Order of Lt. Leary Books
The Lt. Leary series (also known as the RCN series) is a series of science fiction novels by American novelist David Drake. The series follows Republic of Cinnabar Navy (RCN) Lt. Daniel Leary as well as a librarian and spy named Adele Mundy. Lt. Leary is a top strategist, excellent leader and a ladies’ man. His father (who he is estranged from) is an important member of the government of the planet Cinnabar. Adele Mundy, the librarian, has a thirst for knowledge and excels at obtaining information by whatever means. Adele is also a great shot with a pistol.
David Drake began the Lt. Leary series in 1998 with the novel With the Lightnings. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of David Drake’s Lt. Leary books in order of when they were first released (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Lt. Leary / RCN Books
| With the Lightnings | (1998) |    |
| Lt. Leary, Commanding | (2000) | |
| The Far Side of the Stars | (2003) | |
| The Way to Glory | (2005) | |
| Some Golden Harbor | (2006) | |
| When the Tide Rises | (2008) | |
| In the Stormy Red Sky | (2009) | |
| What Distant Deeps | (2010) | |
| The Road of Danger | (2012) | |
| The Sea Without a Shore | (2014) | |
| Death's Bright Day | (2016) | |
| Though Hell Should Bar the Way | (2018) | |
| To Clear Away the Shadows | (2019) | |
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Lt. Leary/RCN Synopsis: With the Lightnings by David Drake is the first book in the Lt. Leary series. Cinnabar Navy Lt. Daniel Leary is broke with no prospects. Adele Mundy is a scholar whose family was killed by the Cinnabar government. As war is about to hit planet Kostroma, Daniel and Adele and the ragtag crew they’ve assembled may not last long against a strike, but perhaps they’ll last long enough…
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