Grand Admiral, Her Royal Highness Kris Longknife, commander of the Iteeche Imperial Combined Fleets has the enemy on the run. Literally. The last time she entered a rebel system, every disloyal ship picked up its skirts and ran.
So why has she been ordered, as in requested and required, to make a formal report to the Emperor? Ron the Iteeche and his two young Iteeche Counselors have little to say on the subject except that some Iteeche think Kris is winning too much, too fast.
What human combat commander has ever heard those words?
Worse, when Kris returns to the capital, no one wants to sell her a ticket on the space elevator. Driving the streets is dangerous . . . not two roadside bombs but three detonate! Now she's got her embassy in sight and she can't get in!
What kind of games are the clan lords playing? What threats are being hatched against the young Emperor? Even more pressing, how does Kris get back into her embassy and back to her...]]> Mon, 12 Aug 2019 23:30:49 +0300 https://history.library.land/mike-shepherd/650719-the_south_shall_rise_again.html https://history.library.land/mike-shepherd/650719-the_south_shall_rise_again.html

In April, 1865, the generals commanding the Confederate armies surrendered to their Union counterparts. Lee and Grant are the best known. However, there were several more independent armies. Still, Confederate general all followed Lee's example. They surrendered and ordered their troops to begin the long walk home.
But what if they hadn't? What if some of the footsloggers refused to throw it in? What would have happened if they had taken to the back woods and swamps and waged a guerilla war from the shadows?
This question has haunted me for fifty years or more. I'm old enough to remember the irregular warriors that threw the French out of their Empire in Southeast Asia and North Africa. I've seen the British struggle to help Malaya control its Communist guerillas. The United States helped the Philippines struggle with their own rebels. Since the end of WW II, peasant uprisings, communist liberation armies and Islamic liberation fronts have washed over, one after...]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2022 14:50:32 +0300 https://history.library.land/mike-shepherd/500488-the_forgiven.html https://history.library.land/mike-shepherd/500488-the_forgiven.html
The Forgiven begins with the tumultuous childhood of the protagonist and his experiences in the Vietnam War, both of which contribute to his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcoholism. Eventually, he overcomes these problems, and he learns to forgive his parents for their past transgressions. As time goes by, he becomes the owner of a landscaping business, which he sells to two Mexican brothers, and moves to southern Illinois, where he becomes an organic farmer. In the process, he is reunited with a former lover.]]> Sun, 19 Nov 2017 10:10:53 +0200 https://history.library.land/mike-shepherd/525703-kris_longknife_stalwart.html https://history.library.land/mike-shepherd/525703-kris_longknife_stalwart.html

The foolish Iteeche clans that hauled Grand Admiral Kris Longknife back to the Iteeche Capital and interrupted her campaign against the rebels, are dead. Very dead. Their clans are disgraced and their palaces in ruin.

However, while Kris was handling that noise, the rebels took back one of the planets she had recently captured, Arteccia, and are planning to take more.

Now it's time once more again for Kris to kick butts and take names.

However, life is never easy for a Human in the Iteeche Empire.

The Clan Chiefs expect Kris to retake what the rebels took from the loyalists because that is the Iteeche Way. That is a tune she will not dance to. So, the Clan Chiefs play their ace: Do what we want, or we won't give you command of our ships.

To their consternation, Kris does not give in. She gives them a literal middle digit salute and invites every minor clan to join the fun and games of capturing planets and gaining plunder.

Unfortunately, the...]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2019 18:02:30 +0200 https://history.library.land/mike-shepherd/565161-writing_with_mike_shepherd.html https://history.library.land/mike-shepherd/565161-writing_with_mike_shepherd.html

This is the definitive book collection from Mike Shepherd. It includes not just book series that he has written, including Kris Longknife, Vicky Peterwald, Sandy Santiago, Rita Longknife, and his recent book Longknifes Defend the Legation, but also includes author commentary on each book! Mike Shepherd's older works are also included, especially his time travel trilogy and Nebula-nominated short stories! Available in eBook format only, this is the insider edition on his work, and the only official commentary on Mike Shepherd's work. It's the perfect addition to your collection!