Mack Maloney Books in Order

Mack Maloney has written 45 books, published between 1987 and 2022. The first book is Wingman (1987) and the newest is The God Satellite (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
45
Published
1987–2022
Pages on record
11,537 in 32 of 45 books
Reading time
192–288 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,537 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 32 of 45 titles with a page count on record.

Mack Maloney writes men's adventure and military science fiction. Wingman (1987) opens a catalogue of 45 books that reaches The God Satellite in 2022, with the pilot Hawk Hunter at the centre of the Wingman novels. Seven series carry the Maloney name, including Wingman, Starhawk, Superhawks, Chopper Ops, Pirate Hunters and Codename: Starman. Air pilots, pirates and suspense recur as subjects; no new title has appeared since 2022.

How many Mack Maloney books are there?

Mack Maloney has 45 books, released between 1987 and 2022. They include 7 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Mack Maloney Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 45 Mack Maloney books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    WingmanWingman #11987 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987464
  2. 2
    The Circle WarWingman #21987 · 413 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987413
  3. 3
    The Lucifer CrusadeWingman #31987 · 413 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987413
  4. 4
    Thunder Alley1988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988
  5. 5
    Thunder In the EastWingman #41988 · 430 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988430
  6. 6
    The Twisted CrossWingman #51989 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989384
  7. 7
    The Final StormWingman #61989 · 350 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989350
  8. 8
    Freedom ExpressWingman #71990 · 379 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990379
  9. 9
    SkyfireWingman #81990 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990352
  10. 10
    War Heaven1991 · 478 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991478
  11. 11
    Return From The InfernoWingman #91991 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991352
  12. 12
    War of the SunWingman #101992 · 443 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992443
  13. 13
    The Ghost WarWingman #111993 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993448
  14. 14
    Target: Point ZeroWingman #121996 · 381 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996381
  15. 15
    Death OrbitWingman #131997 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997416
  16. 16
    The Sky GhostWingman #141997 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997384
  17. 17
    Return Of Sky GhostWingman #151998 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998352
  18. 18
    Chopper OpsChopper Ops #11999 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999304
  19. 19
    The Tomorrow WarWingman #161999 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999352
  20. 20
    Zero RedChopper Ops #22000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000
  21. 21
    Shuttle DownChopper Ops #32000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000
  22. 22
    StarhawkStarhawk #12001 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001272
  23. 23
    Planet AmericaStarhawk #22001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001
  24. 24
    The Fourth EmpireStarhawk #32002 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002294
  25. 25
    Battle at Zero PointStarhawk #42003 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003341
  26. 26
    Strike Force AlphaSuperhawks #12004 · 344 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004344
  27. 27
    Strike Force BravoSuperhawks #22004 · 345 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004345
  28. 28
    Strike Force CharlieSuperhawks #32004 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004341
  29. 29
    Storm Over SaturnStarhawk #52004 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004296
  30. 30
    Strike Force DeltaSuperhawks #42005 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005352

Mack Maloney series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Mack Maloney books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Starhawk in order

5 books
  1. 1. Starhawk
  2. 2. Planet America
  3. 3. The Fourth Empire
  4. 4. Battle at Zero Point
  5. 5. Storm Over Saturn

Superhawks in order

4 books
  1. 1. Strike Force Alpha
  2. 2. Strike Force Bravo
  3. 3. Strike Force Charlie
  4. 4. Strike Force Delta

Chopper Ops in order

3 books
  1. 1. Chopper Ops
  2. 2. Zero Red
  3. 3. Shuttle Down

Pirate Hunters in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Pirate Hunters
  2. 2. Operation Caribe
  3. 3. Operation Sea Ghost

Strikemasters in order

3 books
  1. 1. Strikemasters
  2. 2. Rogue War
  3. 3. Fulcrum

Codename: Starman in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Kalashnikov Kiss
  2. 2. The Sea of Moons
  3. 3. The God Satellite

Standalone books

5 books

5 Mack Maloney titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mack Maloney books in order?

You only need to read Mack Maloney books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Mack Maloney

Start with Wingman (1987), the first Wingman book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Mack Maloney book?

The God Satellite (2022) is the newest Mack Maloney book released so far.

Is there a new Mack Maloney book coming?

No next Mack Maloney book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Mack Maloney at a glance

Paused
No new Mack Maloney title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Mack Maloney books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
11,537 pages across the 32 of 45 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mack Maloney books, 13 of 45, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mack Maloney books are about

28 of the 45 Mack Maloney books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: hunter, hawk (fictitious character) is tagged on 9 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.