Mike Moscoe Books in Order
Mike Moscoe has written 44 books, published between 1996 and 2022. The first book is First Dawn (1996) and the newest is The South Shall Rise Again (2022). Publication order is the reading order below. 22 of the 44 books listed here are in the Kris Longknife series, which has its own page: Kris Longknife books in order.
- Books
- 44
- Published
- 1996–2022
- Pages on record
- 10,166 in 29 of 44 books
- Reading time
- 169–254 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,166 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 44 titles with a page count on record.
Mike Moscoe, born 2 August 1947, is an American science fiction writer living in Vancouver, Washington, who also publishes as Mike Shepherd. Moscoe grew up in a Navy family and moved often as a child. The catalogue holds 44 books from First Dawn (1996) to The South Shall Rise Again (2022), including Mutineer (2004) and Audacious (2007). Series include Kris Longknife, Vicky Peterwald, Rita Longknife: Iteeche War, Jump Universe, Lost Millennium and BattleTech: Mechwarrior Dark Age. Subjects cover space opera, navies, space warfare and women soldiers.
How many Mike Moscoe books are there?
Mike Moscoe has 44 books, released between 1996 and 2022. They include 7 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Mike Moscoe Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 44 Mike Moscoe 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.
- 119962802/4
- 219973202/4
- 319983162/4
- 419993252/4
- 520003222/4
- 620013572/4
- 720043892/4
- 820042962/4
- 9The Forsaken2006 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/420063412/4
- 1020073842/4
- 1120083442/4
- 1220093532/4
- 1320103282/4
- 142011–2/4
- 152011–2/4
- 1620113562/4
- 172012–2/4
- 182012–2/4
- 192012–2/4
- 202013–2/4
- 2120143262/4
- 2220143782/4
- 232014–2/4
- 2420143692/4
- 2520153522/4
- 2620153902/4
- 2720163522/4
- 2820164002/4
- 292016–2/4
- 3020172262/4
- 3120172382/4
- 322017–2/4
- 332017–2/4
- 342017–2/4
- 3520173542/4
- 362017–2/4
- 3720184042/4
- 3820183922/4
- 3920192842/4
- 4020194642/4
- 4120195262/4
- 422020–2/4
- 432021–2/4
- 442022–2/4
Mike Moscoe series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Kris Longknife books in order 32 books
Mike Moscoe 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.
Vicky Peterwald in order
6 books- 1. Target
- 3. Survivor
- 4. Rebel
- 5. Dominator
- 6. Implacable
- 15. Kris Longknife's Assassin
Jump Universe in order
4 booksLost Millennium in order
3 books- 1. First Dawn
- 2. Second Fire
- 3. Lost Days
Mike Shepherd Short Story
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Rita Longknife: Iteeche War in order
2 booksBattleTech: Mechwarrior Dark Age in order
1 bookLongknifes in order
1 bookMike Shepherd Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
1 book1 Mike Moscoe title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Mike Moscoe books in order?
You only need to read Mike Moscoe 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 Mike Moscoe
Start with Mutineer (2004), the first Kris Longknife book. The earliest catalogued title overall is First Dawn (1996).
What is the newest Mike Moscoe book?
The South Shall Rise Again (2022) is the newest Mike Moscoe book released so far.
Is there a new Mike Moscoe book coming?
No next Mike Moscoe book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Mike Moscoe at a glance
- Paused
- No new Mike Moscoe title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Mike Moscoe books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,166 pages across the 29 of 44 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mike Moscoe books, 29 of 44, were published in the 2010s.
What the Mike Moscoe books are about
23 of the 44 Mike Moscoe books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: kris longknife (fictitious character) is tagged on 11 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Kris Longknife (Fictitious character) 11 of 23 books
- Science fiction 10 of 23 books
- Science fiction, action & adventure 8 of 23 books
- Interstellar travel 6 of 23 books
- Space opera 5 of 23 books
- Women soldiers 5 of 23 books
- Navies 4 of 23 books
- Nobility 4 of 23 books
- Officers 4 of 23 books
- Space warfare 4 of 23 books
- Vicky Peterwald (Fictitious character) 4 of 23 books