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  • Bibliography:
    84 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1985
  • Latest Book:
    August 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Aztlan

1 - The Last Sun (Mar-2012)
2 - The Courts of Heaven (Nov-2012)

Day of Honor

3 - Her Klingon Soul (Oct-1997)

My Brother's Keeper

1 - Republic (Dec-1998)
2 - Constitution (Dec-1998)
3 - Enterprise (Jan-1999)

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1 - Heat Wave (Apr-1996)
2 - Exile (May-1996)
3 - Deadly Games (Jun-1996)

Star Trek: Stargazer

1 - Gauntlet (May-2002)
2 - Progenitor (May-2002)
3 - Three (Sep-2003)
4 - Oblivion (Sep-2003)
5 - Enigma (Aug-2004)
6 - Maker (Sep-2004)

Multi-Author Series List

Adventures of Wishbone

5 - Hunchdog of Notre Dame (Sep-1997)
7 - Mutt in the Iron Muzzle (Nov-1997)

Aliens

10 - Original Sin (Oct-2005)

Famous Characters: Batman

Batman & Robin: The Novelization (Jun-1997)

Famous Characters: Superman

Heat Wave (Apr-1996)
Exile (May-1996)
Deadly Games (Jun-1996)
Superman Lives! (Jun-1999)

Justice League (TV)

In Darkest Night ()
Wings of War (Oct-2002)

Marvel's Fantastic Four

Redemption of the Silver Surfer (Jun-1997)

Marvel's X-Men

Shadows of the Past (Jun-2000)

Star Trek

Double, Double (Apr-1989)
A Call to Darkness (Nov-1989)
Fortune's Light (Jan-1991)
Reunion (1991)
Legacy (Aug-1991)
Faces of Fire (Mar-1992)
Relics (Nov-1992)
Shadows on the Sun (1993)
All Good Things... (1994)
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Requiem (Oct-1994)
Crossover (1995)
Kahless (1996)
Saratoga (Nov-1996)
Star Trek: Federation Travel Guide (Jul-1997)
Her Klingon Soul (Oct-1997)
Day of Honor (Nov-1997)
Planet X (May-1998)
Dujonian's Hoard (Jun-1998)
Constitution (Dec-1998)
Republic (Dec-1998)
Enterprise (Jan-1999)
New Worlds New Civilizations (Nov-1999)
The Valiant (Apr-2000)
Star Trek Starfleet: Year One (Mar-2002)
Gauntlet (May-2002)
Progenitor (May-2002)
Oblivion (Sep-2003)
Pantheon (Sep-2003)
Three (Sep-2003)
Enigma (Aug-2004)
Maker (Sep-2004)
Death in Winter (Sep-2005)
The Traitor (Jan-2009)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

18 - Saratoga (Nov-1996)

Star Trek: Stargazer

Gauntlet (May-2002)
Progenitor (May-2002)
Oblivion (Sep-2003)
Three (Sep-2003)
Enigma (Aug-2004)
Maker (Sep-2004)

Star Trek: The Captain's Table

2 - Dujonian's Hoard (Jun-1998)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Reunion (1991)
Relics (Nov-1992)
All Good Things... (1994)
Crossover (1995)
Kahless (1996)
Planet X (May-1998)
The Valiant (Apr-2000)
Death in Winter (Sep-2005)
9 - A Call to Darkness (Nov-1989)
15 - Fortune's Light (Jan-1991)
32 - Requiem (Oct-1994)

Star Trek: The Original Series

Shadows on the Sun (1993)
45 - Double, Double (Apr-1989)
56 - Legacy (Aug-1991)
58 - Faces of Fire (Mar-1992)
85 - Republic (Dec-1998)
86 - Constitution (Dec-1998)
87 - Enterprise (Jan-1999)

Star Trek: the Original Series Mirror Universe

The Traitor (Jan-2009)

Star Trek: Voyager

Her Klingon Soul (Oct-1997)
Day of Honor (Nov-1997)

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (TNG)

6 - The Mystery of the Missing Crew (Feb-1995)
7 - The Secret of the Lizard People (Apr-1995)

Wishbone

Hunchdog of Notre Dame (Sep-1997)
Mutt in the Iron Muzzle (Nov-1997)
The Stolen Trophy (Feb-1998)
The Sirian Conspiracy (Jun-1999)

Wishbone Mysteries

5 - The Stolen Trophy (Feb-1998)
16 - The Sirian Conspiracy (Jun-1999)

Book List in Order: 84 titles



  • Once a god . . . always a god It took place more than a thousand years ago...the Twilight of the Gods and the destruction of Asgard, home of Thor and Odin. But a sculptor named Vidar still remembers that horrific time. He is an immortal, a bastard s...




  • Believed for more than one thousand years to have been slain, Odin Valfather is discovered alive in the realms of Aesir by his son, Vidar, who must use his enchanted sword to kill his father, or all that he has built on earth will be destroyed...



  • On a routine exploratory mission, the Starship U.S.S. Hood picks up a distress signal from a research expedition thought lost long ago--the expedition of Dr. Roger Korby, one of the centuries' greatest scientific minds. Korby himself is dead, it seem...



  • The Enterprise discovers a lifeless, Federation research vessel, orbiting a plant hidden behind a mysterious energy shield. Over the strong objections of his senior officers, Captain Picard and an away team beam over in search of the missing crew -- ...



  • Dante Maxima Seven--a world known to its inhabitants as Imprima. A world where Madragi--huge social/economic entities wealthy beyond compare--control the fate of millions... Years ago, William Riker was part of the Starfleet delegation that opened...



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    Before he commanded the Starship Enterprise, Jean-Luc Picard was the captain of the deep space exploration vessel, the U.S.S. Stargazer, on an incredible twenty-two year voyage. Now Picard is reunited with his old crew for the first time in over a de...



  • A routine survey of the planet Alpha Octavius Four turns disastrous as Spock is attacked and poisoned by a huge creature and Kirk's landing party is trapped underground by a violent earthquake. As Spock fights for his life in sickbay, Scotty organize...



  • En route to Alpha Malurian Six to settle a dispute between two religions, the U.S.S. Enterprise first stops to do a routine check on the progress of a terraforming colony on Beta Canzandia Three--a colony whose inhabitants include Carol and David Mar...






  • In the tradition of UNIFICATION, here is the story that fans of the original STAR TREK series and STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION have been clamoring for--Montgomery Scott's return to the STAR TREK universe and his encounter with Captain Picard and th...



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    As a young doctor with a beautiful family and a promising medical career, Dr. Leonard McCoy thought he had it all. But when the woman he loved betrayed him, McCoy fled to Starfleet, hoping to lose his pain in the depths of space. Now, more than forty...



  • The crew of the Enterprise find themselves facing some of their greatest challenges in the first-ever graphic trade paperback featuring the immensely popular characters from TV's Star Trek: The Next Generation. Friedman is the bestselling author of n...



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    Seven years ago, Captain Jean-Luc Picard first faced the judgment of the Q Continuum--a race of beings with God-like powers over time and space who presumed to gauge humanity's fitness to exist in the galaxy. Seven years ago they suspended judgment, ...




  • Twenty-five years ago, Captain Jean-Luc Picard conducted breakthrough negotiations with an aggressive race called the Gorn. Now, on the anniversary of that achievement, Captain Picard and the U.S.S. Enterprise" are headed for the Gorn Homeworld to ...



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    Continuing the mission he began in "Unification," Starfleet Ambassador Spock endeavors to impart the logic of the Vulcan way to a small band of Romulans eager to unite the Romulan Empire and the planet Vulcan. But unbeknownst to them, a Romulan spy h...



  • While attending the Starfleet Academy, the young android Data, the leader of a small band of cadets who have been left to confront a hostile alien race, attempts to save both a starship and its crew. Original....



  • Journeying to the observation site of a star collision, first-year cadet Data and his team are drawn off course by a distress call in a nearby asteroid belt, where they are attacked by alien invaders. Original....



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    For 1500 years, the Klingons have revered him as their first emperor, the legendary warrior who united their people and taught them the meaning of honor, but the truth of his incredible life has been shrouded in myth and fables... until now.A clone o...







  • ROMANCE AND INTRIGUE FOR THE MAN OF TOMORROW AND A WOMAN OF THE 90s. Criminal genius Thaddeus Killgrave has turned Superman into the carrier of a deadly virus -- so deadly that it's capable of wiping out the world's population. As Superman is forc...



  • Beautiful heiress Janna Leighton becomes the target of assassins when she reveals her plan to invest millions of dollars in Metropolis's disadvantaged communities, but she has Superman by her side, much to the dismay of Lois Lane. Original. TV tie-in...



  • When the Borg destroyed the U.S.S. Saratoga at Wolf 359, killing Captain Sisko's beloved wife, one chapter in his life came to a tragic end. Now painful memories are reawakened when the U.S.S. Defiant carries the survivors of the Saratoga to an impor...



  • Encased in a sub-zero cryosuit and allied with the sultry and deadly Poison Ivy--a botanical supermenace from the steamy jungles of South America--Mr. Freeze grips the city in a terrifying reign of villainy. Based on the blockbuster movie starring Ge...



  • In an exciting Marvel adventure, the Fantastic Four join forces with the Silver Surfer in order to help Blastaar fight the evil Prodigion, the destroyer of worlds, who is threatening the existence of the Negative Zone....




  • The bells of a great cathedral ring out danger for one brave pup! During a fast-paced roller hockey game, Wishbone sees an awkward boy named Nathaniel try to compete, only to be humiliated by the other players. The incident reminds Wishbone of the...



  • Even light-years from the Klingon Empire, the Day of Honor remains an occasion of great importance. And sometimes honor is found in the most unexpected places... B'Elanna Torres has never cared for the Day of Honor. Ashamed of her Klingon heritage, s...



  • B'Elanna Torres has no intention of celebrating the Day of Honor. A day of glory for others of Klingon heritage, the day for Torres has always been a dark one, for reasons that stretch back to childhood memories she has tried to forget. This Day o...






  • This is one mutt who won’t be muzzled for long! Damont Jones is running unopposed for class president and wants to keep it that way. He hatches a plot to keep Joe Talbot busy as catcher for the traveling Little League team. The Damonster's plan is...



  • When it comes to solving a double mystery, there’s only one dog for the job! Timmy Ashbury, a new boy in town, has a basement full of great antiques, including some cool old basketball trophies. Wishbone, Joe Talbot, Samantha Kepler, David Barnes,...



  • On the planet Xhaldia, ordinary men and women are mutating into bizarre creatures with extraordinary powers. But is this a momentous evolutionary leap or an unparalleled catastrophe? The very fabric of Xhaldian society is threatened as fear and preju...




  • Continuing the powerful story of Jim Kirk's lost friend, the man who helped shape a Starfleet captain...Gary Mitchell is dead, killed by his best friend for the sake of his ship. As Captain Kirk returns home in sadness, he recalls the first time he h...



  • Revealed at last, the full story of Jim Kirk's lost friend, the man who helped him become the captain we know...Stardate 1312.4. -- A young Captain Kirk, early in his legendary career, faces the crisis of his life when he must kill his best friend in...



  • The gripping conclusion to the story of Jim Kirk's lost friend, the man who helped shape a Starfleet captain.... Captain Kirk has returned to Earth to attend the funeral of Gary Mitchell -- the man he was forced to kill. As he wonders what he can po...



  • Did someone say aliens?! For the second time, a mysterious green, glowing object appears in the skies over Oakdale. This time, instead of disappearing, the object crashes on the outskirts of town. Wishbone-, Joe Talbot, Samantha Kepler, and David ...




  • "...to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations..." That is the mission statement of Starfleet, the declaration taken to heart by every starship captain, a mandate that has carried us across countless frontiers. It has ...







  • Three hundred years ago, the S.S. Valiant was destroyed during an ill-fated attempt to cross the legendary Galactic Barrier. Starfleet had always assumed that the Valiant had perished with all hands aboard, until a pair of unusual humanoids arrive at...



  • Long ago, the alien Quistalian leadership ordered its agent, Lucifer, to conquer Earth. A young Charles Xavier stopped him, but the victory cost him the use of his legs. Now, Professor X claims he has evidence of a massive secret Quistalian invasion ...




  • An omnibus volume gathering two DC Comics four-issue miniseries, the first Star Trek--The Modala Imperative and the second Star Trek:The Next Generation--The Modal Imperative (both published 1991).The first miniseries follows Captain Kirk into turmoi...



  • Lara Croft is a tomb raider -- a smart, sexy adventurer who gets her kicks unearthing the mysteries of the ancients. Bryce is the rumpled techno-wizard who keeps her in cutting-edge equipment. Nowhere is the nature of their relationship more evident ...



  • After the defeat of the Romulans and the creation of the Neutral Zone, the United Federation of Planets and its combined forces, Starfleet, are formed to keep the peace, but as the fledgling fleet begins to take shape, it faces a new challenge, an un...



  • Long before he took command of the Starship Enterprise, Captain Jean-Luc Picard led another proud vessel through the uncharted regions of the galaxy: the U.S.S. Stargazer. Thrust unexpectedly into the center seat, the twenty-eight-year-old Picard mus...



  • CONTINUING THE ADVENTURES OF THE U.S.S. STARGAZER... Thirty years before the days of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Jean-Luc Picard was thrust unexpectedly into command of another proud vessel: the U.S.S. Stargazer. Surrounded by a crew h...



  • Batman prefers to work alone -- but the Justice League needs him to be a team player if they're going to keep the World Assembly meeting peaceful. With tensions simmering between two European countries, Batman follows his own instincts instead of wor...






  • In 1893 a time-traveling Jean-Luc Picard encountered a long-lived alien named Guinan, who was posing as a human to learn Earth's customs. During this "first encounter," Picard saved Guinan's life, a favor she would never forget. Five centuries lat...



  • Identical twins Gerda and Idun Asmund lost their human parents early in life and were raised as warriors on the Klingon homeworld. They were taught to face every danger shoulder to shoulder -- regarding each other as the only certainty in a dangerous...



  • From Earth to the edge of our galaxy and beyond, from the early days of warp flight to the latter half of the twenty-fourth century, humankind and its alien partners in the Federation have looked to their heroes to expand the limits of their knowledg...





  • Without warning, a Starfleet ship is overwhelmed by a mysterious, alien aggressor -- one who appears to possess an intimate knowledge of the vessel's tactical technology. Then a second Starfleet ship is attacked. And a third. Twenty-eight-year-ol...



  • Ensign Andreas Nikolas, heartsick over the loss of his Mirror Universe lover, has resigned his post on Jean-Luc Picard's starship, the Stargazer, to seek a home on the freighter Iktoj'ni. All he wants of his new life is a chance to forget his tro...



  • Long before Captain Jean-Luc Picard took command of the legendary Starship Enterprise, he fell deeply and hopelessly in love with Doctor Beverly Crusher. Though, for one reason or another, Picard never acted on his feelings, he found a measure of con...



  • In 1979, science fiction and horror were brought together in director Ridley Scott's classic film Alien. The film follows the crew of a space cargo-ship, the Nostromo, who land on a hostile planet in response to a faint SOS only to discover an abando...



  • One of the most successful syndicated series of all time, Star Trek: The Next Generation breathed new life into the Star Trek franchise and kicked off a whole new era of Starfleet exploration and adventure!

    Now the crew of the Enterprise-D con...



  • Star Trek: The Next Generation breathed new life into the Star Trek franchise and kicked off a whole new era of Starfleet exploration and adventure! Now the crew of the Enterprise-D continue their mission in these great comics stories!

    In The ...



  • The Ultimates -- the first government-sponsored cadre of Super Heroes -- was assembled to face threats to humanity too insanely powerful forother operatives to handle. Led by a general who gave an eye in the service of his country, the super-powe...



  • Star Trek: The Next Generation kicked off a whole new era of Starfleet exploration and adventure. Now the crew of the Enterprise-D continue their mission in these great comics collections!

    In Maelstrom, an interplanetary peace treaty is threat...



  • Lawrence Talbot is the son of a family steeped in wealth and power. While on vacation in Europe his life was changed forever when he was bitten by a lycanthrope and cursed to walk the earth for the rest of eternity as an immortal monster driven by ra...



  • These are the continuing comics adventures of Kirk, Spock, Scotty - and Picard, Riker and Data - as the crews of both U.S.S. Enterprises come together in a series of amazing adventures!

    They first meet in the official adaptation of Star Trek G...



    • "We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships..." Ever since those chilling words reverberated throughout the bridge of the Enterprise, the Borg have been the most dangerous and relentless adversary of the entire Star Trek un...



  • Fractured history. Broken lives. Splintered souls. Since the alternate universe was first glimpsed in the classic episode "Mirror, Mirror," something about Star Trek's dark side has beckoned us, called to us, tempted us -- like forbidden fruit on the...



  • At the age of thirty-eight, Zeno Aristos is trying to find himself. Much to his girlfriend’s chagrin, he’s quit the New York City police force and can’t figure out what he wants to do with his life. A job in security doesn’t appeal to him. Bo...



  • It’s 2012. Maxtla Colhua is an Investigator for the Empire--an Aztec Empire that, having successfully repelled Hernan Cortes in 1603, stretches from one end of what we know as the Americas to the other. Now the Last Sun is upon Maxtla’s people, a...



  • Carnival in Venice, a time for masks and mystery and--sometimes--malice. When middle-aged American expatriate Tom, living in Paris, suggests to a group of friends that they gather in Venice for a mischievous challenge of wits, the game is on. Each wi...



  • A thrilling prequel comic book to After Earth, the highly anticipated science fiction adventure film starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith! A NEW HOME. A NEW ENEMY. More than two centuries ago, as Earth’s atmosphere became too toxic to support...



  • 21st-century Aztec gumshoe Maxtla Colhua, the hero of the alternate history police procedural Aztlan: The Last Sun, is back. This time he’s looking for the missing star of a brutal Aztec ball game"preferably before the guy’s fans make the stree...



  • Maxtla Colhua is an Investigator for the Empire -- a 21st-century Aztec Empire that, having successfully repelled Hernan Cortes in 1603, stretches from one end of what we know as the Americas to the other. In Aztlan: The Last Sun, someone has decided...



  • On a distant planet called Nova Prime, the United Ranger Corps defends the galaxy’s remaining humans from an alien race known as the Skrel and their genetically engineered predators, the Ursa -- and one Ranger will learn just how high the cost of v...



  • On a distant planet called Nova Prime, the United Ranger Corps defends the galaxy’s remaining humans from an alien race known as the Skrel and their genetically engineered predators, the Ursa. For one would-be Ranger, the battle between life and de...



  • Don’t freak out. Tim Cruz was the average kid. He loved the things lots of kids love. Then, one day at a baseball game, everything began to change. He got sick. Real sick. The kind of sick people don’t recover from. So Tim did the reasonable thin...



  • Anthony Borelli knew a lot more about Renaissance Italy than did most kids his age. He knew that it wasn’t one country but rather a whole bunch of city-states. He knew that people spoke a version of Italian back then that was different from the Ita...



  • Created in dark dwarvin caverns by a master smith, with mystic runes carved into its gleaming hilt and spells of blood to bind it with power, this was the legendary sword of Frey -- the magical brand that brought victory to its wielder. Now two might...



  • Pangaea Under SiegeIn Aristaya, the underwater turbine fields have been destroyed. In Hajawi, a military contingent follows a previously unknown tunnel on the trail of saboteurs. In Leshi, the life of a prominent statesman hangs by a thread. In Wymer...



  • • In “Aztlan: Speaker of Verse,” a prequel to the Aztlan series of 21st-century Aztec Empire murder mysteries, a young Maxtla Colhua investigates the murder of a highly regarded educator. • In “Behind Every Great Enhanced Being,” the moth...



  • Robinson Dark wakes up on a starship similar to his own but eerily different. He knows he can figure out what's going on if he can find this ship's captain and crew--but where are they?

    New York Times bestselling author Michael Jan Friedman,...



  • The Ultimates―the first government-sponsored cadre of Super Heroes―was assembled to face threats to humanity too insanely powerful for other operatives to handle. Led by a general who gave an eye in the service of his country, the super-powered r...



  • Pangaea At WarThe super-continent Pangaea, on which mankind has lived its entire life as a species, has become a dangerous and unpredictable place. The ancient oppressors known as the Aristai are tearing civilization apart in order to rebuild it in t...



  • * In The Immigrant, a 1920s ghost hunter seeks the dark spirit terrorizing recent emigres in a Progressive-Era settlement house.* In Mort, an obscure goddess of virtue finds herself on the wrong end of a fateful decree in the City of A Thousand Gods....



  • The Watson Chronicles.Christopher D. Abbott, Michael Jan Friedman, and Aaron Rosenberg team up to bring you a stunning collection of four new Sherlock Holmes adventures.From the cobbled streets of smog-filled London to the sweet country air of Scotla...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Michael Jan Friedman has published 84 books.

Michael Jan Friedman does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, SHERLOCK HOLMES Cases by Candlelight, was published in August 2022.

The first book by Michael Jan Friedman, The Hammer and the Horn, was published in June 1985.

Yes. Michael Jan Friedman has 5 series.