Frank Carey

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  • Bibliography:
    85 Books (7 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2015
  • Latest Book:
    June 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Adventures of the League Space Patrol

1 - Captain Quinn Bracken (Feb-2018)
2 - Lieutenant Bart McSwain (Feb-2018)
3 - Captain Dex Corrigan (Feb-2018)
4 - Captain Ranell Glent (Feb-2018)
5 - Captain Tanoh Ohnat (Feb-2018)
6 - Captain Niall Thorvald (Mar-2018)
7 - Marshal Melinda McKee (Mar-2018)
8 - Lieutenant Greg Alabaster (Mar-2018)
9 - Deputy Marshal Maxine Wabash (Apr-2018)

Engine of Creation

1 - Weapon (Jul-2017)
2 - Rescuer (Jul-2017)
3 - Engine (Aug-2017)
4 - Return (Sep-2017)
5 - Orta (Sep-2017)
6 - Convergence (Oct-2017)

Heroes of the League

1 - Nebulon (Oct-2017)
2 - Taggart (Oct-2017)
3 - Tobath (Oct-2017)
4 - Royce (Oct-2017)
5 - Shanna (Oct-2017)
6 - Akira (Oct-2017)
7 - Maranta (Oct-2017)
8 - Venecia (Oct-2017)
9 - Mimbres (Oct-2017)
10 - Shenda (Oct-2017)
11 - Marta (Oct-2017)
12 - Legacy (Oct-2017)
13 - Lucien (Oct-2017)
14 - Joshua (Oct-2017)
15 - Kellen (Oct-2017)
16 - Gus (Oct-2017)

Olly versus the Mechanoids

1 - Vendetta (Jan-2018)
2 - Machinations (Jan-2018)
3 - Endgame (Jan-2018)

Smuggler Elf Chronicles

1 - Smuggler Elf (Feb-2016)
2 - Smuggler's Daughter (Apr-2016)
3 - Smuggler's Wife (Jul-2016)
4 - Smuggler's Legacy (Sep-2016)
5 - Smuggler's Return (Jul-2017)

Stryker Team

1 - Evolution (Nov-2017)
2 - Transition (Nov-2017)
3 - Unification (Nov-2017)
4 - Resolution (Nov-2017)
5 - Nochmar (Nov-2017)
6 - Gweyr (Nov-2017)
7 - Reton (Dec-2017)
8 - Necrue (Dec-2017)

The Velara Experiment

1 - Arrival (Feb-2017)
2 - Reunion (Jul-2017)
3 - Redemption (Jul-2017)

Book List in Order: 85 titles

  • Venlanta Rising

    A sci-fi space opera of 32,100 words. For three thousand years, the Venlantens have lived among humans in relative peace, especially now that artificial Nutrient has been developed. Recently, something has changed, causing the Venlantans to die in my...

  • Elves, Vampires, and Olympians

    Meet three of the League of Planetary Systems most interesting species in this collection of three novellas. The Quest Royce Aymar, pilot and Elf Prince in hiding, must find a way to save a planet from disaster while coming to grips with his past and...

  • Pulse

    The future served upside-down on a plate of speculation.

    What if a cat takes time from his busy day to help his human with a robot problem? What if an alien woman has a unique reaction to coffee? What if a batch of nanorobots decide to r...

  • Smuggler Elf

    Smuggler Elf Chronicles - 1

    In the fight to save his family, his greatest enemy may be… himself.

    Harmon Aymar is a pretty nice guy. The Smuggler Elf is a hacker, a father, and a husband. He also has an evil twin named Atmar with a tendency to cause Harmon deep, de...

  • Smuggler's Daughter

    Smuggler Elf Chronicles - 2

    In the fight to save herself, the Smuggler’s Daughter’s greatest enemy may be… her doubts.

    Shenda Aymar’s first three decades have been pretty interesting. Shenda is a hacker, grafter, daughter, and a ship’s captain. The prime...

  • Smuggler's Wife

    Smuggler Elf Chronicles - 3

    In the fight to save her family. Her greatest enemy may be herself.

    Marta McMurphy is a pretty cool lady. Elf Marine Expeditionary Force General, retired, Marta McMurphy is a wife, mother, and grandmother. She’s also a tenacious fight...

  • The League Foundation Trilogy 1

    Ancient artifacts and mysterious races collide with a team of elite scientists and engineers. The result could be war on a galactic scale.

    In Nebulon, a renowned xenoarchaeologist from the planet Tralaska, is tasked to find the source of...

  • The League Foundation Trilogy 2

    Nothing is ever easy in outer space when elves, vampires and Olympians get involved.

    Elf Marine Royce Aymar is shot during a firefight. He awakens with his memories gone. Royce must save the King before going on The Quest to find his mem...

  • Smuggler's Legacy

    Smuggler Elf Chronicles - 4

    In the fight to save his future, his greatest enemy may be…those he trusted.

    Harmon Aymar is a pretty nice guy. The Smuggler Elf is a hacker, a father, and a husband. His good intentions have a tendency to get Harmon into deep, deep tr...



  • Arrival

    The Velara Experiment - 1

    Searching for redeption...the crew and passengers of the Valera find terror instead.

    For Dr. Joshua Gray dies while saving Area 51 and the state of Nevada.

    Moments later, he wakes up aboard a space ship, saving a beautiful alien wom...

  • Redemption

    The Velara Experiment - 3

    Gus spent twenty years finding things lost by others. Only one thing eluded him, redemption.

    Can his immortal friends help Gus find his way? Can Gus go full circle from the events on the River’s Edge to redemption.

    If you like t...

  • Rescuer

    Engine of Creation - 2

    A mad scientist, a new girlfriend, a lovesick goddess… what could go wrong?

    With his plucky Alue sidekick and Katalan partner trapped in a microuniverse prison, can cyborg Detective Inspector Gabe Adon save the world again?.

    If ...

  • Reunion

    The Velara Experiment - 2

    Searching for clues to the past...historian Dr. Kel Hardy must face the truth about his family and his species.

    History is a great teacher if the lessons don't kill you.

    If you like tech-heavy sci-fi, relatable characters, and stori...

  • Smuggler's Return

    Smuggler Elf Chronicles - 5

    In the fight to save the Earth, his greatest enemy may be… himself. Harmon Aymar is a pretty nice guy. The Smuggler Elf is a hacker, a father, and a husband. He’s devoted to his family even though they have a tendency to cause Harmon deep, deep t...

  • Weapon

    Engine of Creation - 1

    He’s been dead for more than 200 years. You’d think things couldn’t get worse.

    With the help of his plucky Alue sidekick and a Katalan that sets off his cat-phobia, can Detective Inspector Gabe Adon save a universe and find the dau...

  • Engine

    Engine of Creation - 3

    There are only two things on Gabe’s to-do list -- amass an appropriate Katalan dowry and Save the multiverse.

    His Katalan partner thinks he got her pregnant. His granddaughter is wearing his favorite shirt. And now he has to save the w...

  • Orta

    Engine of Creation - 5

    The Orta, one of the founding member species of the League, may not be what they seem.

    Gabe Adon and his family must stop a mad scientist from destroying one of the League’s founding planets. Whether they’re fuzzy Orta or Fire Demons...

  • Return

    Engine of Creation - 4

    Her first day on the job as an Earth Security Officer, Rista Adon wonders if she can live up to her father’s legacy.

    Gabe Adon’s worst nightmare killed him more than 200 years ago, but now his universe and his family is threatened by...

  • Akira

    Heroes of the League - 6

    Ghosts from his past still haunt Akira. Can he battle his demons to save himself and the Earth?

    Hundreds of ships from the Earth Defense Forces, the League of Planetary Systems, and the race that created the Annihilator stand between Ear...



  • Convergence

    Engine of Creation - 6

    Is time travel possible? Can Zoe Muntz use it to stop Gabe Adon from ever becoming a thorn in her side?

    Gabe Adon’s favorite mad scientist is back and causing trouble across the multiverse. Gabe had trouble coming to terms with meeting...

  • Gus

    Heroes of the League - 16

    Gus spent twenty years finding things lost by others. Only one thing eluded him, redemption.

    Can his immortal friends help Gus find his way? Can Gus go full circle from the events on the River’s Edge to redemption.

    Gus is the si...

  • Joshua

    Heroes of the League - 14

    Searching for redemption, the crew and passengers of the Valera find terror instead.

    Dr. Joshua Gray dies while saving Area 51. Moments later, he wakes up aboard a space ship, saving a beautiful alien woman and her crew from certain deat...

  • Kellen

    Heroes of the League - 15

    Searching for clues to the past, historian Dr. Kellen Hardy must face the truth about his family and his species.

    History is a great teacher if the lessons don't kill you.

    Kellen is the fifteenth book in a series of epic sci-fi spa...

  • Legacy

    Heroes of the League - 12

    Smuggler or Prince, which life will Harmon choose?

    Harmon Aymar, AKA Prince Lucien, faces his greatest challenge so far, when two ancient enemies resurface and each tries to convince the League of Planetary Systems to believe their versi...

  • Lucien

    Heroes of the League - 13

    In the fight to save the Earth, Lucien’s greatest enemy may be… himself.

    Lucien is a pretty nice guy. He’s been a hacker, a father, a husband, and a prince. He’s devoted to his family even though they have a tendency to cause him ...

  • Maranta

    Heroes of the League - 7

    A field trip to an uninhabited planet puts the Smuggler Elf’s sister and daughter in peril. Will Harmon die to save them?

    Harman Aymar, the Smuggler Elf, has a varied resume. He’s been a father, a husband, and a Smuggler. He’s also...

  • Marta

    Heroes of the League - 11

    In the fight to save her family, her greatest enemy may be herself.

    Marta McMurphy is a pretty cool lady. Elf Marine Expeditionary Force General, retired, Marta McMurphy is a wife, mother, and grandmother. She’s also a tenacious fight...

  • Mimbres

    Heroes of the League - 9

    A cult plans to revive an ancient evil. Can the Smuggler Elf save his world again?

    Harman was hoping for some peace and quiet, but the universe has other ideas. With the help of his friends and family, he travels to a prison planet in an...

  • Nebulon

    Heroes of the League - 1

    They took part of his soul. Will he be able to stop them from starting a war?

    John Taggart, the Earth’s foremost expert on soul transference and telepresence, leads a rescue mission to save a Martok ship from a group of renegade Tralas...



  • Royce

    Heroes of the League - 4

    In reality, Msgt. Royce Aymar was severely wounded in battle. The question is -- which reality is real?

    While on a royal protection detail, Msgt. Royce Aymar of the Elf Marines is shot. He wakes to find himself with a new job, new friend...

  • Shanna

    Heroes of the League - 5

    The Venlanten homeworld has been found. Does it contain the cure the Venlantens need?

    Dr. Shanna Syron can’t believe she’s part of the expedition to explore the homeworld of her species. The goal is to find a cure for the diseases wh...

  • Shenda

    Heroes of the League - 10

    In the fight to save herself, Shenda’s greatest enemy may be… her doubts.

    Shenda Aymar’s first three decades have been pretty interesting. She’s a hacker, grafter, daughter, and a ship’s captain. The prime of her set of gelf q...

  • Taggart

    Heroes of the League - 2

    They took part of his soul. Will he be able to stop them from starting a war?

    John Taggart, the Earth’s foremost expert on soul transference and telepresence, leads a rescue mission to save a Martok ship from a group of renegade Tralas...

  • Tobath

    Heroes of the League - 3

    Fate reunites two young lovers. Can they stop a war and survive what the future has in store?

    Tobath has found a family with a group of musicians, but his past keeps catching up with him. Helping his friends pull the League back from the...

  • Venecia

    Heroes of the League - 8

    The Smuggler Elf and his daughter bond while making a delivery run to Venecia. Could a normal life be in his future?

    Harman Aymar, the Smuggler Elf, discovers a plot to destroy the universe. Saving the planet becomes a family affair when...

  • Evolution

    Stryker Team - 1

    Doctor, Marine, murderer... Kalana Grenor’s been through a lot of changes. Can she survive one more?

    Once a doctor and a captain in the Space Marines until her fianace, Peter, died on her operating table, Kalana is wracked with guilt. ...

  • Gweyr

    Stryker Team - 6

    Can EMEF Stryker Team 1 save General Royce Aymar from taking the throne of the Realm of Gweyr?

    Stryker Team 1 has a new commanding officer, Lt. Colonel Titus King. Their first mission together as a team is to rescue retired General Aymar...

  • Nochmar

    Stryker Team - 5

    Can Stryker Team 1 stop Nochmar, the elf who destroyed Atlantis?

    An ancient elf, thought destroyed long ago, reappears, Stryker Team 1 is called on to stop him from destroying the League of Planetary Systems. The team faces a worthy oppo...

  • Resolution

    Stryker Team - 4

    When a race that knows only death and destruction takes Gabe Adon hostage, can Kalana and her stryker team save him?

    On a remote planet plagued by civil war, a new race that can possess the living and the dead is planning an attack on th...



  • Transition

    Stryker Team - 2

    The man she’s accused of murdering may not be dead. Can Kalana handle the truth?

    In league with the woman who accused her of murdering her fiancé, Kalana and her team hunt for the truth about what happened to the man, Space Marine Col...

  • Unification

    Stryker Team - 3

    When a race that knows only death and destruction takes Gabe Adon hostage, can Kalana and her stryker team save him?

    On a remote planet plagued by civil war, a new race that can possess the living and the dead is planning an attack on th...

  • Necrue

    Stryker Team - 8

    Can Stryker Team 1 stop the beings that are taking over the living crew of an Earth Survey Ship?

    Stryker Team 1 faces a new enemy when they discover beings that can merge with the living and along the way the team learns more interesting...

  • Reton

    Stryker Team - 7

    Can Kalana and her stryker team stop a rampaging sapient ship while holding a band of pirates at bay?Stryker Team 1 is caught in a family feud from a distant nebula that’s spilled over into the League when the two combatants are transported over 50...

  • Endgame

    Olly versus the Mechanoids - 3

    Caught in the middle of the family squabble to end all family squables, our hero, Olly, must travel to the Omega Nebula and the home of the Mechanoids to face his greatest challenge while stopping Doctor Zoe Muntz before it's too late.If you like tec...

  • Machinations

    Olly versus the Mechanoids - 2

    The Mechanoid Iona is back, but this time she has the evil mad scientist Dr. Zoe Muntz with her. Now Olly must face the ultimate danger from his past while stopping their nefarious plans.If you like tech-heavy sci-fi and adventure, you'll love the se...

  • Vendetta

    Olly versus the Mechanoids - 1

    A 21st century getaway driver from New York City, finds himself drafted by Area 51 to drive an alien spacecraft. After surviving a space battle with another alien ship, he finds himself waking up 200 years in the future. Now, the real adventure begin...

  • Captain Dex Corrigan

    Adventures of the League Space Patrol - 3

    Can Captain Dex Corrigan survive meeting an ancient alien threat?Vengeance-seeking aliens from another time return to the League of Planetary Systems and find Space Patrol Captain Dex Corrigan standing squarely in their way.If you like tech-heavy sc...

  • Captain Quinn Bracken

    Adventures of the League Space Patrol - 1

    Can a wingnut pilot rise to the occasion when the fate of a planet hangs in the balance?Quinn loves being part of the League’s Space Patrol, but sometimes the job just isn’t a good fit for her. Now, she’s the only pilot in the right place to st...

  • Captain Ranell Glent

    Adventures of the League Space Patrol - 4

    Space Patrol Captain Ranell Glent, a seasoned patrol pilot with a spotless record, is breaking in his new lieutenant when he gets word of a distress signal from his mother’s ship. He arrives on station only to find that a can of worms the size of a...



  • Captain Tanoh Ohnat

    Adventures of the League Space Patrol - 5

    No matter how well you hide, your past will eventually catch up with you.Tanoh was once Prince Kalock Stor of the Lysan Commonwealth until he refused to ritually murder his father, the king. Now, exiled to the League of Planetary Systems, he lives a ...

  • Lieutenant Bart McSwain

    Adventures of the League Space Patrol - 2

    Can Bart face a synthetic fluid lifeform that looks like his dead wife?An evil mad scientist returns from the dead with a new plan to take over the League. Can Bart put his past behind him and focus on his future long enough to stop her?If you like t...

  • Captain Niall Thorvald

    Adventures of the League Space Patrol - 6

    The universe seems to want him dead, and he doesn’t have a clue why.Captain Niall Thorvald is a survivor. He survived the destruction of Tennosh and the loss of his entire family. As a smuggler, Office of Security Agent, and Officer in the League S...

  • Lieutenant Greg Alabaster

    Adventures of the League Space Patrol - 8

    Being a backup to a person is one thing but meeting the original can just ruin your whole day.Imagine yourself waking up in a strange room 300 years in the future. Now imagine that you aren't really yourself, only a clone with the memories of the ori...

  • Marshal Melinda McKee

    Adventures of the League Space Patrol - 7

    New beginnings can be tough, especially when a killer bot comes to town.After the death of her boyfriend, a Space Patrol Captain finds herself the marshal of a colony at the edge of League space. Still reeling from her loss, she and her team must fac...

  • Deputy Marshal Maxine Wabash

    Adventures of the League Space Patrol - 9

    Sometimes you can right the wrongs of the past. If you’re lucky, you get to survive the process.Maxine is your typical young Alue working for Space Patrol at the edge of the League of Planetary Systems. Two-million years ago, her people almost wipe...

  • Dark of Space

    Captain Jacob Morley already had his hands full running his freighter, mentoring Urania, muse daughter of the immortal Zeus, and keeping an eye on the flow of illicit artifacts through the sector. Now, with the help of Lord Gregory Alabaster and his ...

  • Enemy from the Past

    The future is never what it’s cracked up to be.During the Victorian Era, Lord Gregory Alabaster and the Alliance of Six disappear during a mission to Krakatoa Island. Thought dead, they reappear 300 years in the future facing a foe also thought lon...

  • Nefarious Beginnings

    Even good things may have less-than-stellar beginnings.Years before joining the League of Planetary Systems, the Consortium of Planets faced undead invaders from the past, unique ecosystems endangered by greed, and smugglers raising havoc on member p...

  • Prisoner of Time

    Even Lord Alabaster and his Alliance have problems with time management.Lord Gregory Alabaster and his team have earned a vacation, but their time away from work is short-lived when they find themselves having to save the universe from a temporal dis...

  • Return of the Alliance

    Now known only as the Alliance, Lord Gregory Alabaster and his team must face a new enemy while rescuing their old foe and his followers from a slow, cold death in the vacuum of space.Return of the Alliance is the third book of the Alliance Chronicle...

  • Search for Rotaton

    Wouldn’t it be great if you could study the past in person? Yeah, not so much.Once the director of OffSec's time travel program, Samantha Hardy finds herself facing the League’s greatest threat on a world at the edge of known space as she tries t...

  • Phantom Star Cruiser

    A missing ship, a cranky first officer, and an intercom in the shower. What's a girl to do? Its another typical day in the life of Captain Aurora Clandish until her past catches up with her. With help from Lord Gregory Alabaster and his Alliance,...

  • Aurora

    A missing ship, a cranky first officer, and an intercom in the shower. What's a girl to do? Its another typical day in the life of Captain Aurora Clandish, commanding officer of the League Merchant Ship Chrysalis. This is the story of Aurora, her cre...

  • Mechanoid Terror

    Getaway driver versus 600'-long sapient ship in a grudge match spanning over 200-years and 600 light-years. In this corner is Johnny Wilson, 21st century driver from New York City. And in this corner is Iona, a cruiser-sized sapient spaceship who wan...

  • Spell Slinger

  • Caretakers

    IMaintaining a sanctuary for alien lifeforms can be difficult. Dealing with an alien ship bent on revenge is downright hard.After Area 51 maintenance worker Lee Carstares is exposed to experimental nanobots, he is reassigned to Area 26--the Extraterr...

  • Crystal Wrangler

  • Moon Trap

    Exploring ancient laboratories on Earth’s moon is never a good idea but throw in a group of extraterrestrial tomb robbers and one should expect all kinds of bad.While attending a UFO Conference in Las Vegas, Lee and Clare are kidnapped by a group o...

  • Full Circle

    Why does eating waffles with the family bring aliens bent on revenge out of the woodwork?Since being exposed to nanorobots at the beginning of the 21st century, Lee Carstares has been a caretaker of Area 26, the alien animal sanctuary, husband to his...

  • Fluidity

    Do you have what it takes to be part of the Ranu Diplomatic Corps?Being a fluid life form isn’t easy, especially when your creator was a mad genius whose mercurial mood swings could be fatal to anyone who got between her and her goal. Adam liked be...

  • Parthenon

    Hope comes in all forms even something as simple as a small town sheriff and his plucky robot sidekick.A massive plague during the latter part of the 21st century decimates humanity while bringing about the rise of the AI. Heroes rise to fight-off an...

  • Deckhand

    Even immortals can die. It just takes longer.A detective with a penchant for assuming identities finds himself on a faraway planet where an old adversary is trying to pull off the caper of a lifetime. Only problem is the ship he stole is about to exp...

  • Salvage

    You can run and you can hide but the past will eventually catch up with you.A mistake made over forty years ago has returned to haunt Joseph Dombrowski. Once a world-renowned geneticist, Joe now works in space as an interplanetary tow truck driver. H...

  • Roguebots

    In this fourth installment in the Parthenon saga, the city of Atlanta, a space station in orbit, and Earth itself are threatened by rogue nanobots controlled by the souls of zealots bent on world domination. Only a researcher, his lawyer girlfriend, ...

  • Mechanic

    Years after the eradication of the Ellie plague, Earth was on the mend as its population of humans and other species grew with help from the Confederation of Worlds. Space travel was now common and spacefarers from distant planets needed a waypoint w...

  • A Wrangler of Crystals

    A third-class magician finds more than he is bargaining for when his witch boss decides to steal a crate of gems to sell to the highest bidder from another universe.A Wrangler of Crystals is the complete saga of Sigmund Alderthal and includes previou...

  • Runt

    Everyone wants to be king, everyone that is except for Trevor. He just wants to get as far away from his people as possible, yet the universe seems bent on thwarting his plans at every step. Runt is the second installment in the story of the Old...

  • Area 5

    Inside Area 5, Dub went into stasis looking forward to being on the first manned expedition to Mars, but he's awakened to deal with robot intruders, an aircraft about to crash, and alien vandals ransacking the place. Maybe he should have hit the snoo...

  • Adventures of the League Space Patrol: The Complete Series

    The mission of the League of Planetary Systems Space Patrol is to search out problems and deal with them. The members of Space Patrol are first responders for incidents within the borders of the League. You have a problem; you call Space Patrol.These...

  • Battle Wolf

    Satellite Technician Eli Coeus woke up one morning, kissed his wife goodbye, then headed into space to start his day fixing communications satellites. Little did he know he would return centuries later to find the world he knew changed beyond imagina...

  • Ranger

    While on a routine diplomatic mission to a mining planet, Ranger Jayden Blix finds himself, his copilot, and their ship thrown into the past to face an assassin who could change the very fabric of time. After enlisting the help of a time traveler fro...

  • Infiltrator

    United Earth Army Lieutenant Sylvester Veloso woke up in a lab over three decades late. Only now, he was in full werewolf mode and darned if he couldn't turn it off. Little did he know how useful the fur, claws, and fangs would be in his new job.Infi...

  • Cutter

    Once King of the planet Lepora, Nick Vixel was now a simple miner and master gem cutter living in Lone Tree, a small town in mid-west North America. His plans to open a jewelry shop are interrupted by reactor overloads, a visit by a child he didn't k...

  • Dante

    Engineer Dante Tanzan spent his days napping and waiting for a message from the Morta Colony Ship Lanker and his wife, Stersa. Then one day, an alien ship crashed near his house.Now, Dante is in a race to find out who killed his people, why the Lanke...

  • Zayden

    Zayden Wilcox had what he considered a dream job: Space Patrol Marshal for the sector of Losig Maltrose Station and beyond. He had a routine that would bore a normal man to tears, a staff who loved him, and an ex-smuggler ship he called home. Then ev...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Frank Carey has published 85 books.

Frank Carey does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Zayden, was published in June 2021.

The first book by Frank Carey, Venlanta Rising, was published in October 2015.

Yes. Frank Carey has 7 series.
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