John Ringo

21 Series

John Ringo is an American author known for his works in science fiction, fantasy, military fiction, and thriller genres, including the Posleen War, Empire of Man, Council Wars, and Paladin of Shadows series. He leverages his military experience from his service in the U.S. Army and Florida National Guard to enhance his writing. Ringo also holds an Associate’s degree in Marine Biology. He resides in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

In John Ringo's series, humanity faces alien threats and internal challenges. The Hero, co-authored with Michael Z. Williamson, follows a soldier's journey in a hostile universe. Watch on the Rhine and Yellow Eyes, co-authored with Tom Kratman, depict intense battles against alien invaders. Cally's War, Sister Time, and Honor of the Clan, co-authored with Julie Cochrane, explore espionage and clan dynamics. The Tuloriad, also co-authored with Tom Kratman, delves into the complexities of alien alliances. Together, these novels weave a compelling narrative of survival and resistance against overwhelming odds.

Posleen War (with Tom Kratman, Michael Z. Williamson, Julie Cochrane)

A Hymn Before Battle

(2000)

Gust Front

(2001)

When the Devil Dances

(2002)

Hell's Faire

(2003)

The Hero

(2004)(With: Michael Z. Williamson)

Cally's War

(2004)(With: Julie Cochrane)

Watch on the Rhine

(2005)(With: Tom Kratman)

Sister Time

(2007)(With: Julie Cochrane)

Yellow Eyes

(2007)(With: Tom Kratman)

Honor of the Clan

(2009)(With: Julie Cochrane)

Eye of the Storm

(2009)

The Tuloriad

(2009)(With: Tom Kratman)

Posleen War: Cally's War (with Julie Cochrane)

Cally's War

(2004)(With: Julie Cochrane)

Sister Time

(2007)(With: Julie Cochrane)

Honor of the Clan

(2009)(With: Julie Cochrane)

Posleen War: Sidestories

Watch on the Rhine

(2005)(With: Tom Kratman)

Yellow Eyes

(2007)(With: Tom Kratman)

The Council Wars

There Will Be Dragons

(2003)

Emerald Sea

(2004)

Against the Tide

(2005)

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

(2006)

Paladin Of Shadows (with Ryan Sear)

Ghost

(2005)

Kildar

(2006)

Choosers of the Slain

(2006)

Unto the Breach

(2006)

A Deeper Blue

(2007)

Tiger by the Tail

(2012)(With: Ryan Sear)

Last Judgment's Fire (with Kacey Ezell, Christopher L.Smith)

Gunpowder & Embers

(2020)(With: Kacey Ezell,Christopher L.Smith)

Looking Glass (with Travis S. Taylor)

Into the Looking Glass

(2005)

Vorpal Blade

(2007)(With: Travis S. Taylor)

Manxome Foe

(2008)(With: Travis S. Taylor)

Claws That Catch

(2008)(With: Travis S. Taylor)

Special Circumstances

Princess of Wands

(2006)

Queen of Wands

(2012)

Troy Rising

Live Free or Die

(2010)

Citadel

(2011)

The Hot Gate

(2011)

Black Tide Rising

Under a Graveyard Sky

(2013)

To Sail a Darkling Sea

(2014)

Islands of Rage & Hope

(2014)

Strands of Sorrow

(2014)

Black Tide Rising

(2016)(With: John Scalzi,Jody Lynn Nye,Sarah A. Hoyt,Eric Flint,Michael Z. Williamson,Eric S. Brown)

The Valley of Shadows

(2018)

Voices of the Fall

(2019)

River of Night

(2019)

At the End of the World

(2020)(By: Charles E. Gannon)

At the End of the Journey

(2021)(By: Charles E. Gannon)

We Shall Rise

(2021)(With: Gary Poole)

United We Stand

(2024)(With: Gary Poole)

Mountain of Fire

(2024)(By: Jason Cordova)

Across an Ocean of Stars

(2025)(By: Robert E. Hampson)

Monster Hunter Memoirs

Grunge

(2016)(With: Larry Correia)

Sinners

(2016)(With: Larry Correia)

Saints

(2018)(With: Larry Correia)

Fever

(2023)(By: Larry Correia,Jason Cordova)

Empire Of Man (with David Weber)

March Upcountry

(2001)

March to the Sea

(2001)

March to the Stars

(2002)

We Few

(2004)

Von Neumann's War (with Travis S. Taylor)

Von Neumann's War

(2006)(With: Travis S. Taylor)

TransDimensional Hunter (with Lydia Sherrer)

Into the Real

(2022)

Through the Storm

(2023)

Standalone Novels

The Road to Damascus

(2004)(With: Keith Laumer,Linda Evans)

The Last Centurion

(2008)

Beyond the Ranges

(2024)(With: James Aidee)

Exiled

Clan of the Claw

(2011)(With: Harry Turtledove,S.M. Stirling,Jody Lynn Nye,Michael Z. Williamson)

By Tooth and Claw

(2015)(With: Mercedes Lackey,S.M. Stirling,Jody Lynn Nye,Eric Flint)

Honorverse

On Basilisk Station

(1992)(By: David Weber)

The Honor of the Queen

(1993)(By: David Weber)

The Short Victorious War

(1994)(By: David Weber)

Field of Dishonor

(1994)(By: David Weber)

Flag in Exile

(1995)(By: David Weber)

Honor Among Enemies

(1996)(By: David Weber)

In Enemy Hands

(1997)(By: David Weber)

"A Beautiful Friendship"

(1998)(By: David Weber)

"A Whiff of Grapeshot"

(1998)(By: S.M. Stirling)

"A Grand Tour"

(1998)(By: David Drake)

Echoes of Honor

(1998)(By: David Weber)

"The Stray"

(1999)(By: Linda Evans)

"What Price Dreams?"

(1999)(By: David Weber)

"The Hard Way Home"

(1999)(By: David Weber)

"Queen's Gambit"

(1999)(By: Jane Lindskold)

"Deck Load Strike"

(1999)(By: Roland J. Green)

Ashes of Victory

(2000)(By: David Weber)

"Changer of Worlds"

(2001)(By: David Weber)

"Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington"

(2001)(By: David Weber)

"From the Highlands"

(2001)(By: Eric Flint)

"Nightfall"

(2001)(By: David Weber)

War of Honor

(2002)(By: David Weber)

"Promised Land"

(2003)(By: Jane Lindskold)

"With One Stone"

(2003)(By: Timothy Zahn)

"A Ship Named Francis"

(2003)(With: Victor Mitchell)

"Let's Go to Prague"

(2003)

"Fanatic"

(2003)(By: Eric Flint)

"The Service of the Sword"

(2003)(By: David Weber)

Crown of Slaves

(2003)(By: David Weber,Eric Flint)

The Shadow of Saganami

(2004)(By: David Weber)

At All Costs

(2005)(By: David Weber)

Storm from the Shadows

(2009)(By: David Weber)

Torch of Freedom

(2009)(By: David Weber,Eric Flint)

Mission of Honor

(2010)(By: David Weber)

"Ruthless"

(2011)(By: Jane Lindskold)

"Let's Dance"

(2011)(By: David Weber)

"An Act of War"

(2011)(By: Timothy Zahn)

A Beautiful Friendship

(2011)(By: David Weber)

A Rising Thunder

(2012)(By: David Weber)

Fire Season

(2012)(By: Jane Lindskold)

Shadow of Freedom

(2013)(By: David Weber)

"I Will Build a House of Steel"

(2013)(By: David Weber)

"By the Book"

(2013)(By: Charles E. Gannon)

"Beauty and the Beast"

(2013)(By: David Weber)

"The Best Laid Plans"

(2013)(By: David Weber)

"Obligated Service"

(2013)(By: Joelle Presby)

"A Call to Arms"

(2013)(By: Timothy Zahn)

Treecat Wars

(2013)(By: David Weber,Jane Lindskold)

Cauldron of Ghosts

(2014)(By: David Weber,Eric Flint)

A Call to Duty

(2014)(By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn)

A Call to Arms

(2015)(By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Thomas Pope)

Shadow of Victory

(2016)(By: David Weber)

"Our Sacred Honor"

(2017)(By: David Weber)

A Call to Vengeance

(2018)(By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Thomas Pope)

Dark Fall

(2018)(By: David Weber)

Uncompromising Honor

(2018)(By: David Weber)

"Recruiting Exercise"

(2019)(By: David Weber)

To End in Fire

(2021)(By: David Weber,Eric Flint)

A Call to Insurrection

(2022)(By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Thomas Pope)

Chronological Order of Honorverse

"By the Book"

(2013)(By: Charles E. Gannon)

"A Beautiful Friendship"

(1998)(By: David Weber)

A Beautiful Friendship

(2011)(By: David Weber)

"The Stray"

(1999)(By: Linda Evans)

Fire Season

(2012)(By: Jane Lindskold)

A Call to Duty

(2014)(By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn)

A Call to Arms

(2015)(By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Thomas Pope)

"A Call to Arms"

(2013)(By: Timothy Zahn)

A Call to Vengeance

(2018)(By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Thomas Pope)

"What Price Dreams?"

(1999)(By: David Weber)

"Beauty and the Beast"

(2013)(By: David Weber)

"I Will Build a House of Steel"

(2013)(By: David Weber)

"Our Sacred Honor"

(2017)(By: David Weber)

"The Best Laid Plans"

(2013)(By: David Weber)

"Recruiting Exercise"

(2019)(By: David Weber)

"Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington"

(2001)(By: David Weber)

"Queen's Gambit"

(1999)(By: Jane Lindskold)

"The Hard Way Home"

(1999)(By: David Weber)

"Promised Land"

(2003)(By: Jane Lindskold)

"Ruthless"

(2011)(By: Jane Lindskold)

"Let's Dance"

(2011)(By: David Weber)

On Basilisk Station

(1992)(By: David Weber)

"With One Stone"

(2003)(By: Timothy Zahn)

The Honor of the Queen

(1993)(By: David Weber)

The Short Victorious War

(1994)(By: David Weber)

Field of Dishonor

(1994)(By: David Weber)

"A Grand Tour"

(1998)(By: David Drake)

"Deck Load Strike"

(1999)(By: Roland J. Green)

Flag in Exile

(1995)(By: David Weber)

"A Ship Named Francis"

(2003)(With: Victor Mitchell)

Honor Among Enemies

(1996)(By: David Weber)

"Changer of Worlds"

(2001)(By: David Weber)

"A Whiff of Grapeshot"

(1998)(By: S.M. Stirling)

In Enemy Hands

(1997)(By: David Weber)

Echoes of Honor

(1998)(By: David Weber)

"Let's Go to Prague"

(2003)

Ashes of Victory

(2000)(By: David Weber)

"An Act of War"

(2011)(By: Timothy Zahn)

"From the Highlands"

(2001)(By: Eric Flint)

"Nightfall"

(2001)(By: David Weber)

"Fanatic"

(2003)(By: Eric Flint)

"The Service of the Sword"

(2003)(By: David Weber)

War of Honor

(2002)(By: David Weber)

Crown of Slaves

(2003)(By: David Weber,Eric Flint)

Torch of Freedom

(2009)(By: David Weber,Eric Flint)

The Shadow of Saganami

(2004)(By: David Weber)

At All Costs

(2005)(By: David Weber)

Storm from the Shadows

(2009)(By: David Weber)

Mission of Honor

(2010)(By: David Weber)

"Obligated Service"

(2013)(By: Joelle Presby)

A Rising Thunder

(2012)(By: David Weber)

Shadow of Freedom

(2013)(By: David Weber)

Cauldron of Ghosts

(2014)(By: David Weber,Eric Flint)

Shadow of Victory

(2016)(By: David Weber)

Uncompromising Honor

(2018)(By: David Weber)

A Call to Insurrection

(2022)(By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Thomas Pope)

To End in Fire

(2021)(By: David Weber,Eric Flint)

Treecat Wars

(2013)(By: David Weber,Jane Lindskold)

Dark Fall

(2018)(By: David Weber)

Worlds of Honor

More Than Honor

(1998)(By: S.M. Stirling,David Weber,David Drake)

Worlds of Honor

(1999)(By: David Weber,Jane Lindskold,Linda Evans,Roland J. Green)

Changer of Worlds

(2001)(By: David Weber,Eric Flint)

The Service of the Sword

(2003)(With: David Weber,Jane Lindskold,Eric Flint,Timothy Zahn,Victor Mitchell)

In Fire Forged

(2011)(By: David Weber,Jane Lindskold,Timothy Zahn,Andy Presby)

Beginnings

(2013)(By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Charles E. Gannon,Joelle Presby)

What Price Victory?

(2023)(By: David Weber)

Bolo

(1976)(By: Keith Laumer)

Rogue Bolo

(1986)(By: Keith Laumer)

The Stars Must Wait

(1990)(By: Keith Laumer)

The Compleat Bolo

(1990)(By: Keith Laumer)

The Unconquerable

(1994)(By: Keith Laumer)

Bolo Brigade

(1997)(By: Keith Laumer)

Bolo Strike

(2001)(By: William H. Keith Jr.)

Bolo Rising

(2001)(By: Keith Laumer)

The Road to Damascus

(2004)(With: Keith Laumer,Linda Evans)

Old Soldiers

(2005)(By: David Weber,Keith Laumer)

Their Finest Hour

(2010)(By: Keith Laumer)

Anthologies

The Best of Jim Baen's Universe

(2007)

Citizens

(2010)

Black Tide Rising

(2016)

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