Kenneth Tam

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  • Bibliography:
    70 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2010
  • Latest Book:
    October 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Equations

The Alien Equation (Jan-2010)
The Destiny Equation (Jan-2010)
The Earther Equation (Jan-2010)
The Genesis Equation (Jan-2010)
The Human Equation (Jan-2010)
The Nemesis Equation (Jan-2010)
The Renegade Equation (Jan-2010)
The Vengeance Equation (Jan-2010)

His Majesty's New World

1 - The Grasslands (Apr-2010)
2 - The Frontier (Apr-2010)
3 - The Reprisal (May-2010)
4 - The Expedition (Jun-2011)
5 - The Badlands (Jul-2012)

The Martian War

2231: Mars Against Empire (Jan-2010)
2232: Chase Into Blackness (Jan-2010)
2233: Reap the Whirlwind (Mar-2010)
2234: Victory from Peace (Jul-2012)
2235: The World Is Broken (Jul-2012)
The Empire (Jul-2012)

Book List in Order: 70 titles

  • 2231: Mars Against Empire

    The Martian War

    An omnibus including the first four books in the Defense Command series, 2231: Mars Against Empire covers the outset of the Martian War. Earth's former colonists on Mars have built their 'Imperium', and now choose to launch a war against the Earth Em...

  • 2232: Chase Into Blackness

    The Martian War

    The adventure, romance, and war continues through four more books in 2232: Chase Into Blackness. Covering the second year of the Martian War, this omnibus follows Ken Barron and his comrades Karen McMaster and Charlie Peters on their infamous mission...

  • The Alien Equation

    Equations

    The second novel in the Equations series: Earth is safely in the hands of the Earthers, but the adopted human homeworld of Genesis remains under the destructive rule of the Church. Admiral Andra Ursla, at the head of a newly reconstructed fleet, must...

  • The Destiny Equation

    Equations

    The eighth and final novel in the Equations series: The Earthers have been defeated at almost every turn. Omega, the sentient plague that created their race, is simply too powerful to overcome. With help from old friends and former enemies, the Earth...

  • The Earther Equation

    Equations

    The fourth novel in the Equations series: Victory for the Allies is finally at hand. After two years of war, and millions of lives lost, the Kroggs have fallen back to their home systems, where they now make a desperate stand. With the combined force...

  • The Genesis Equation

    Equations

    The fifth novel in the Equations series: Forty years have passed since the end of the Krogg War, and the strains on the peace are showing. With the growing Freetown colony facing challenges from the Church settlement at Ecclesia, and the militant ele...

  • The Human Equation

    Equations

    The first novel in the Equations series: The human race was driven from the Earth in the mid-twenty first century, by an intelligent bio-weapon called Omega. Seven hundred years later, humanity's descendants return to Earth on a Quest fueled by a fal...

  • The Nemesis Equation

    Equations

    The seventh novel in the Equations series: Omega has proved a match for Earther wits, and for Earther arms. Now, as his plague ships simultaneously threaten the Larosian galaxy, the human Freetown colony, and the Krogg homeworld, the Earthers must sc...

  • The Renegade Equation

    Equations

    The third novel in the Equations series: Though the situation at Genesis is stabilized, the Earthers and humans remain at war with the Kroggs. After nine months of fighting, the Allied Fleets find themselves at the end of a dangerously long supply li...



  • The Vengeance Equation

    Equations

    The sixth novel in the Equations series: The galaxy reels from the shocking return of Omega. Genesis is gone, the haggard remnants of its human civilization barely escaping infection and slavery at the hands of the mutated, sentient plague. Freetown,...

  • 2233: Reap the Whirlwind

    The Martian War

    Covering the third year of the Martian War, 2233: Reap The Whirlwind follows Ken Barron, Karen McMaster, Charlie Peters and their comrades through more adventure, romance, and combat. Beginning with a stop at Pion Rock, one of the most horrible and s...

  • The Frontier

    His Majesty's New World - 2

    The second novel of adventure set upon His Majesty's New World... The Royal Newfoundland Regiment is sent to the American Pacifica Territory to assist with a new mission on the grasslands. Partnered with the buffalo soldiers of the 25th United States...

  • The Grasslands

    His Majesty's New World - 1

    The first novel of adventure set upon His Majesty's New World... After returning from a campaign in the Third Afghan War, Major Thomas Waller and the Royal Newfoundland Regiment are assigned to escort two mysterious ladies into the unknown lands of t...

  • The Reprisal

    His Majesty's New World - 3

    The third novel of adventure set upon His Majesty's New World. After two relatively successful missions on the new world, the b'ys of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment are enjoying some well-deserved rest. The quiet, however, is not destined to last, a...

  • The Egesta Crisis

    The first phase of the humanitarian crisis on Egesta was examined in the fourth book of the Martian War series, The Independent Squadron. Now Ken Barron completes that story, explaining what took place on the asteroid during the rest of the war. Afte...

  • The Mars Convention

    While the end of 2233 saw the cessation of hostilities between Mars and the Earth Empire, the war had not in fact ended. Achieving peace through diplomacy would be the first great challenge confronting the Empire in 2234, and it would be complicated ...

  • The Articles Of Empire

    With war officially ended, one major question continued to loom over the Earth Empire: what would become of the institution of the throne? Fearful of the danger to the Articles of Empire, both the Venusian Lords and the elected government recognized ...

  • The Expedition

    His Majesty's New World - 4

    The fourth novel of adventure set upon His Majesty's New World. A new year brings ominous silence to the new world. As the b'ys of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment await their next mission, British and American leaders on the old world plan for the wo...

  • The Pax Terra

    Few people realize the greatest threat faced by the Earth Empire during the period of the Martian War came not from without, but within. As efforts at peace led towards the signing of an official treaty with Mars, political operators loyal to Emperor...



  • The Almost Coup

    Before Earth was even aware of the outbreak of hostilities with Mars, a political duel between the Emperor and the Prime Minister was dividing our home planet. Dubbed the almost coup by contemporary media, this clash put the entire Empire at great...

  • The Canary Wars

    The beginning of 2233 saw the loss of a Defense Command frigate at Pion Rock. While the war raged on, Rear Admiral Ken Barron and his crew were forced to return to that horrifying place, to strike a deal with the Canaries and rescue the survivors....

  • The Dark Cruise

    With the conclusion of matters at Sinope, the Jupiter Force faced a long cruise back to the inner planets of the Empire. Nursing many wounded ships and crews, the voyage was certain to be difficult, but when an apparently Martian-set trap caught K...

  • The Fleet Clash

    The final fleet battle of the Martian War set First Lord John Fiora and Defense Command's elite Bonaventure-class battleships against their Martian Tharsis-class counterparts, then under the command of Asteroid-born Admiral Bort McWebsbert. The Fl...

  • The Forge Fires

    The fall of the Forge in 2233 was perhaps the most devastating setback suffered by Defense Command during the Martian War. In The Forge Fires, then-Rear Admiral Ken Barron examines the reasons for the base's fall, including his own decision to aba...

  • The Gallant Few

    The arrival of 2232 saw the Belt Squadron's Captains scattered, with Marshall Samuels and Wes Pellew both taking on their own squadron commands. While those venerable officers were settling into new assignments, the battles of Glorious February we...

  • The Hawke Mission

    As the Earth Empire scrambled to find its war footing, then-Commodore Ken Barron was dispatched to the neighboring Hawke Protectorate, to warn Lord Ian Hawke of the crisis. At the same time, Martian and pirate forces began attacking friendly aster...

  • The Independent Squadron

    The humanitarian crisis on Egesta remains one of the darkest marks on the history of the Earth Empire. As ships from the Belt Squadron sought to put an end to the atrocities there, Captain Wes Pellew was tasked with confronting the man responsible...

  • The Jupiter Patrol

    What remained of the original Belt Squadron was designated the Jupiter Force at the end of 2231, and in March of 2232, Rear Admiral Ken Barron led this formation to investigate the silence at the corporately-owned weapons research facility at Io....

  • The Mercury Assault

    After the loss of the Forge, First Lord John Fiora and Admiral Greg Noyce decided to surprise the Martians by striking their outer capital. The resulting campaign led to the only planetary invasion in human history, and involved all the members of...



  • The Rogue Commodore

    When the Martians - our former colonists attacked the Earth Empire in 2231, they triggered a war that reshaped the solar system. In this first volume of his reminiscences, Defense Command hero Admiral the Lord Ken Barron begins to set the record...

  • The Sinope Affair

    The events at Sinope and Io in the spring of 2232 are widely considered to be textbook examples of squadron combat and special-forces warfare. With no nearby civilian traffic to be protect, both Ken Barron's Jupiter Force and Charlie Peters' Speci...

  • 2234: Victory from Peace

    The Martian War

    The fallout of the Martian War was complex, and 2234: Victory From Peace follows Ken Barron, Karen McMaster and Charlie Peters as they struggle to help secure peace with Mars, and to prevent a coup on Earth that could undermine victory. Beginning at ...

  • 2235: The World Is Broken

    The Martian War

    This final omnibus of the Martian War series recounts the return of Grant Merger, the notorious enemy of the Empire. After Karen McMaster is made the victim of a merciless attack, Ken Barron sets out to destroy Merger -- who was once his dearest frie...

  • The Badlands

    His Majesty's New World - 5

    The fifth novel of adventure set upon His Majesty's New World. With new allies joining the war against the blue men, humans living on the new world have reason for optimism. But the enemy has not been sitting idly by, and having identified the weakne...

  • The Empire

    The Martian War

    The sixth novel of adventure set upon His Majesty's New World. After months of mystery, the true power of the blue men has finally been revealed, plunging the fate of both new and old worlds into question. Working together with their new dragon allie...

  • Acts Of War

    Charlie Peters reunion with the Belt Squadron brought some measure of calm, but with Grant Merger in their sights, the heroes of the Earth Empire remain determined to win a final victory, and to take revenge on their long-time foe. The task will n...

  • Enemies Of Empire

    Ken Barron and Grant Merger were close friends at the Academy, and had for years believed they would change the course of history. They were right; they simply failed to predict that they would become enemies in the process. Leaving the battles be...

  • Memories Of Angels

    With his anger fully unleashed by the news of Karen McMasters death, Ken Barron and his Belt Squadron cut a vicious course into the Solar Asteroid Union, bent on punishing the new government for its acceptance of Grant Merger. The vendetta is pers...

  • Tapestries Of Blood

    Grant Mergers assault on the celebratory ball held by new Emperor Daragh Ryan was part of the villains master plan. As Ken Barron and the rest of the Empire reel from the shock, preparations must be quickly made to track both the attackers, and Me...



  • Whitecoat

    Since 1881, Britain, Canada and the United States have been colonizing another planet. Now it's 1940, and tensions between the world's Empires are mounting because the English-speaking nations enjoy exclusive control over a uniquely powerful resource...

  • Firebox

    When confronting a rogue Champion, an ordinary soldier's best hope of survival is the 'firebox' - a tactic invented by Lady Alex Smith, Second Lieutenant Stephanie Shylock, and Sergeant Mike Strong during their duel with Emily in 1940. Now it's...

  • Grand Banks

    In the face of an unprecedented threat to their Champions, the governments of the British Empire and the United States must quickly meet to form a strategy for mutual defense. A high-seas summit is arranged for the President and Prime Ministers,...

  • Elspeth

    The trail should have been cold by the time Lady Elspeth Cornish arrived in Scotland. Investigating the destruction wrought on the Grand Banks, the Champion of London led her lance to the Rosyth Naval Yard - the last port of call for the Royal N...

  • Mandarins

    Three months have passed since chaos descended over Scotland, and a clue has finally emerged which might lead to the villains behind the attacks. While Jimmy Devlin is trapped in negotiations with the American President, Alex, Stephanie and Strong...

  • Dragons

    Chaos has dominated 1941, but help is finally at hand: the war hero Sass, ambassador of the Saa race, is returning to Newfoundland. Sent to the new world alongside a powerful entourage, Alex, Stephanie and Strong must escort their longtime dragon...

  • War Footing

    As 1941 arrives, global tensions have reached new heights. War between the British and German empires seems increasingly likely, but more worrying is the revelation that Emily, the first Champion, has turned against her government. When Lady Alex Smi...

  • Snapdragon

    War was declared between the British Empire and Germany in 1941, but by January 1942, hostilities have not truly commenced. While the RAF drops leaflets calling for peace, the Snapdragon fighter planes are put through test flights, and Lady Elspet...

  • Dominoes

    Several weeks have passed since the missile attack on Jimmystown, but investigations have yielded no clues as to who might be involved. Fear remains high as the new club Dominoes prepares for its grand opening event, and with black U.S. servicemen...

  • Scourge

    Intrigue and espionage have given way to open war in Europe, but as June arrives in Newfoundland, Alex, Stephanie and Strong remain trapped in their classroom. With Champion resources stretched thin by the fighting, the arrival of an unknown stars...



  • Outports

    After months in the classroom, the time has come for a final assessment of the female candidates who wish to serve as officers in the Special Service Regiment. Determined to give the four remaining young women a stern test, Lieutenant Stephanie Sh...

  • Progeny

    Newfoundland reels from a brutal and unexpected German attack. As defense forces scramble to respond, the agents of the Hospitality Department must abandon their passive strategies and race to find a spy in their midst. Meanwhile, after being kept...

  • Harm's Way

    War with Germany has been declared, but at the dawn of 1942, Britain seems reluctant to strike first. Despite great superiority in both arms and technology, Churchill searches for answers instead of revenge, leaving two worlds to anxiously await a cl...

  • Hades

    The far continent of the new world has never been named, let alone settled. Only the savages roam freely across its grasslands, and after two decades without the stewardship of their Hubrin masters, those creatures have become feral, desperate, an...

  • Savages

    As reasons are sought for the disastrous developments on the far continent of the new world, suspicions lead investigators from Jimmystown to the Government of Canada. When Lady Alex Smith, Lieutenant Stephanie Shylock, and Sergeant Mike Strong tr...

  • Scars

    With revelations about new world activities threatening to place the entire British Empire on trial, Lady Alex Smith, Lieutenant Stephanie Shylock, and Sergeant Mike Strong find themselves joining a publicity campaign for which they have neither t...

  • Shades

    Though savages have been wiped out on the mainland of the new world, starving hordes remain on the planet's far continent. Captain James Quinn and his outfit of Hubrin War veterans remain in that remote place, rescuing the babies of savages so tha...

  • Shangri-La

    Lady Emily disappeared in 1929, and when she reappeared in New York in 1940, the first Champion had become a rogue. At the dawn of 1943, the reasons for her betrayal may finally come to light. Lady Alex Smith has been taken captive by Emily's caba...

  • Scar Tissue

    Those responsible for the war between Britain and Germany have been revealed, but as 1942 gives way to 1943, the real danger appears to come from the return of Lady Emily. Supported by an unlikely cabal of conspirators, she moves between all sides of...

  • Innocents

    Months have passed since the calamity at Gateway Town, but danger remains constant. With massively expanded resources and improved methods, Champions loyal to civilization hunt those who seek to join Emily's cause. When the President of the United...

  • Fray

    It is 1944, and Lady Emily’s insurgency is growing. Though the vast majority of the genetically-enhanced Champions in the British Empire and the United States remain loyal, some have heeded her call to overturn civilization, and to make themselv...

  • Vows

    For years, Smith drifted along the trails of the new world with no expectation that he'd ever put down roots and start a family. Decades later, as he, his wife and daughter all prepare to take part in a momentous wedding, he must pause to reflect...

  • Bedlam

    Revolution is at hand. After years of lonesome struggle against so-called 'civilization', Emily can finally deploy her army to destroy the myths that have kept Champions subservient for decades. Her war will fundamentally reshape the future of hum...

  • Torngat

    In the aftermath of chaos, a new clue may finally unlock the secret behind Emily's power. Guided to the Torngat Mountains of Labrador, Stephanie Shylock, Mike Strong, and Lady Elspeth must struggle against one of the Earth's most unforgiving lands...

  • Epitaph

    The curtain has been drawn back on Emily's mission to unmake human civilization. Her backers have been identified, her base located, her designs defeated. All that remains is to unleash the might of Jimmystown to capture her, and then to begin the...

  • Battle Line

    Chaos threatens to engulf two worlds. Emily's uprising has drawn the support of many Champions, forcing the British Empire and the United States to take extreme measures to prevent a rebellion. But in acting to maintain 'civilization', are the gov...

  • Foothold

  • Fate

  • Legion

  • Last Post

    After years of struggle against rogue elements within, the British Empire and the United States have discovered that the greatest danger to Earth comes from across the cosmos. As a Scourge infestation takes root on the shores of the new world, the fo...

  • Graycoats

    Humanity has achieved the impossible: they have withstood an overwhelming invasion by the seemingly-unstoppable Scourge. As the battle to reassert control over the new world drags on, Lady Alex Smith, Captain Stephanie Shylock, and Sergeant Mike Stro...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kenneth Tam has published 70 books.

Kenneth Tam does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Graycoats, was published in October 2022.

The first book by Kenneth Tam, The Genesis Equation, was published in January 2010.

Yes. Kenneth Tam has 3 series.
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