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R.M. Meluch Books in Order

R.M. Meluch has written 17 books, published between 1979 and 2017. The first book is Sovereign (1979) and the newest is Blood of Akhilles (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1979–2017
Pages on record
4,228 in 13 of 17 books
Reading time
70–106 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,228 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

See all 17 books in order Printable R.M. Meluch checklist

Space opera and science fiction lead the subject tags for R.M. Meluch, who published 17 catalogued books between Sovereign (1979) and Blood of Akhilles (2017). Tour of the Merrimack is the series on the author page. Space warfare, battleships, human-alien encounters and interplanetary voyages are listed subjects. Titles include Jerusalem Fire (1985), The Queen's Squadron (1992), The Myriad (2005) and The Sagittarius Command (2007). The catalogue appears complete.

How many R.M. Meluch books are there?

R.M. Meluch has 17 books, released between 1979 and 2017. They include 2 series and 9 titles listed outside any series.

R.M. Meluch Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 R.M. Meluch 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. Cover of Sovereign by R.M. Meluch (1979)
  2. Cover of Jerusalem Fire by R.M. Meluch (1985)
  3. Cover of War Birds by R.M. Meluch (1989)
  4. Cover of Chicago Red by R.M. Meluch (1990)
  5. Cover of The Queen's Squadron by R.M. Meluch (1992)
  6. Cover of The Myriad by R.M. Meluch, book 1 of the Tour of the Merrimack series (2005)
  7. Cover of Wolf Star by R.M. Meluch, book 2 of the Tour of the Merrimack series (2006)
  8. Cover of The Sagittarius Command by R.M. Meluch, book 3 of the Tour of the Merrimack series (2007)
  9. Cover of The Ninth Circle by R.M. Meluch, book 5 of the Tour of the Merrimack series (2011)
  10. Cover of Eagles of September by R.M. Meluch (2015)
  11. Cover of The Twice and Future Caesar by R.M. Meluch, book 6 of the Tour of the Merrimack series (2015)
  12. Cover of Blood of Akhilles by R.M. Meluch (2017)
  1. 1
    Sovereign1979 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979230
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  2. 2
    Wind DancersWind #11981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  3. 3
    Wind ChildWind #21982 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982202
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  4. 4
    Jerusalem Fire1985 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985384
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  5. 5
    War Birds1989 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989253
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  6. 6
    Chicago Red1990 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19901
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  7. 7
    The Queen's Squadron1992 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992304
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  8. 8
    The MyriadTour of the Merrimack #12005 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005384
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  9. 9
    Wolf StarTour of the Merrimack #22006 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006384
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  10. 10
    The Sagittarius CommandTour of the Merrimack #32007 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007400
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  11. 11
    Strength and HonorTour of the Merrimack #42008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  12. 12
    The Ninth CircleTour of the Merrimack #52011 · 410 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011410
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  13. 13
    Vati2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  14. 14
    Eagles of September2015 · 392 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015392
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  15. 15
    The Twice and Future CaesarTour of the Merrimack #62015 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015416
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  16. 16
    Shelter Dog2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  17. 17
    Blood of Akhilles2017 · 468 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017468
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R.M. Meluch 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.

Tour of the Merrimack in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Myriad
  2. 2. Wolf Star
  3. 3. The Sagittarius Command
  4. 4. Strength and Honor
  5. 5. The Ninth Circle
  6. 6. The Twice and Future Caesar

Wind in order

2 books
  1. 1. Wind Dancers
  2. 2. Wind Child

Standalone books

9 books

9 R.M. Meluch titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read R.M. Meluch books in order?

You only need to read R.M. Meluch books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with R.M. Meluch

Start with Sovereign (1979), the earliest published title.

What is the newest R.M. Meluch book?

Blood of Akhilles (2017) is the newest R.M. Meluch book released so far.

Is there a new R.M. Meluch book coming?

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

R.M. Meluch at a glance

No recent titles
The newest R.M. Meluch title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
R.M. Meluch books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,228 pages across the 13 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most R.M. Meluch books, 6 of 17, were published in the 2010s.

What the R.M. Meluch books are about

14 of the 17 R.M. Meluch books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 9 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.