Shepherd: 671 books

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...

NATIONAL BESTSELLING SERIES There’s no rest for a Longknife—even if you’re a newlywed. Vice Admiral Kris Longknife’s honeymoon gets cancelled when she hears that the space raider’s home world may have been discovered. Finding where the raiders came from could be the key to saving...

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.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Kris Longknife series comes a military science fiction adventure featuring Vicky Peterwald... Vicky Peterwald is no longer just the heir apparent to an imperial dynasty. She survived naval training and proved her mettle in combat to help the...

In Kris Longknife - Unrelenting, Kris's meeting with the Ostriches was covered in a single paragraph.  Well, here's the full skinny.  How does a woman who remembers all too well how her ancestors were relieved of their land somehow arrange a fair deal to get her production workers? Sailors and Marines...

Ruth Longknife is seven-months-old.  She's got everything.  Her mom Kris Longknife to hold her.  A Christmas Tree full of ornaments to eat, Oh, right, and some extra guests at the Christmas goose that Grampa Al invited them all to dine on.  But Ruth is a Longknife and Longknife's are hard to kill.

Kris Longknife is a daughter of privilege, born to money and power. Her father is the Prime Minister of her home planet, her mother the consummate politician’s wife. She’s been raised only to be beautiful and to marry well. But the heritage of the military Longknifes courses through Kris’s blood—and,...

Grand Duchess Vicky Peterwald has everything. A loving fiance who's soon to be her husband, adoring crowds, and she gets to share her golden wedding carriage with Kris Longknife. What more could a girl want? Well, the Emperor, her father, could have showed up to walk her down the aisle, but...

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...

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 take it? Can...

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.

Grand Admiral Sandy Santiago is a woman with a whole lot of problems.  She's ordered to take over command of the Alwa system from Kris Longknife.  Can a mere human replace a Longknife!  She's got alien birds.  She's got alien cats.  She's even got alien monsters that Kris beat but now want a...

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...

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...