Starfire (board Wargame) - Books

Books

There have been five novels published based on the Starfire universe, written by Steve White. Between 1990 and 2002, David Weber and Steve White co-authored a tetralogy of science fiction novels set in the game universe. They are, in publication order, Insurrection (1990), Crusade (1992), In Death Ground (1997), The Shiva Option (2002). The Shiva Option made the New York Times bestseller list. "Crusade" and "In Death Ground" was later published as an omnibus edition The Stars At War (2004). "The Shiva Option" and "Insurrection" was later published as an omnibus edition The Stars At War II (2005). A follow-up novel, Exodus, co-written by Steve White and Shirley Meier was released in December 2006. The latest novel, Extremis, was co-written by Steven White and Charles E. Gannon and published in May 2011.

Besides these professionally written novels, numerous Web sites contain fan fiction written by Starfire players.

In chronological order of events within the books:

1. Crusade
2. In Death Ground
3. The Shiva Option
4. Insurrection
5. Exodus
6. Extremis

Ordering with the omnibus editions:

1. The Stars At War
2. The Stars At War II
3. Exodus
4. Extremis

List of novels

• Insurrection ISBN 0-671-72024-4 (read online)
• Crusade ISBN 0-671-72111-9 (read online)
• In Death Ground excerpt ISBN 0-671-87779-8 (read online)
• The Shiva Option excerpt ISBN 0-671-31848-9 (read online)
  • The Stars at War ISBN 0-7434-8841-5 (read online) is an omnibus hardcover re-issue of Crusade and In Death Ground
  • The Stars at War II ISBN 0-7434-9912-3 (read online) is an omnibus hardcover re-issue of The Shiva Option and Insurrection with 20,000 words of connecting material and restored edits.
• Exodus ISBN 1-4165-2098-8 (sample chapters)
• Extremis ISBN 978-1-4391-3433-7