It was not until high school that he finished a year in the school he started. Like another lifetime in another world, days of rage, the legend of lovea duval, from ban xon to wardak and the forgiven, in addition to a collection of short stories and poems called collage. The aliens attacking the planetary system of alwa are an enemy u. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read kris longknife. See the complete kris longknife series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Shepherd delivers no shortage of military action, in space and on the ground. Kris longknifeunrelenting tennessee reads overdrive. Now her mission is to find the home base of the space pirates who are plaguing the fringes of the galaxy.
But no mission is ever simple when your name is longknife. Kris longknife has been assigned to the wasp, the best warship beyond the rim of human space. This is the 14th book in the kris longknife series by mike shepherd. The first book, mutineer, was published in 2004 to great success. Kris longknifes successor grand admiral santiago on alwa. Longtime readers of this series knew when reading furious kris longknife novels you wouldnt be able to keep kris down. In kris longknife unrelenting, kriss meeting with the ostriches was covered in a single paragraph. The trouble with all books that exist as a series is that they have to reintroduce characters for the first time reader. Born into wealth and royalty, kris longknife joined the marines to defend. Kris longknife series book 11 mike shepherd author 20 kris longknifetenacious kris longknife series book 12 mike shepherd author 2014 kris longknifeunrelenting kris longknife series book mike. Kris might have thwarted the rebels rebels grand plan and defeated their attacking fleet but the iteeche empire is wast and the rebels are plentiful and have many more ships and resources at their disposal. Kris longknife had no choice about growing up shelve deserter. For everyone wondering kris is short for her full first name.
Mike shepherd is the pen name of american novelist mike moscoe, who writes science fiction novels. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. In the new york times bestselling kris longknife novels, fans of the honor harrington escapades will welcome the adventures of another strong female in outer space starring in a thrillapage military space opera alternative worlds. Mike shepherds military scifi series about protagonist kris longknife. Mike shepherd debuted this pen name in 2004 with the novel mutineer. She does a really good job at harassing the mysterious enemy, which we should also learn more about in the next installment.
I am pleased to have the same narrator that has read the entire series, dina pearlman. Wardhaven declares the events top secret, but earth awards her its highest. Only when she got there, and met the emperor, a teenage kid swamped by his throne, did kris find out that there was a. The eleventh installment of the adventures of kris longknife, royal princess of the united societies in a fairly distant future, continues a lengthy story arc that began four or five books back when the iteecheformer enemies of humankindask for help when some of their expeditions into a region of space previously unexplored by either iteeche or humans fail to return. Kris longknifes blog from the mind of mike shepherd. Grand admiral, her royal highness kris longknife, commander of the itee. An exciting military science fiction novella set kris longknife has been given her first you cant keep a good woman down kris longknife kris longknife has been assigned to the wasp. Defiant is the third book in the ongoing military scifi series featuring kris longknife so if you havent read the first two books i highly recommend you start there. However, the battle of wardhaven provides enough information to get a ballpark estimate of pulse laser firepower. He writes the jump universe, kris longknife, and other series.
She does a really good job at harassing the mysterious enemy, which we. But now, a friend needs help halfway across the galaxy and with a military heritage coursing through her blood, its time for kris longknife to be a hero. When she did have a choice, she joined the marines. Below is a list of mike shepherds books in order of when they were originally released. Kris longknife series in order mike shepherd fictiondb. Bold crosses kris longknife books with the vicky peterwald books by. Granny rita is on the rampage, and the cats have gone on. Kris longknife is a daughter of privilege, born kris longknife had no choice about growing up born into a family of wealth and political power. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. Her father is the prime minister of her home planet, her mother the consummate politicians wife.
Kris longknife is back in the good graces of the brassand to demonstrate that, theyve promoted her to admiral. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading kris longknife. Born into wealth and royalty, kris longknife joined the marines to help fight for humanity against aliens and pirates in a system that has been colonized. Defender kris longknife series book 11 kindle edition by shepherd, mike.
Intrepid by mike shepherd available from rakuten kobo. Commanding, the latest new novel in the kris longknife series, is up for presale with amazon and kobo. Please note that as an amazon associate, i earn money from qualifying purchases. Daring kris longknife series book 9 kindle edition by shepherd, mike. Fastpaced, exciting, nicely detailed, with some innovative touches. The kris longknife book series by mike shepherd includes books mutineer, deserter, defiant, and several more. I remember looking at the name and deciding that any sf series named longknife would have to be shit. This series covers the exploits of kris longknife, a rich young naval officer who struggles to deal with the expectations and reputation of her famous family of military leaders, politicians, and billionaires. Kris longknife can kick, shoot, and punch her way out of any dangerous situation, and her latest adventure in the new. Granny rita did her best to calm them, but the idea that they were about to be in a fight to the death was having a very erratic impact on their behavior. Kris longknife can kick, shoot, and punch her way out of any dangerous situation sci fi magazine, and her latest adventure in the new york times bestselling series is as perilous as they come. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. But soon kris longknife is hanging with marines, rescuing a kidnapped little girl, busting bandit butt to get food to a starving.
This is the third book with grand admiral sandy santiago serving as kris longknifes relief, then replacement, and now successor, on alwa. How does a woman who remembers all too well how her ancestors were relieved of their land somehow arrange. In this episode, we spend most of our time planetside and there are no major space battles, just huge, citywrecking land battles. Ive been reading david drakes rcn series, and a friend recommended mike shepherds kris longknife series as another lowmiracle scifi setting. Kris longknifes relief grand admiral santiago on alwa. Just starting her sixth year in the navy, king granddaddy frocks kris to admiral with a permanent captains rank. He was born in august 2, 1947 in philadelphia to a navy family and travelled a lot as a child. Kris longknife is back in the good graces of the brassand to demonstrate. Kris longknife is a daughter of privilege, born to money and power. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Mike shepherd born into wealth and royalty, kris longknife joined the marines to defend humanity against aliens and pirates on the outer rim of the colonized space system. Three hundred and eighty years from now, humanity has spread to 600 planets and a young girl, kris longknife graduates from college. Kris longknife is the protagonist in a series of military science fiction novels by american author mike shepherd.
Praise for the kris longknife novels a whopping good read. Kris longknife is a daughter of privilege, born shelve mutineer. Then she dials it up to eleven and produces enough bulletproof bodysuits and. One stupid factor in the series is that the energy weapons are measured in inches instead of power output. An uneasy peace has formed between the greenfeld alliance and wardhavens united sentients, after kris longknifes efforts to save her familys most bitter enemy, henrypeterwald smythe xii from an assassination attempt. Mike shepherd, born mike moscoe, is an american science fiction writer who lives in vancouver, wa. Mike was born in the philadelphia navy yard hospital and left the city at three days old. That aside, what really killed it for me was her reading of the march of cambreadth. But an illconceived attack is bringing the war close to home and putting kriss life on the line. I quite liked that book and this one is pretty much more of the same. After the long eighty year peace among humanity, they feel there is no need for heroes.
Still, she jumped at the chance to be the first human emissary to the iteeche empire. Another strong outing in the kris longknife multiverse. The links beside each book title will take you to amazon, who i feel are the best online retailer for books where you can read more about the book, or purchase it. Despite her role as a fleet admiral and protector of a planetary system, kris is still beholden to her greatgrandfather king raymonds commands. Kris longknife had no choice about growing up rich and pampered. Mike shepherd managed to do this and at the same time remind his longer followers of some of the beginnings of the story. So here we are picking up where that book left off, kris finally meeting the bird people, the alwans, and her greatgrandmother rita and of course theres unfinished business with the mysterious and bloodthirsty race first encountered in daring kris longknife novels. Mike shepherd dedicates about 2 hours integrating that song to the fight. Defender by mike shepherd available from rakuten kobo. Order of kris longknife books kris longknife is the protagonist in a series of military science fiction novels by american author mike shepherd. Elizabeth moon, nebula awardwinning author of deeds of honor shepherd delivers no shortage of military action, in space and on the ground. Admiral kris longknife should have known the job offer was too good. As a marine of wardhaven, kris longknife has a lot to live up to and a lot to prove in the longrunning struggle between her powerful family, a highly defensiveand offensiveearth, and the hundreds of warring colonies. Kris, starting in bold after her daughter ruth is born at the end of the previous book.
In kris longknife among the kicking birds, kris witnesses an alwan mother regurgitating meat to a chick. Really, she knew by now that what was too good to b. Her reading after they land on hikila slows down and becomes overemphasized which makes it sound insincere. Longknife book 11 regardless of what name mike shepherd writes under, his books are well written and nearly always grammatically sound. Admiral by mike shepherd available from rakuten kobo. This is the direct continuation of the previous book, admiral. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Shes been raised only to be beautiful and to marry well. The complete series list for kris longknife mike shepherd.
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