2026 Reading Challenge

RCN Series

13 primary works • 14 total works
aka Lt. Leary series

Book 1

With the Lightnings
by
3.90 · 6470 Ratings · 248 Reviews · published 1998 · 18 editions
A disaffected lieutenant and a dissident's daughte…

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    Book 2

    Lt. Leary, Commanding
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    4.05     · 5013 Ratings · 95 Reviews · published 2000 · 20 editions
    Lt. Daniel Leary of the Republic of Cinnabar Navy …

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    Book 3

    The Far Side of the Stars
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    4.05     · 3548 Ratings · 79 Reviews · published 2003 · 13 editions
    While Cinnabar is at peace with the Alliance, warr…

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    Book 4

    The Way to Glory
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    4.09     · 2756 Ratings · 51 Reviews · published 2005 · 8 editions
    Violence racks Cinnabar. The fleets of the tyranni…

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    Book 5

    Some Golden Harbor
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    4.05     · 2363 Ratings · 56 Reviews · published 2006 · 8 editions
    The tyrannical Alliance continues its war against …

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    Book 6

    When the Tide Rises
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    4.12     · 2646 Ratings · 50 Reviews · published 2008 · 10 editions
    When the Republic of Cinnabar doesn't have enough …

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    Book 7

    In the Stormy Red Sky
    by
    4.14     · 2112 Ratings · 56 Reviews · published 2009 · 7 editions
    DANIEL LEARY IS CINNABAR'S MOST SUCCESSFUL SPACE C…

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    Book 8

    What Distant Deeps
    by
    4.14     · 1780 Ratings · 50 Reviews · published 2010 · 7 editions
    NO REST FOR THE WEARY             Captain Daniel L…

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    Book 9

    The Road of Danger
    by
    4.08     · 1496 Ratings · 66 Reviews · published 2012 · 9 editions

    Captain Daniel Leary with his friend–and spy–Offic…

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    Book 10

    The Sea Without a Shore
    by
    4.11     · 1274 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 2014 · 9 editions
    Cinnabar's chief spymaster is a mother also--and h…

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    Book 11

    Death's Bright Day
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    4.09     · 947 Ratings · 68 Reviews · published 2016 · 9 editions
    A NEW NOVEL IN THE NATIONALLY BEST-SELLING RCN MIL…

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    Book 12

    Though Hell Should Bar the Way
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    4.28     · 849 Ratings · 86 Reviews · published 2018 · 8 editions
    A NEW NOVEL IN THE NATIONALLY BEST-SELLING RCN MIL…

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    Book 13

    To Clear Away the Shadows
    by
    3.93     · 652 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 2019 · 5 editions
    NEW ENTRY IN DAVID DRAKE'S LANDMARK RCN SERIES

    AD…

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    The Midshipman
    by
    3.93     · 41 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2018 · 1 edition
    http://www.baen.com/midshipman

    Fiction, Short Story…

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