 2014 Buy
The Best of Galaxy’s Edge Magazine 2013-2014 2014 Buy
Fantasy For Good: A Charitable Anthology 2014 Buy
Weird World War III 2020 Buy

Noumenon Reading Order

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Noumenon 2017 Buy
Noumenon Infinity 2018 Buy
Noumenon Ultra 2020 Buy

Short Story Collections

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Lifeboats 2017 Buy
Illustrious 2019 Buy

Standalone Novels

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Activation Degradation 2021 Buy

The Five Penalties Reading Order

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The Helm of Midnight 2021 Buy
The Cage of Dark Hours 2023 Buy
The Teeth of Dawn 2025 Buy

Marina J. Lostetter writes across both science fiction and fantasy with a consistent interest in large-scale questions: what happens to a society over generations, how systems of power shape individuals, and what lies at the edge of human knowledge. Her Noumenon trilogy is a space opera following a convoy of ships sent on a centuries-long mission, told through the lives of successive generations of crew. It’s ambitious in scope and rewards readers who enjoy character-driven SF with big ideas at its center.

Her fantasy work includes The Five Penalties trilogy, a dark fantasy series set in a world where magic requires payment and the consequences of those payments drive the plot across three books. Lostetter has also contributed short fiction to numerous anthologies and published two short story collections, making her bibliography unusually broad for an author who only began publishing novels in 2017.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Marina J. Lostetter written?

Marina J. Lostetter has written sixteen books across five series.

What was Marina J. Lostetter's first book?

Marina J. Lostetter’s first book is Absolute Visions, published in 2011.

What is Marina J. Lostetter's best-known series?

Marina J. Lostetter is probably best known for the Noumenon trilogy, a space opera series starting with Noumenon (2017), which follows a multi-generational mission to explore a mysterious star. The Five Penalties fantasy trilogy, beginning with The Helm of Midnight (2021), has also attracted a strong following.

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