Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Swordplay |
2009 |
Buy |
BattleTech: Mechwarrior Dark Age Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Patriot’s Stand |
2004 |
Buy |
| Soldatenehre |
2004 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Maid Goes on Strike and Other Short Stories |
2017 |
Buy |
Jump Universe Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The First Casualty |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Price of Peace |
2000 |
Buy |
| They Also Serve |
2001 |
Buy |
| To Do or Die |
2014 |
Buy |
| Rita Longknife: Enemy Unknown |
2017 |
N/A |
| Rita Longknife: Enemy in Sight |
2017 |
N/A |
| The Forsaken |
2006 |
Buy |
Kris Longknife Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Boot Recruit |
2021 |
Buy |
| Mutineer |
2004 |
Buy |
| Deserter |
2004 |
Buy |
| Defiant |
2005 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife: Training Daze |
2011 |
N/A |
| Resolute |
2006 |
Buy |
| Audacious |
2007 |
Buy |
| Intrepid |
2008 |
Buy |
| Undaunted |
2009 |
Buy |
| Redoubtable |
2010 |
Buy |
| Daring |
2011 |
Buy |
| Training Daze |
2011 |
Buy |
| Welcome Home / Go Away |
2012 |
Buy |
| Furious |
2012 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Bloodhound |
2013 |
Buy |
| Defender |
2013 |
Buy |
| Tenacious |
2014 |
Buy |
| Unrelenting |
2015 |
Buy |
| Among the Kicking Birds |
2017 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Assassin |
2014 |
Buy |
| Bold |
2016 |
Buy |
| Ruth Longknife’s First Christmas |
2016 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Replacement: Admiral Santiago on Alwa Station |
2017 |
N/A |
| Emissary |
2017 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Maid Goes on Strike |
2017 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Relief: Grand Admiral Santiago on Alwa Station |
2017 |
N/A |
| Admiral |
2017 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Successor: Grand Admiral Santiago on Alwa Station |
2018 |
N/A |
| Commanding |
2018 |
Buy |
| Indomitable |
2019 |
Buy |
| Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers |
2017 |
N/A |
| Stalwart |
2019 |
Buy |
| Longknifes Defend the Legation |
2020 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Replacement |
2017 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Bad Day |
2017 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife Emissary |
2017 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Relief |
2017 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Successor |
2018 |
Buy |
Kris Longknife Collections Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Boot Recruit |
- |
N/A |
| Mutineer |
2004 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Maid Goes on Strike and Other Short Stories |
2017 |
Buy |
| Deserter |
2004 |
N/A |
| Defiant |
2005 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife: Training Daze |
2011 |
N/A |
| Resolute |
2006 |
N/A |
| Audacious |
2007 |
N/A |
| Intrepid |
2008 |
N/A |
| Undaunted |
2009 |
N/A |
| Redoubtable |
2010 |
N/A |
| Daring |
2011 |
N/A |
| Welcome Home / Go Away |
2012 |
N/A |
| Furious |
2012 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Bloodhound |
2013 |
N/A |
| Defender |
2013 |
N/A |
| Tenacious |
2014 |
N/A |
| Unrelenting |
2015 |
N/A |
| Among the Kicking Birds |
2017 |
N/A |
| Bold |
2016 |
N/A |
| Ruth Longknife’s First Christmas |
2016 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Replacement: Admiral Santiago on Alwa Station |
2017 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Bad Day |
2017 |
N/A |
| Emissary |
2017 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Maid Goes on Strike |
2017 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Relief: Grand Admiral Santiago on Alwa Station |
2017 |
N/A |
| Admiral |
2017 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Successor: Grand Admiral Santiago on Alwa Station |
2018 |
N/A |
| Commanding |
2018 |
N/A |
| Indomitable |
2019 |
N/A |
| Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers |
2017 |
N/A |
| Stalwart |
2019 |
N/A |
| Longknifes Defend the Legation |
2020 |
N/A |
| Enemy Unknown |
2017 |
Buy |
| Enemy in Sight |
2017 |
Buy |
Longknifes Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Boot Recruit |
- |
N/A |
| Mutineer |
2004 |
N/A |
| Deserter |
2004 |
N/A |
| Defiant |
2005 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife: Training Daze |
2011 |
N/A |
| Resolute |
2006 |
N/A |
| Audacious |
2007 |
N/A |
| Intrepid |
2008 |
N/A |
| Undaunted |
2009 |
N/A |
| Redoubtable |
2010 |
N/A |
| Daring |
2011 |
N/A |
| Welcome Home / Go Away |
2012 |
N/A |
| Furious |
2012 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Bloodhound |
2013 |
N/A |
| Defender |
2013 |
N/A |
| Tenacious |
2014 |
N/A |
| Unrelenting |
2015 |
N/A |
| Among the Kicking Birds |
2017 |
N/A |
| Bold |
2016 |
N/A |
| Ruth Longknife’s First Christmas |
2016 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Replacement: Admiral Santiago on Alwa Station |
2017 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Bad Day |
2017 |
N/A |
| Emissary |
2017 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Maid Goes on Strike |
2017 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Relief: Grand Admiral Santiago on Alwa Station |
2017 |
N/A |
| Admiral |
2017 |
N/A |
| Kris Longknife’s Successor: Grand Admiral Santiago on Alwa Station |
2018 |
N/A |
| Commanding |
2018 |
N/A |
| Indomitable |
2019 |
N/A |
| Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers |
2017 |
N/A |
| Stalwart |
2019 |
N/A |
| Longknifes Defend the Legation |
2020 |
Buy |
| The South Shall Rise Again |
2022 |
Buy |
Lost Millennium Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Lost Dawns |
2017 |
N/A |
| First Dawn |
1996 |
Buy |
| Second Fire |
1997 |
Buy |
| Lost Days |
1998 |
Buy |
| The First Casualty |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Price of Peace |
2000 |
Buy |
| They Also Serve |
2001 |
Buy |
| To Do or Die |
2014 |
Buy |
Mike Shepherd Short Stories/Novellas Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The South Shall Rise Again |
2022 |
Buy |
| A Day’s Work on the Moon |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Job Interview |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Strange Redemption of Sister Mary Ann |
2012 |
Buy |
Mike Shepherd Short Story Collections Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Day’s Work on the Moon |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Strange Redemption of Sister Mary Ann |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Job Interview |
2012 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Assassin |
2014 |
Buy |
| Target |
2014 |
Buy |
| Survivor |
2015 |
Buy |
| Rebel |
2016 |
Buy |
| Dominator |
2018 |
Buy |
| Implacable |
2019 |
Buy |
Rita Longknife: Iteeche War Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Enemy Unknown |
2017 |
Buy |
| Enemy in Sight |
2017 |
Buy |
| Longknifes Defend the Legation |
2020 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Forsaken |
2006 |
Buy |
Vicky Peterwald Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Kris Longknife’s Assassin |
2014 |
Buy |
| Target |
2014 |
Buy |
| Survivor |
2015 |
Buy |
| Rebel |
2016 |
Buy |
| Dominator |
2018 |
Buy |
| Implacable |
2019 |
Buy |
| Deserter |
2004 |
Buy |
| Mutineer |
2004 |
Buy |
| Defiant |
2005 |
Buy |
| Resolute |
2006 |
Buy |
| Audacious |
2007 |
Buy |
| Intrepid |
2008 |
Buy |
| Swordplay |
2009 |
Buy |
| Undaunted |
2009 |
Buy |
| Redoubtable |
2010 |
Buy |
| Daring |
2011 |
Buy |
| Training Daze |
2011 |
Buy |
| Furious |
2012 |
Buy |
| Welcome Home / Go Away |
2012 |
Buy |
| Defender |
2013 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Bloodhound |
2013 |
Buy |
| Tenacious |
2014 |
Buy |
| Unrelenting |
2015 |
Buy |
| Bold |
2016 |
Buy |
| Ruth Longknife’s First Christmas |
2016 |
Buy |
| Admiral |
2017 |
Buy |
| Among the Kicking Birds |
2017 |
Buy |
| Emissary |
2017 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife Emissary |
2017 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Bad Day |
2017 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Maid Goes on Strike |
2017 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Relief |
2017 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Replacement |
2017 |
Buy |
| Commanding |
2018 |
Buy |
| Kris Longknife’s Successor |
2018 |
Buy |
| Indomitable |
2019 |
Buy |
| Stalwart |
2019 |
Buy |
| Boot Recruit |
2021 |
Buy |
Mike Moscoe, who also writes as Mike Shepherd, is a science fiction author with over 180 books across twelve series. His best-known creation is the Kris Longknife series, a military sci-fi saga about a naval officer navigating both space combat and political intrigue.
The Longknife universe has expanded to include several related series: the Vicky Peterwald books, the Rita Longknife: Iteeche War series, the Longknifes series, and others set in the same universe. His earlier work includes the Jump Universe and Lost Millennium series, along with BattleTech tie-in novels.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Mike Moscoe written?
Mike Moscoe has written 180 books across twelve series.
What was Mike Moscoe's first book?
Mike Moscoe’s first book is First Dawn, published in 1996.
What is Mike Moscoe best known for?
Mike Moscoe, also writing as Mike Shepherd, is best known for the Kris Longknife military science fiction series. The Kris Longknife books follow a naval officer from a politically powerful family through interstellar conflicts and have spawned several spinoff series.