K.B. Wagers. Orbit, $14.99 trade paper (432p) ISBN 978-0-316-30860-1
Taut suspense, strong characterization, and dark, rapid-fire humor are the highlights of this excellent SF adventure debut. Hail Bristol has spent years earning a reputation as one of the galaxy’s most notorious smugglers. But her biggest challenge...
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K.B. Wagers. Orbit, $15.99 trade paper (432p) ISBN 978-0-316-30863-2
Wagers’s exciting second Indranan War space epic keeps roaring, with plenty of action, tension, and constant interplay among the characters. In Behind the Throne, Hail Bristol, gunrunner and secret heir to the 31st-century galactic Indranan Empire,...
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K.B. Wagers. Orbit, $15.99 trade paper (416p) ISBN 978-0-316-30864-9
The final installment of Wagers’s Indranan War space adventure trilogy has all of the best qualities of the previous books: nerve-wracking action on the ground and in space, dark humor, and the characters’ til-the-end loyalty to one another. Hailimi
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K.B. Wagers. Orbit, $15.99 trade paper (480p) ISBN 978-0-316-41121-9
Wagers opens a sequel series to the Indranan War trilogy without missing a beat. Hailimi “Hail” Bristol, an Indranan princess turned selectively ruthless gunrunner, was forced to take her empire’s throne after conspirators murdered her family. She...
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K.B. Wagers. Orbit, $16.99 trade paper (448p) ISBN 978-0-316-41125-7
Wagers’s rough and raucous gunrunner empress Hail Bristol returns in the exhilarating second installment of the Farian War series. The massive blast that ended There Before the Chaos killed almost everyone Hail loved and left her in the hands of...
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K.B. Wagers. Harper Voyager, $25.99 (432p) ISBN 978-0-06-288778-8
Wagers (Down Among the Dead) kicks off the NeoG series with this fun, feel-good space opera. The Near-Earth Orbital Guard does low-profile rescue and policing work in space, akin to the U.S. Coast Guard. Other branches of the military look down on...
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K.B. Wagers. Orbit, $16.99 trade paper (464p) ISBN 978-0-316-41127-1
Wagers sends their Farian War series out with a bang, delivering all the action, snark, emotion, and political maneuvering fans of Gunrunner Empress Hail Bristol expect. Hail has escaped the beings who captured her in Down Among the Dead, but now...
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K.B. Wagers. Harper Voyager, $26.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-06-288781-8
Wagers’s second NeoG novel (following A Pale Light in the Black) serves up buffet-size portions of everything their fans have come to expect: dug-in friendships, action, impossible odds, and clever dialogue that always hits home. The Near-Earth...
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K.B. Wagers. Harper Voyager, $30 (560p) ISBN 978-0-06-311516-3
This sentimental space opera, the third in Wagers’s NeoG series (after Hold Fast Through the Fire), revisits the crew of Near-Earth Orbital Guard Interceptor Zuma’s Ghost, gleefully mixing business with pleasure. While defending their championship...
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K.B. Wagers. Harper Voyager, $19.99 trade paper (464p) ISBN 978-0-06-311524-8
Unprocessed grief creates a dangerous hostage situation in Wagers’s high-octane fourth Near-Earth Orbit Guard (NeoG) novel, after 2021’s The Ghosts of Trappist. The ceremonial turnover of Mars Orbital Station from NeoG to civilian control pushes...
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