Paul Chafe Books In Order

Ark Books In Publication Order

  1. Genesis (2007)
  2. Exodus (2009)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Mission Critical (1996)

Man-Kzin Wars Books In Publication Order

  1. The Man-Kzin Wars (By:Larry Niven) (1988)
  2. Man-Kzin Wars II (By:Larry Niven,S.M. Stirling,Jerry Pournelle) (1989)
  3. Man-Kzin Wars III (By:Larry Niven) (1990)
  4. Man-Kzin Wars IV (By:S.M. Stirling) (1991)
  5. The Children’s Hour (By:S.M. Stirling,Jerry Pournelle) (1991)
  6. Man-Kzin Wars V (By:Jerry Pournelle) (1992)
  7. Man-Kzin Wars VI (By:Gregory Benford,Mark O. Martin) (1994)
  8. Man-Kzin Wars VII (With: Larry Niven,Gregory Benford) (1995)
  9. A Darker Geometry (By:Gregory Benford) (1996)
  10. The Best of All Possible Wars (By:S.M. Stirling) (1998)
  11. Man-Kzin Wars VIII: Choosing Names (By:Larry Niven) (1998)
  12. Man-Kzin Wars IX (By:Jim Baen) (2001)
  13. The House of the Kzinti (By:Jerry Pournelle) (2002)
  14. Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War (By:Larry Niven) (2003)
  15. Man-Kzin Wars XI (By:Matthew Harrington) (2005)
  16. Destiny’s Forge (2006)
  17. Man-Kzin Wars XII (By:Larry Niven) (2009)
  18. Man-Kzin Wars XIII (By:Larry Niven) (2012)
  19. Man-Kzin Wars XIV (By:Larry Niven) (2013)
  20. Treasure Planet (By:Larry Niven) (2014)
  21. Man-Kzin Wars XV (By:Larry Niven) (2019)

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Paul Chafe Books Overview

Genesis

The human race is running out of time on overcrowded Earth, and only one man has the courage to save it. Colony ship Ark is the greatest project the human race will ever attempt, a self contained world one hundred years in the building, launched on a ten thousand year voyage to carry the seeds of civilization to the stars. It is humanity’s final gamble for escape from a desperate world, but the price of hope is measured in lives. Joshua Crewe, Ark’s designer. Obsessed with his vision, he’s devoted his life to winning the power to turn it into reality. No burden is too great to bear in pursuit of his dream especially when other people are the ones to bear it. Aurora Brady, first of the spaceborn, with one foot in the future and one in the past. She must give power to her enemies to see Ark launched, but giving too much will mean its destruction. Jedidiah Fourgere, a simple farm boy, he finds himself caught up in a revolution that will forever change the balance of power in Ark’s hermetically sealed world. Torn between love and faith, humanity’s future lies in his hands. Master storyteller Paul Chafe presents Genesis, the gripping first book of the Ark trilogy.

Exodus

The gigantic starship Ark was launched on a voyage of ten thousand years from an Earth on the brink of collapse. Its mission was to carry a portion of the human race to a new home circling another star, but, centuries after its departure, the descendants of the original crew no longer remember that they are on a city sized spaceship, and know nothing of the Ark‘s mission, nor of the starry universe outside. The Prophetsy, a theocracy based on slavery and terror, has ruled over most of the Ark for longer than anyone now living can remember, and it has just succeeded in conquering the few remaining free regions of the ship. Yet there are chinks in the monolithic tyranny…

Danil has been a slave since he was a young boy, but his spirit has never been broken, and his keen mind sees ways that the theocracy might be overthrown and envisions new weapons that could achieve that victory.

Annaya is the daughter of the Prophet Polldor, undisputed ruler of the Prophetsy. She is far more intelligent and strong willed than her brother, but only a male heir can become the next Prophet. To her father, she is only a pawn, to be married off to a powerful ally. But she is determined that will not happen, even if she has to somehow overthrow both her father and the Prophetsy itself.

Olen,the Prophet s son, is anxious to become the next Prophet. He will cooperate in his sister s plans as long as he thinks they will lead to his assuming the throne and gaining absolute power, but he is a more dangerous ally than Annaya realizes.

These three, each with a different motive, will strive to change the course of history for the Ark. But even if they restore freedom to their artificial world, can they discover the nature of that world, and regain the knowledge necessary for the successful completion of its mission?

Master storyteller Paul Chafe presents Exodus: The Ark, the gripping second book of the Ark trilogy.

The Man-Kzin Wars (By:Larry Niven)

Once upon a time, in the earliest days of interplanetary exploration, an unarmed human vessel was set upon by a warship from the planet Kzin. But the Kzinti learned the hard way that the reason humanity had given up war was that they were so very, very good at it. Thus began the Man Kzin Wars.

Man-Kzin Wars II (By:Larry Niven,S.M. Stirling,Jerry Pournelle)

The alien Kzinti had almost conquered the humans, but after the initial surprise, the humans fought back with a ferocity the Kzinti had never faced. But that was centuries ago, and the humiliation of lost battles has not faded. The Kzinti are back…
and spoiling for a fight! Includes stories by Larry Niven, Dean Ing, Jerry Pournelle and S.M.

Man-Kzin Wars III (By:Larry Niven)

The Mind Slavers are back and only the cat like Kzinti can save mankind now. This volume includes all new tales of Larry Niven’s Known Space including one by Niven himself. Another blockbuster in the ongoing chronicle of humanity’s greatest war.

Man-Kzin Wars V (By:Jerry Pournelle)

After losing three significant battles to the humans, the Kzin begin to wonder if their combative diplomatic style is working and decide to reevaluate their strategy.

Man-Kzin Wars VI (By:Gregory Benford,Mark O. Martin)

Three short novels by Donald Kingsbury, Mark O. Martin, and Gregory Benford chronicle the continuing battle for supremacy between the humans of Earth and the lethal felines of Kzin.

Man-Kzin Wars VII (With: Larry Niven,Gregory Benford)

is forced to push his skills to the limit by hooking himself up to to a high level computer for a dangerous amount of time, an act that causes his species to become insane.

Man-Kzin Wars IX (By:Jim Baen)

New weapons, new strategies and new leaders the Kzin warcats supreme are on the march again and those contemptible humans had better watch out. Once again, it’s howling time in Known Space.

The House of the Kzinti (By:Jerry Pournelle)

Two complete novels of the top selling Man Kzin Wars in one hugh volume: The Children’s Hour by Jerry Pournelle and S.M. Stirling: As the war rages on between the mighty felinoid warriors from the planet Kzin and the wimpy leaf eating monkey boys from Earth, one Kzin commander has decided to learn from the monkeys and cooperate to conquer. But the humans know how to get the rivals of an enemy to cooperate, too. Cathouse by Dean Ing: In another corner of the galaxy, Carroll Locklear is stranded on a planet with a group of prehistoric Kzinti. To survive, he must find common cause, if not with the males, then with the females of that antiques species…

Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War (By:Larry Niven)

The first colonists from Earth named the planet Wunderland. Generations later, the felinoid alien invaders called Kzin came and turned it into a hell for humans. Touched on in other accounts of the Man Kzin wars, here for the first time is the decades long saga of Wunderland: how the Wunderlanders first learned of the Kzin attacks on Earth by slower than light communications, barely in time to prepare to fight back. How the valiant human defenders turned to guerilla warfare in the Wunderland jungles and caves after the feline warrior race had destroyed or seized the cities. How, after the war ended in an ignominous defeat for the Kzin, some humans and Kzin worked for good will between the two species their work complicated by humans wanting revenge and Kzin who still saw humans as a somewhat annoying food source. And how a human Kzin team was sent to investigate a mysterious asteroid and found a threat not only to both species, but to the entire galaxy. The humans wanted to destroy it, but the Kzin wanted to exploit it, and the only hope was a Kzin telepath raised by humans from a cub. Which side would he choose, monkey or warcat?

Man-Kzin Wars XI (By:Matthew Harrington)

The Kzin were the mightiest warriors in the galaxy, which they were wasting no time in conquering, one star system at a time. Then those feline lords of creation ran into those ridiculous weed eating pacifistic apes who called themselves humans. And the catlike Kzin found they had their collective tail caught in a meat grinder. When the mighty Kzin moved in to take over the monkey infested worlds, they got clobbered. The humans, with their underhanded monkey cunning, turned communications equipment and space drives into weapons that cut the dauntless Kzin heroes into ribbons. And then those underhanded humans gained a faster than light drive, and no amount of screaming and leaping could keep the Kzin from losing their first war in centuries of successful conquest. But you can’t keep a good warcat down, and the Kzin have by no means given up. New weapons, new strategies, and new leaders. Here they come again and those monkey boys from Earth had better watch their backs. Once again, it’s howling time in Known Space!

Destiny’s Forge

For fifty thousand years the Kzinti Patriarchy thrived on battle fought for conquest. Against all odds the humans stopped them, and for five wars kept on stopping them. With its violent expansion checked internal strains have built up within the Patriarchy, and now they threaten to tear it apart. When the ambitious Kchula Tzaatz makes a bid for ultimate power the established order comes tumbling down, and the flames of war burn hot in Destiny’s Forge. Hammered on that Forge are; Major Quacy Tskombe, battle hardened warrior turned diplomat. His life is duty, his mission takes him to the Citadel of the Patriarch in a last ditch effort to avert war. When it all falls apart he’s forced to choose between love and loyalty, with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. Captain Ayla Cherenkova, starship commander. As talented as she is beautiful, her hatred of the Kzinti has driven her to the top. Her space combat genius is unmatched, but when she’s trapped alone in the jungles of Kzinhome her survival will depend on a whole new skillset. Pouncer, First Son of Meerz Rritt, heir apparent to the galaxy’s most powerful empire. He’s reduced to a nameless fugitive with the collapse of his father’s dynasty. Survival demands escape, but honor demands vengeance, and the price of his Name will be paid in the blood of worlds.

Paul Chafe presents a masterpiece in the grand tradition of epic science fiction. No fan of Larry Niven’s best selling Known Space series can miss Destiny’s Forge.

Man-Kzin Wars XII (By:Larry Niven)

The kzin, formerly invincible conquerors of all they encountered, had a hard time dealing with their ignominious defeat by the leaf eating humans. Some secretly hatched schemes for a rematch, others concentrated on gathering power within the kzin hierarchy, and some shamefully cooperated with the contemptible humans, though often for hidden motives. In war and in uneasy peace, kzin and humans continue their adventures, as told by Hal Colebatch, Paul Chafe, and Michael Joseph Harrington, expanding on the concepts created by ‘New York Times’ best selling writer Larry Niven. A human secret agent and her hired kzin companion infiltrate a planet newly occupied by the kzin, and discover that humans were on the planet before the dawn of space travel, and claim to be part of the Roman Empire. Where did they come from and can they survive the inevitable kzin attack? A man wakes up with over a month’s gap in his memory. He remembers being hired by a mysterious woman for a job with the condition that his memory would be scrubbed afterward. Obviously, the scrub worked, but now the police suspect him of murdering the missing woman. And a kzin is threatening him with much worse than anything the police would do.

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