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Simon Hawke Books in Order
Simon Hawke is a prolific author of science fiction and fantasy novels, writing under various pseudonyms including J.D. Masters and Nicholas V. Yermakov. Born Nicholas Valentin Yermakov, he began his writing career in 1984 under the pen name Simon Hawke, later changing his legal name to Hawke. As Hawke, he has penned numerous novels that blend science fiction and fantasy, captivating readers worldwide. Under the alias J.D. Masters, he explores near-future adventures, while his Nicholas V. Yermakov pseudonym is associated with mystery novels. With a diverse range of genres and styles, Hawke's writing has resonated with audiences, solidifying his position as a versatile and accomplished author. His works are known for their intricate world-building and engaging storytelling, cementing his legacy in the literary world.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Simon Hawke's book series? Simon Hawke has written 17 book series. The most notable is the Birthright series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Simon Hawke
- #1
The Iron Throne(1995) - #2
Greatheart (By: Dixie Lee McKeone)(1996) - #3
The Hag's Contract (By: John Gregory Betancourt)(1996) - #4
War(1996) - #5
The Spider's Test (By: Dixie Lee McKeone)(1996)
- #1
The Brazen Gambit (By: Lynn Abbey)(1994) - #2
The Broken Blade(1995) - #3
Cinnabar Shadows (By: Lynn Abbey)(1995) - #4
The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King (By: Lynn Abbey)(1996)
- #1
The Outcast(1993) - #2
The Seeker(1994) - #3
The Nomad(1994)
- #1
Friday the 13th, Part 3 3-D (By: Michael Avallone)(1982) - #2
Jason Lives(1986) - #3
Friday the 13th(1987) - #4
Friday the 13th, Part 2(1988) - #5
Friday the 13th, Part 3(1988)
- #1
Predator (By: Paul Monette)(1987) - #2
Predator 2(1990) - #3
Concrete Jungle (By: James A. Moore,Nathan Archer)(1995) - #4
Cold War (By: Nathan Archer)(1997) - #5
Big Game (By: Sandy Schofield)(1999) - #6
Forever Midnight (By: John Shirley)(2006) - #7
Flesh and Blood (By: Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman)(2007) - #8
South China Sea (By: Jeff VanderMeer)(2008) - #9
Turnabout (By: Steve Perry)(2008) - #10
Incursion (By: Tim Lebbon)(2015) - #11
Hunters and Hunted Official Movie Prequel (By: James A. Moore)(2018) - #12
Stalking Shadows (By: James A. Moore,Mark Morris)(2020) - #13
The Berkley Showcase: Vol. 3(1981) - #14
Chrysalis 9(1982) - #15
Perpetual Light(1982)
- #1
Psychodrome(1987) - #2
The Shapechanger Scenario(1988) - #3
The Invasion(2020)
- #1
The Reluctant Sorcerer(1992) - #2
The Inadequate Adept(1993) - #3
The Ambivalent Magician(1996)
- #1
The Case of the Manufactured Girl(2020) - #2
The Case of the Invisible Face(2020) - #3
The Case of the Artificial Vampire(2021) - #4
The Case of the Rebooted Man(2022) - #5
The Case of the Alternative Mind(2024)
- #1
A Mystery Of Errors(2000) - #2
The Slaying of the Shrew(2001) - #3
Much Ado about Murder(2002) - #4
The Merchant of Vengeance(2003)
- #1
Sons Of Glory(1992) - #2
Call to Battle(1993)
- #1
Journey From Flesh (As: Nicholas V. Yermakov)(1981) - #2
Fall Into Darkness (As: Nicholas V. Yermakov)(1982) - #3
Clique(1982) - #4
Batman: To Stalk a Specter(1991) - #5
The Nine Lives of Catseye Gomez(1992) - #6
Whims of Creation(1995) - #7
A Thief in the Tomb of Horror Game(1997)
- #1
Encounter at Farpoint (By: David Gerrold)(1987) - #2
Ghost Ship (By: Diane Carey)(1988) - #3
The Peacekeepers (By: Gene DeWeese)(1988) - #4
The Children of Hamlin (By: Carmen Carter)(1988) - #5
Survivors (By: Jean Lorrah)(1989) - #6
Strike Zone (By: Peter David)(1989) - #7
Power Hungry (By: Howard Weinstein)(1989) - #8
Masks (By: John Vornholt)(1989) - #9
The Captain's Honor (By: David Dvorkin,Daniel Dvorkin)(1989) - #10
A Rock and a Hard Place (By: Peter David)(1990) - #11
Gulliver's Fugitives (By: Keith Sharee)(1990) - #12
Doomsday World (By: Peter David,Carmen Carter,Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman)(1990) - #13
The Eyes of the Beholders (By: A.C. Crispin)(1990) - #14
Exiles (By: Howard Weinstein)(1990) - #15
Contamination (By: John Vornholt)(1991) - #16
Boogeymen (By: Mel Gilden)(1991) - #17
Q-in-Law (By: Peter David)(1991) - #18
Perchance to Dream (By: Howard Weinstein)(1991) - #19
Spartacus (By: Terry Mancour)(1992) - #20
Chains of Command (By: Bill McCay,Eloise Flood)(1992) - #21
Imbalance (By: V.E. Mitchell)(1992) - #22
War Drums (By: John Vornholt)(1992) - #23
Nightshade (By: Laurell K. Hamilton)(1992) - #24
Grounded (By: David Bischoff)(1993) - #25
The Romulan Prize(1993) - #26
Guises of the Mind (By: Rebecca Neason)(1993) - #27
Here There Be Dragons (By: John Peel)(1993) - #28
Sins of Commission (By: Susan Wright)(1994) - #29
Debtors' Planet (By: W.R. Thompson)(1994) - #30
Foreign Foes (By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur)(1994) - #31
Requiem (By: Michael Jan Friedman,Kevin Ryan)(1994) - #32
Balance of Power (By: Dafydd ab Hugh)(1995) - #33
Blaze of Glory(1995) - #34
The Romulan Stratagem (By: Robert Greenberger)(1995) - #35
Into the Nebula (By: Gene DeWeese)(1995) - #36
The Last Stand (By: Brad Ferguson)(1995) - #37
Dragon's Honor (By: Greg Cox,Kij Johnson)(1996) - #38
Rogue Saucer (By: John Vornholt)(1996) - #39
Possession (By: Kathleen O'Malley,J.M. Dillard)(1996) - #40
Klingon (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith)(1996) - #41
The Soldiers of Fear (By: Dean Wesley Smith)(1996) - #42
Infiltrator (By: W.R. Thompson)(1996) - #43
A Fury Scorned (By: Pamela Sargent)(1996) - #44
The Death of Princes (By: John Peel)(1997) - #45
Intellivore (By: Diane Duane)(1997) - #46
To Storm Heaven (By: Esther M. Friesner)(1997) - #47
Q-Zone (By: Greg Cox)(1998) - #48
Q-Strike (By: Greg Cox)(1998) - #49
Infection (By: John Gregory Betancourt)(1999) - #50
I, Q (By: Peter David,John de Lancie)(1999) - #51
Dyson Sphere (By: George Zebrowski)(1999) - #52
Vectors (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith)(1999) - #53
Red Sector (By: Michael Jan Friedman,Diane Carey)(1999) - #54
Quarantine (By: John Vornholt)(1999) - #55
Double or Nothing (By: Peter David)(1999) - #56
The First Virtue (By: Christie Golden,Michael Jan Friedman)(1999) - #57
The Forgotten War (By: William R. Forstchen)(1999) - #58
Gemworld, Book One (By: John Vornholt)(2000) - #59
Gemworld, Book Two (By: John Vornholt)(2000) - #60
The Genesis Wave Book One (By: John Vornholt)(2000) - #61
Vectors: Double Helix #2 (By: Dean Wesley Smith)(2000) - #62
Diplomatic Implausibility (By: Keith R.A. DeCandido)(2001) - #63
Tooth and Claw (By: Doranna Durgin)(2001) - #64
Maximum Warp: Book One (By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur)(2001) - #65
Maximum Warp: Book Two (By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur)(2001) - #66
The Genesis Wave, Book Two (By: John Vornholt)(2001) - #67
The Genesis Wave, Book Three (By: John Vornholt)(2002) - #68
A Hard Rain (By: Dean Wesley Smith)(2002) - #69
Genesis Force (By: John Vornholt)(2003) - #70
Sand and Stars (By: Diane Duane,A.C. Crispin)(2004) - #71
Engines of Destiny (By: Gene DeWeese)(2005) - #72
Takedown (By: John Jackson Miller)(2015)
- #1
The Prometheus Design (By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath)(1982) - #2
The Abode of Life (By: Lee Correy)(1982) - #3
Black Fire (By: Sonni Cooper)(1983) - #4
Triangle (By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath)(1983) - #5
Web of the Romulans (By: Leonard Nimoy,M.S. Murdock)(1983) - #6
The Wounded Sky (By: Diane Duane)(1983) - #7
Corona (By: Greg Bear)(1984) - #8
The Tears of the Singers (By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)(1984) - #9
The Vulcan Academy Murders (By: Jean Lorrah)(1984) - #10
Uhura's Song (By: Janet Kagan)(1985) - #11
Shadow Lord (By: Laurence Yep)(1985) - #12
Ishmael (By: Barbara Hambly)(1985) - #13
Killing Time (By: Della Van Hise)(1985) - #14
Dwellers in the Crucible (By: Margaret Wander Bonanno)(1985) - #15
Pawns and Symbols (By: Majliss Larson)(1985) - #16
Chain of Attack (By: Gene DeWeese)(1987) - #17
Bloodthirst (By: J.M. Dillard)(1987) - #18
The IDIC Epidemic (By: Jean Lorrah)(1988) - #19
The Three-Minute Universe (By: Barbara Paul)(1988) - #20
The Final Nexus (By: Gene DeWeese)(1988) - #21
The Lost Years (By: J.M. Dillard)(1989) - #22
Vulcan's Glory (By: D.C. Fontana)(1989) - #23
Double, Double (By: Michael Jan Friedman)(1989) - #24
Home Is the Hunter (By: Dana Kramer-Rolls)(1990) - #25
Ghost-Walker (By: Barbara Hambly)(1991) - #26
A Flag Full of Stars (By: Brad Ferguson)(1991) - #27
Renegade (By: Gene DeWeese)(1991) - #28
The Rift (By: Peter David)(1991) - #29
Faces of Fire (By: Michael Jan Friedman)(1992) - #30
Ice Trap (By: L.A. Graf)(1992) - #31
Sanctuary (By: John Vornholt)(1992) - #32
Death Count (By: L.A. Graf)(1992) - #33
Shell Game (By: Melissa Crandall)(1993) - #34
The Starship Trap (By: Mel Gilden)(1993) - #35
From the Depths (By: Victor Milán)(1993) - #36
The Great Starship Race (By: Diane Carey)(1993) - #37
Firestorm (By: L.A. Graf)(1994) - #38
The Patrian Transgression(1994) - #39
Traitor Winds (By: L.A. Graf)(1994) - #40
Crossroad (By: Barbara Hambly)(1994) - #41
The Better Man (By: Howard Weinstein)(1994) - #42
Recovery (By: J.M. Dillard)(1995) - #43
The Fearful Summons (By: Denny Martin Flinn)(1995) - #44
First Frontier (By: Diane Carey,James I. Kirkland)(1995) - #45
The Captain's Daughter (By: Peter David)(1995) - #46
Twilight's End (By: Jerry Oltion)(1996) - #47
The Rings of Tautee (By: Dean Wesley Smith)(1996) - #48
The Joy Machine (By: Theodore Sturgeon,James Edwin Gunn)(1996) - #49
Mudd in Your Eye (By: Jerry Oltion)(1997) - #50
Mind Meld (By: John Vornholt)(1997) - #51
Assignment: Eternity (By: Greg Cox)(1998) - #52
Vulcan's Heart (By: Josepha Sherman,Susan Shwartz)(1999) - #53
Across the Universe (By: Pamela Sargent)(1999) - #54
In the Name of Honor (By: Dayton Ward)(2002) - #55
Ex Machina (By: Christopher L. Bennett)(2004) - #56
Federation (By: Judith Reeves-Stevens)(2006) - #57
The Disinherited (By: Peter David,Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman)(2007) - #58
Excelsior: Forged in Fire (By: Andy Mangels,Michael A. Martin)(2007) - #59
The Children of Kings (By: Dave Stern)(2010) - #60
Cast No Shadow (By: James Swallow,Dayton Ward)(2011) - #61
Allegiance in Exile (By: David R. George III)(2013)
- #1
Steele (As:J.D. Masters)(1989) - #2
Cold Steele (As:J.D. Masters)(1989) - #3
Killer Steele (As:J.D. Masters)(1990) - #4
Jagged Steele (As:J.D. Masters)(1990) - #5
Renegade Steele (As: J.D. Masters)(1990) - #6
Target Steele (As: J.D. Masters)(1990) - #7
Fugitive Steele (By: S.L. Hunter)(1991) - #8
Molten Steele (By: S.L. Hunter)(1991)
- #1
Last Communion(1981) - #2
Epiphany(1982) - #3
Jehad(1984)
- #1
The Ivanhoe Gambit(1984) - #2
The Timekeeper Conspiracy(1984) - #3
The Pimpernel Plot(1984) - #4
The Zenda Vendetta(1985) - #5
The Nautilus Sanction(1985) - #6
The Khyber Connection(1986) - #7
The Argonaut Affair(1987) - #8
The Dracula Caper(1988) - #9
The Lilliput Legion(1989) - #10
The Hellfire Rebellion(1990) - #11
The Cleopatra Crisis(1990) - #12
The Six-Gun Solution(1991)
- #1
The Wizard of 4th Street(1987) - #2
The Wizard of Whitechapel(1988) - #3
The Wizard of Sunset Strip(1989) - #4
The Wizard of Rue Morgue(1990) - #5
The Samurai Wizard(1991) - #6
The Wizard of Santa Fe(1991) - #7
The Wizard of Camelot(1993) - #8
The Wizard of Lovecraft's Cafe(1993) - #9
The Last Wizard(1997) - #10
A Spell for the Dying(2023) - #11
A Spell for the Changing(2025)
About Simon Hawke
Simon Hawke is a prolific author of science fiction and fantasy novels, writing under various pseudonyms including J.D. Masters and Nicholas V. Yermakov. Born Nicholas Valentin Yermakov, he began his writing career in 1984 under the pen name Simon Hawke, later changing his legal name to Hawke. As Hawke, he has penned numerous novels that blend science fiction and fantasy, captivating readers worldwide. Under the alias J.D. Masters, he explores near-future adventures, while his Nicholas V. Yermakov pseudonym is associated with mystery novels. With a diverse range of genres and styles, Hawke's writing has resonated with audiences, solidifying his position as a versatile and accomplished author. His works are known for their intricate world-building and engaging storytelling, cementing his legacy in the literary world.
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