Kris Longknife: Defender

Kris Longknife: Defender
Author: Mike Shepherd
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2013-10-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101626623

Kris Longknife is back in the good graces of the brass—and to demonstrate that, they've promoted her to Admiral. 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. And this time the complications range from the military to the personal, as Kris finds herself—reluctantly—having to make some command decisions about her future...

Kris Longknife: Daring

Kris Longknife: Daring
Author: Mike Shepherd
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2011-10-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101545232

Lieutenant Commander Kris Longknife leads a reconnaissance mission of the vast uncharted regions of space. No one, least of all Kris, expects to find a hostile alien starship. Now, she must determine the extent of the alien threat-and whether to start an interstellar war...

Kris Longknife: Audacious

Kris Longknife: Audacious
Author: Mike Shepherd
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2007-10-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780441015412

You can't keep a good woman down-Kris Longknife returns. Once again Kris finds herself caught in the crosshairs of unknown enemies who want her dead. Factions, both legitimate and underground, vie for control of the planet New Eden. And someone is taking advantage of the chaos to unleash a personal vendetta against Kris.

Kris Longknife: Undaunted

Kris Longknife: Undaunted
Author: Mike Shepherd
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2009-10-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101148918

Kris Longknife encounters some peaceful aliens who have come to warn humanity of an unidentifiable force that is roaming the galaxy, obliterating everything in its path-a path now leading directly toward the human worlds.

Kris Longknife: Intrepid

Kris Longknife: Intrepid
Author: Mike Shepherd
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2008-10-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780441016518

Kris Longknife has been assigned to The Wasp, the best warship beyond the Rim of Human Space. But while hunting for pirates, Kris stumbles upon something. It’s a plan to kill one of the members of the aristocratic Peterwald family—and the would-be killers are setting her up as the assassin.

Kris Longknife: Furious

Kris Longknife: Furious
Author: Mike Shepherd
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2012-10-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101612134

Having used unorthodox methods to save a world—and every sentient being on it—Lieutenant Commander Kris Longknife is wanted across the galaxy for crimes against humanity. For her own safety, she’s been assigned to a backwater planet where her Fast Patrol Squadron 127 enforces immigration control and smuggler interdiction. But Kris is a Longknife, and nothing can stop her from getting back to the center of things—not when all hell is breaking loose. Now she’s on the run, hunted by both military and civilian authorities—and since the civilian authorities happen to be her immediate family, Kris soon finds herself homeless, broke, and on trial for her life on an alien world…

Defiant

Defiant
Author: Millie Criswell
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2001-02-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0759520623

Attorney Travis Bodine faces the toughest challenge of his career defending his brother Rafe against murder charges. To make matters worse he has to work with his ex-fiancee, Hannah. The two must put the past behind them to save Rafe's life.

They Also Serve

They Also Serve
Author: Mike Moscoe
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2013-08-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101617632

A WAR WITHIN Colonel Ray Longknife and Marine Captain Mary Rodrigo were once enemies in an interstellar war. Now they’re working together to keep the peace. But can they protect themselves from an enemy they can’t even see? When a bad space jump flings their starship thousands of light-years away from home, Longknife and Rodrigo make an amazing discovery: a planet inhabited by the descendants of a ship’s crew—lost three hundred years earlier. As acting ambassador, Longknife is eager to welcome the planet’s population back into the fold of humanity. But Rodrigo is suspicious. She senses that something is wrong under the planet’s veneer of peace and prosperity. And she’s right....

Vicky Peterwald: Target

Vicky Peterwald: Target
Author: Mike Shepherd
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2014-06-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101617314

BEAUTY AND THE BATTLEFIELD Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Victoria Maria Teresa Inez Smythe-Peterwald, daughter of wealth and power, was raised to do little except be attractive and marry well. Then everything changed—her brother, her father’s favorite and the heir apparent, was killed in battle by Lieutenant Kris Longknife, daughter of the Peterwald’s longtime enemies. Vicky vowed revenge, but her skill set was more suitable for seduction than assassination, and she failed. Angry and disappointed, her father decided she needed military training and forced her to join the Navy. Now Ensign Vicky Peterwald is part of a whole new world, where use of her ample charms will not lead to advancement. But her father is the Emperor, and what he wants he gets. What he wants is for Vicky to learn to be efficiently ruthless and deadly. Though the lessons are hard learned, Vicky masters them—with help from an unexpected source: Kris Longknife.

Odd Exam

Odd Exam
Author: Piers Anthony
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1497657857

Getting into college is a game—of virtual reality—in this tale of higher education from the New York Times–bestselling author. Odd Exam is a novella from Piers Anthony about an unusual college entrance examination. Entrance exams are taken in the form of a multi-player online game in a semi-virtual reality, with portals to other worlds and alien monsters. For those who qualify, board and tuition will be free. Can this be serious?