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Kris Longknife has been ordered back to human space. Admiral Sandy Santiago has the job of replacing her. However, can any mere mortal fill a Longknife's shoes? Particularly Kris Longknife's shoes?
Sandy has problems. Lots of problems. She's got alien birds that don't want to use money. Alien cats with their paws on the nuclear button. Alen monsters that want a rematch so they can kill every human.
Oh, and she's got Rita Nuu Longknife
...The victory parades are over and half the fleet is back in mothballs. The Navies better start getting them back in Commission! Rita Longknife, commander of the heavy cruiser Exeter, has proof. Proof that there is something else out there. Proof we are not alone in the galaxy. Aboard her ship is evidence that we have blown up an alien ship, and they have blown up one of ours. So far, contact with the aliens is being made by pirates, the worst scum
...Rita Longknife has had enough of sitting home and watching General Ray Longknife gallivant around the universe. No sooner does she deliver little Al Nuu Longknife than ships start disappearing out on the rim of human space. Is it pirates, or is there something more sinister. Just because half the fleet is back in mothball, Rita's not going to sit around and let this happen.
Rita swappes her Attack Transport rank of pilot for
...Everyone has known since Kris Longknife – Mutineer that Kris ran off to join the Navy after graduating college much to her parents' dismay. However, the story has never been told of how that came to pass. Worse, how does a scion of the Longknife clan survive that massive drop in social levels, plummeting from the Prime Minister's brat to a lowly Boot Recruit. Here, at last, is the story in all it's fuss and feathers still on this rare bird.
...You knew when Kris asked for a desk job that it wasn't going to be pretty. Well, here's the bad, the worst and the ugly. Budgets! This short story started out as the opening chapters to Kris Longknife - Emissary. But hey, we all know how bad an office job is. Who wants to start off an action adventure yarn with just another day at the office. So, I cut it. But, I know there are some of you out there who
...Princess Kris Longknife is Viceroy, repesenting the Royal United Society to the alien Alwans. She commands a battle fleet in orbit and leads a major industiral effort to support that fleet. She's got a lot of people working with her . . . and they'd like some vacation time. Better yet, they'd like a stake in the planet Alwa that they're defending. They want homesteads. That means land, and Kris Longknife
...8) Emissary
Kris Longknife has discovered that this desk job is not at all what she expected. Being desk bound hasn't even decreased the number of assassination attempts! Then Kris gets home to find her two kids playing with an Iteeche. Ron has come back to human space with a request. Should Kris honor it? Can she finally get some straight answeres from her Grampa Ray, King Raymond to most? Does she risk taking the kids
...In April, 1865, the generals commanding the Confederate armies surrendered to their Union counterparts. Lee and Grant are the best known. However, there were several more independent armies. Still, Confederate general all followed Lee's example. They surrendered and ordered their troops to begin the long walk home.
But what if they hadn't? What if some of the footsloggers refused to throw it in? What would have happened if they had taken to
This is the definitive book collection from Mike Shepherd. It includes not just book series that he has written, including Kris Longknife, Vicky Peterwald, Sandy Santiago, Rita Longknife, and his recent book Longknifes Defend the Legation, but also includes author commentary on each book! Mike Shepherd's older works are also included, especially his time travel trilogy and Nebula-nominated short stories! Available in eBook format only, this is
...Grand Admiral Kris Longknife is rampaging across the stars, kicking butt and taking planets away from the Iteeche rebels. She asks her grandparents, Gramma and Grampa Trouble, to came out to spend time with her kids while she is gone.
Meanwhile, back on the Iteeche Imperial Capitol planet, intrigue and power plays continue. Within fifty kilometers of the Imperial Palace are a dozen clan factions who dream of seizing the purple from the hand
...14) Days of Rage
15) Lost Days
16) Lost Dawns
20) Relief
Sandy Santiago has problems coming out her ears. Granny Rita Longknife is on the warpath. All the workers are out on strike. Worse, the murderous alien raiders are testing Alwa's defense perimeter. Once she has her house in order, Sandy is strongly thinking of getting her own good look at what appears to be the alien home world. Last time Kris Longknife visited the place, she threw some serious shade on the aliens.
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