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):
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Publication Order of Lt. Leary / RCN Books
| With the Lightnings | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lt. Leary, Commanding | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Far Side of the Stars | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Way to Glory | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Some Golden Harbor | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| When the Tide Rises | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In the Stormy Red Sky | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| What Distant Deeps | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Road of Danger | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sea Without a Shore | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death's Bright Day | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Though Hell Should Bar the Way | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Midshipman | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| To Clear Away the Shadows | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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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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