Order of William C. Dietz Books

William C. Dietz is an American science fiction author. He specializes in military science fiction and has also written numerous video game and Star Wars novelizations. He’s the creator and author of the Sam McCade series and the Legion of the Damned series.

William grew up near Seattle, Washington where he also attended college at the University of Washington. After college and serving in the Navy, Dietz worked as a surgical technician, college instructor, news writer, television producer and director of public relations and marketing for an international telephone company before settling on writing. He published his first book in 1984, but did not become a full time novelist until 2002.

Publication Order of America Rising Books

Into the Guns	(2016)
Seek and Destroy	(2017)
Battle Hymn	(2018)

Publication Order of Crickets Books

Crickets

(2022)

Publication Order of Drifter Books

Drifter	(1991)
Drifter's Run	(1992)
Drifter's War	(1992)

Publication Order of Five by Five Books

No Surrender

(2013)

Publication Order of Legion Books

Legion of the Damned	(1993)
The Final Battle	(1995)
By Blood Alone	(1999)
By Force of Arms	(2000)
For More Than Glory	(2003)
For Those Who Fell	(2004)
When All Seems Lost	(2007)
When Duty Calls	(2008)
A Fighting Chance	(2011)

Publication Order of The Prequel Legion Books

Andromeda's Fall	(2012)
Andromeda's Choice	(2013)
Andromeda's War	(2014)

Publication Order of Mass Effect Books

Mass Effect

(2012)

Publication Order of Mutant Files Books

Deadeye	(2015)
Redzone	(2015)
Graveyard	(2016)

Publication Order of Resistance Universe Books

Resistance

(2011)

Publication Order of Rex Corvan Books

Matrix Man	(1990)
Mars Prime	(1992)

Publication Order of Run Books

Runner	(2005)
Logos Run	(2006)

Publication Order of Sam McCade Books

Galactic Bounty / War World	(1986)
Imperial Bounty	(1988)
Alien Bounty	(1990)
McCade's Bounty	(1990)
McCade for Hire	(2004)
McCade on the Run	(2005)

Publication Order of Sauron Books

DeathDay	(2001)
EarthRise	(2002)

Publication Order of Winds of War Books

Red Ice	(2018)
Red Flood	(2019)
Red Dragon	(2020)
Red Thunder	(2020)
Red Tide	(2021)

Publication Order of Zak Cato Books

At Empire's Edge	(2009)
Bones of Empire	(2010)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Freehold	(1987)
Prison Planet	(1989)
Bodyguard	(1994)
Where the Ships Die	(1996)
Steelheart	(1998)
Snake Eye	(2008)
Ejecta	(2010)
The Seeds of Man	(2013)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Rogan's World

(2013)

Publication Order of Star Wars: Dark Forces Books

Soldier for the Empire	(1997)
Rebel Agent	(1998)
Jedi Knight	(1998)

Publication Order of Halo Books

The Fall of Reach (By: Eric S. Nylund)	(2001)
The Flood	(2003)
First Strike (By: Eric S. Nylund)	(2003)
Ghosts of Onyx (By: Eric S. Nylund)	(2006)
Contact Harvest (By: Joseph Staten)	(2007)
The Cole Protocol (By: Tobias S. Buckell)	(2008)
Broken Circle (By: John Shirley)	(2014)
New Blood (By: Matt Forbeck)	(2015)
Hunters in the Dark (By: Peter David)	(2015)
Saint's Testimony (By: Frank O'Connor)	(2015)
Last Light (By: Troy Denning)	(2015)
Shadow of Intent (By: Joseph Staten)	(2015)
Smoke and Shadow (By: Kelly Gay)	(2016)
Envoy (By: Tobias S. Buckell)	(2017)
Retribution (By: Troy Denning)	(2017)
Legacy of Onyx (By: Matt Forbeck)	(2017)
Bad Blood (By: Matt Forbeck)	(2018)
Renegades (By: Kelly Gay)	(2019)
Oblivion (By: Troy Denning)	(2019)
Point of Light (By: Kelly Gay)	(2021)
Halo: Divine Wind (By: Troy Denning)	(2021)

Publication Order of Crisis of Empire Books

(with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, David Drake)

An Honorable Defense (By: David Drake)	(1988)
Cluster Command	(1989)
The War Machine (By: David Drake)	(1989)
Crown of Empire (By: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,David Drake)	(2012)

Publication Order of Hitman Books

(with Raymond Benson)

Enemy Within	(2007)
Damnation (By: Raymond Benson)	(2012)

Publication Order of Starcraft II Books

(with Christie Golden)

Heaven's Devils	(2009)
Devils' Due (By: Christie Golden)	(2011)
Flashpoint (By: Christie Golden)	(2012)

If You Like William C. Dietz Books, You’ll Love…

Galactic Bounty is the first book in the Sam McCade series. This book introduces us to McCade. In this world, there are no police and the government uses elite bounty hunters to do the police work. Sam McCade is one of the best, if not the best. McCade is on the chase of a traitorous navy captain. McCade is the only one who can stop him and if he doesn’t, an alien threat is promising the destruction of the Terran Empire.

The first book in The Legion of the Damned series is Andromeda’s Fall. This book is set years in the future when space travel, advanced medicine and technology are the norm. The more our world changes, the more it stays the same. Cat is a lady of power who lives only for joy. The next party is her main worry until her brother is murdered by an Empress. She soon finds herself among the society’s misfits, the Legion, and suddenly she has something besides the next part to think of: revenge on Empress Ophelia for what she did to her brother.

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