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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1988
  • Latest Book:
    January 2019
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Full Series List in Order

Jurisdiction Universe

1 - An Exchange of Hostages (Apr-1997)
2 - Prisoner of Conscience (Feb-1998)
3 - Hour of Judgment (Jan-1999)
4 - Angel of Destruction (Oct-2001)
5 - The Devil and Deep Space (Nov-2002)
6 - Warring States (Jan-2014)
7 - Blood Enemies (Apr-2017)
8 - Fleet Insurgent (Dec-2017)

Middle Earth Quest

3 - The Mines of Moria (Nov-1988)

Book List in Order: 12 titles




  • "Above all, do no harm."--The Hippocratic Oath "The Bench endorses the principle of swift and certain punishment for crimes against the judicial order."--The Inquisitor's Writ A promising young surgeon, Andrej Koscuisko has come, with great rel...



  • Andrej Koscuisko is an Inquisitor for the Bench federation of worlds. It is his duty to root out--quickly, efficiently, quietly--anyone who would threaten the ruling order. Andre] has been posted to the penal facility at Port Rudistal. Here hundr...



  • As Chief Medical Officer aboard the Jurisdiction Fleet Ship Ragnarok, Andrej Koscuisko's duty is to care for his shipmates; as Inquisitor, to extract confessions and administer punishment. But while the doctor takes pride in his healing skills, the t...



  • When her brother runs away to embrace a new faith that is based on heresy, orthodox believer Salli sets out to find him, facing in the process experiences that will cause her to question all she believes...



  • With dreams of establishing a utopian colony of Earth refugees on a distant planet threatened by class hatred and factional strife, only outsider Hillbrane Harkover, a one-time member of the elite class, who has been betrayed, condemned, and exiled t...



  • AMNESTY MAY BE GRANTED, BUT THE ANGEL CANNOT FORGIVE. A stand-alone novel within her critically acclaimed "Judiciary" universe, her latest work focuses on Bench specialist Garol Vogel and his attempts to make peace with the Langsarik people--the p...



  • Andrej Koscuisko, the Fleet Ship Inquisitor aboard the Ragnarok, has an enemy powerful enough to falsify a Bench warrant for his execution. Fortunately he escaped the Judiciary sanction through connections of his own. But before leaving for his home ...



  • The Ragnarok's legal status has been ambiguous since it shot its way out of Taisheki Station to escape a threat against the lives of its innocent crew. Ship's Inquisitor Andrej Koscuisko hopes to take advantage of this period of chaos and unrest to s...






  • TO END A GENOCIDAL MENACE, A RETIRED TORTURER MUST AGAIN TAKE UP HIS HATED TRADE Andrej Koscuisko is a former Fleet Medical Officer for the enormous totalitarian star empire, the Jurisdiction. But when he served in the Fleet, Andrej’s real job w...



  • NOVELLAS, SHORT STORIES, AND MORE IN THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED UNDER JURISTICTION SERIES from John W. Campbell Award finalist Susan R. Matthews. Together for the first time, here are the novellas, novelettes, and short stories that complete Matthews' ...



  • Fleet Inquisitor Andrej Koscuisko finds himself out of the frying pan and into the fire: to fight back against a devious crime syndicate that is trying to murder him and bring slavery and darkness to Gonebeyond Space. GONEBEYOND JUSTICE Gonebe...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Susan R. Matthews has published 12 books.

Susan R. Matthews does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Crimes Against Humanity, was published in January 2019.

The first book by Susan R. Matthews, The Mines of Moria, was published in November 1988.

Yes. Susan R. Matthews has 2 series.