Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White Continent | 1980 | David Poyer | Buy |
| 2 | The Shiloh Project | 1981 | David Poyer | Buy |
| 3 | Star Seed | 1982 | David Poyer | Buy |
| 4 | The Return Of Philo T. McGiffin | 1983 | David Poyer | Buy |
| 5 | Stepfather Bank | 1987 | David Poyer | Buy |
| 6 | The Only Thing to Fear | 1995 | David Poyer | Buy |
| 7 | Ghosting | 2010 | David Poyer | Buy |
| 8 | The Whiteness of the Whale | 2013 | David Poyer | Buy |
Outside his series work, David Poyer has written a varied set of standalone novels. His earliest books, White Continent (1980) and Star Seed (1982), lean into science fiction territory, while later standalones like The Only Thing to Fear take on alternate history. The Whiteness of the Whale (2013) follows an anti-whaling activist crew into Antarctic waters, blending environmental themes with survival fiction.
These books show Poyer’s range beyond military settings. Ghosting (2010) is a sailing thriller about a family voyage gone wrong, while The Return of Philo T. McGiffin is a darkly comic novel set at the Naval Academy. Readers who know Poyer only from the Dan Lenson series may be surprised by how different these standalones are in tone and subject matter.