Kate Sheeran Swed

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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2018
  • Latest Book:
    March 2024
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Full Series List in Order

The Interstellar Trials

1 - The Tournament (Apr-2023)
2 - The Resistance (Apr-2023)
3 - The Legacy (May-2023)

League of Independent Operatives

1 - Alter Ego (Mar-2020)
2 - Anti-Hero (May-2020)
3 - Mastermind (Feb-2021)
4 - Nemesis (Jun-2021)
5 - Defender (Jan-2022)

Parse Galaxy

0.5 - Outlaw Rising (Mar-2022)
1 - Chaos Zone (May-2022)
2 - Bounty War (Jul-2022)
3 - Traitor Game (Nov-2022)
4 - Exile Sky (Feb-2023)
5 - Battle Fringe (May-2023)
6 - Empire Claim (Jul-2023)
7 - Current Drift (Oct-2023)

Pathbound Enterprises

1 - Bypass the Stars (Apr-2021)

Toccata System

1 - Parting Shadows (Jul-2019)
2 - Phantom Song (Aug-2019)
3 - Prodigal Storm (Nov-2019)

Book List in Order: 26 titles

  • Tricked

    An adult anthology of five stories featuring trickster themes, each loaded to the brim with conspiracies, scoundrels, and plot twists galore. A jilted silent film star plans a revenge heist with the unscrupulous childhood friend he always found ...

  • Parting Shadows

    Toccata System - 1

    Raised by a heartsick AI, she’s programmed to kill. And desperate to flee.


    After growing up on an isolated space station, Astra dreams of solid ground. But with an AI guardian plugged into her head--and her nervous system--it’s not l...

  • Phantom Song

    Toccata System - 2

    Angel of music. Instrument of justice.

    As the fashionably veiled operatic sensation of Landry City, Claire Leroux is adored by the masses. But Claire must never let her fans discover what hides behind her mask--a body that’s half-machine ...

  • Prodigal Storm

    Toccata System - 3

    Two weeks ago, the AI that raised LJ forced her to murder the man she loved. But Conor survived. He wants nothing to do with the woman who tried to kill him, and yet LJ's got the only crew brash enough to chase after his father--who's a step away fro...

  • Alter Ego

    League of Independent Operatives - 1

    Hollywood days. Vigilante nights.

    To the world, she's a star.

    To the league of heroes who raised her? She's a liability.


    Mary's got a penchant for gadgets, a resume packed with criminal-busting credentials, and a reckless s...

  • Anti-Hero

    League of Independent Operatives - 2

    Mary O'Sullivan makes her own rules now. Her first self-assigned mission? Track down the league retirees who helped kill her family, and bring them to justice. But Mary's crusade thrusts her deep into the shadows of vigilantism, where good an...

  • Don't Look Back

    From science fiction and fantasy author Kate Sheeran Swed, Don't Look Back is a short story collection that blends space travel with ghostly encounters and explores the possibilities of near-future technology—the good, the suspect, and the outr...

  • Mastermind

    League of Independent Operatives - 3

    Mary O'Sullivan no longer trusts her instincts. Her secret identity is blown, the league is under official scrutiny, and LIO's retirees are now their sworn enemies--all because of her reckless decisions. When mysterious strangers steal the league's m...

  • Bypass the Stars

    Pathbound Enterprises - 1

    Seventeen-year-old Frankie Hartiger can reroute any elevator, steal the data from any ID chip, and scramble the facial recognition software on any security bot. The only thing she can't hack? Her parents. They won't trust her with a coffee order, nev...



  • Nemesis

    League of Independent Operatives - 4

    Mary O'Sullivan's world is on the brink of collapse. The Enhanced Abilities Enforcement Association is persecuting humans with powers, forcing them to register their talents with the government. With LIO no longer sanctioned, agents swarm the streets...

  • Defender

    League of Independent Operatives - 5

    Mary O'Sullivan is out of her depth, and out for blood. With her headquarters buried in rock, her resources are scarce. But Mary needs to stop the vengeful alien demi-god, Sever, before he murders the man she loves -- and before his prison of a force...

  • Remain Alert

    Lesson #1 in intergalactic mixology: VIPs take it floated, not stirred. Explore the farthest reaches of the galaxy in Kate Sheeran Swed's newest collection of science fiction stories. In "Chosen," an intergenerational spaceship return...

  • Outlaw Rising

    Parse Galaxy - 0.5

    Sloane Tarnish has always secretly admired her outlaw of an uncle and his tales of not-so-legal adventures across the galaxy–but she never thought she'd be asked to help with one of his heists. When Uncle Vin shows up on her med school campus ...

  • Chaos Zone

    Parse Galaxy - 1

    Space travel is so overrated. Bounty hunting isn't any better, but it's what Sloane Tarnish needs to do if she wants to fix the rundown spaceship her uncle dumped on her. So she can find him and dump it right back. Problem A: Her uncle also ditched h...

  • Bounty War

    Parse Galaxy - 2

    Sloane Tarnish doesn't mean to collect enemies like a Nano-Healer collects germs. They just keep showing up, for absolutely no reason at all. Yes, she hired her last bounty target to work on her ship instead of turning him in. And yes, she supposes s...

  • Traitor Game

    Parse Galaxy - 3

    Sloane Tarnish isn't the kind of girl who typically harbors celebrity fugitives on the rugged little spaceship she calls home. But now that she's stuck with one, she can't help but feel she's pretty darn good at it, thank you very much. She doesn't k...

  • Exile Sky

    Parse Galaxy - 4

    Sloane might not relish the situation that's got her tangled in a web of Galactic Fleet and Trade Federation politics – but she's knee-deep in it now. And she's finished with dead ends. When she finally cracks the clue her uncle left behind, i...

  • The Resistance

    The Interstellar Trials - 2

    How do you escape when there's nowhere to run? Reggie Sylvester and her friends are fugitives from the tyrannical rage of Admiral Xavier, which is no longer contained to the New Fleet. Without crops or fuel for their shuttle, though, they won't last ...

  • The Tournament

    The Interstellar Trials - 1

    Her life is a crime. To survive, she'll steal another. Reggie's spent her life stowed away in the crawl spaces of a generation ship that's headed to the stars. If the ship's tyrannical authorities discover she exists, it'll mean a long walk out of a ...



  • Battle Fringe

    Parse Galaxy - 5

    Sloane Tarnish is finished with Galactic politics, Fleet Commanders, criminal cartels, spaceships in general, and–most of all–bounty hunting. The only problem? Bounty hunting isn't finished with her. The Cosmic Trade Federation has a bo...

  • The Legacy

    The Interstellar Trials - 3

    Reggie knows how to stop Xavier. She just needs the one thing she hasn't got: time. With their friends captured and their list of allies slashed to zero, Reggie and Noah embark on a quest to locate the lost navigation keys before Xavier does. The pri...

  • Empire Claim

    Parse Galaxy - 6

    It might be true that there's no rest for the wicked – but Sloane Tarnish wishes they'd at least take a nap. Unfortunately, the Cosmic Trade Federation is too excited to sleep. All keyed up about their little bid to establish a galactic empire...

  • Current Drift

    Parse Galaxy - 7

    For once, Sloane Tarnish is actually winning.  The resistance movement against the Cosmic Trade Federation? Winning. The plan to keep her badly behaving uncle restrained and out of the way? Also winning. Her love life? Totally winning, than...

  • Claim the Void

    An alien disease. A cryptic bloodline. An ancient feud between worlds. Well. It's nothing a little swagger can't handle. Damian Riddle's sick of bouncing around the known galaxy in search of a cure for the alien disease that's been plaguing him for m...

  • Fallout Strike

    Sloane Tarnish's crew is in tatters–her science officer captured, her pilot gravely wounded. She's not looking for revenge; she just wants justice. And an end to the Cosmic Trade Federation's galactic takeover attempt, because enough already. ...

  • Power Struggle

    Mary O'Sullivan would rather throw punches than parties. But though her vigilante-league family can fly and support collapsing bridges on one shoulder, Mary's stuck with her wits, muscles, and a desperate need to prove herself. When the league uses h...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kate Sheeran Swed has published 26 books.

Kate Sheeran Swed does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Power Struggle, was published in March 2024.

The first book by Kate Sheeran Swed, Tricked, was published in October 2018.

Yes. Kate Sheeran Swed has 5 series.
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