D.M. Pruden

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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2016
  • Latest Book:
    January 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Mars Ascendant

1 - The Ares Weapon (Sep-2016)
2 - Mother of Mars (Mar-2017)
3 - Child of Mars (Oct-2017)
4 - Legacy of Mars (Jun-2018)

Requiem's Run

1 - Armstrong Station (Feb-2020)
2 - Phobos Station (Apr-2020)
3 - Rhea's Vault (Jun-2020)
4 - Ganymede Station (Nov-2020)

Shattered Empire

1 - Kaine's Sanction (Feb-2019)
2 - Kaine's Retribution (May-2019)
3 - Kaine's Reparation (Sep-2019)

Book List in Order: 18 titles

  • The Ares Weapon

    Mars Ascendant - 1

    Armageddon is up for Auction...

    Dr. Melanie Destin's life is a mess. In a desperate attempt to start over, she accepts an interplanetary salvage job that will pay her enough to rebuild a new life on Mars. When she learns the real purpose of ...

  • Mother of Mars

    Mars Ascendant - 2

    All life in the solar system is about to be wiped out... Mel thinks it might be her fault... Dr. Melanie Destin thought she'd started a new life on Mars. That was before somebody told her things about her past...Mysterious things she didn't know. Whi...

  • Child of Mars

    Mars Ascendant - 3

    She is a Reluctant Hero

    Melanie Destin has been many things in her troubled life...a drug dealer, a doctor, a fugitive, and most recently, the saviour of Mars...what she doesn't want to be is a mother.
    When circumstances make her responsible for...

  • Legacy of Mars

    Mars Ascendant - 4

    It is a time of peace…The quiet, before the storm…War is coming, and nobody can prevent it…Following a successful rebellion against a ruthless despot, Martians struggle to rebuild their world. On Earth, the unification wars have ...

  • Kaine's Sanction

    Shattered Empire - 1

    Dark terrors await on the frontier of space...

    Hayden Kaine, a brash young cadet, thinks his family's influence has guaranteed his destiny as a future leader of the Earth Confederation. But falling on the wrong side of an Admiral is never ...

  • Kaine's Retribution

    Shattered Empire - 2

    An empire has fallen...

    Civilization tears itself apart...

    But there is a way to restore it all...

    Ten years ago, the Malliac invasion was averted, but at the cost of humanity's interstellar transit network. Trapped at the edge...

  • Kaine's Reparation

    Shattered Empire - 3

    He only wanted to save humanity... They are coming…One last hope remains, but the cost may be too high…Human civilization is in chaos. With the collapse of the interstellar jump network the empire has no way to defend itself f...

  • Throwing Stones

    A Tragedy From His Past Becomes a Threat to Humanity's Future...Ben barely scrapes out a living on his asteroid mining concession. When he comes across one that can make him wealthy, he learns that all is not as it seems.Marooned on a rogue asteroid ...

  • Armstrong Station

    Requiem's Run - 1

    In space, helping a stranger can get you killed, or worse…Armstrong Station is the busiest spaceport in the system where you can buy almost anything. Even a runaway slave.Doctor Melanie Destin left Earth, desperate to make a new life for herse...



  • Phobos Station

    Requiem's Run - 2

    Mars is a nice place…when it's not trying to kill you. Most spacefarers avoid Phobos Station. It is hard to get to and the locals would rather shoot you than be helpful. Melanie Destin has agreed to a simple task: Identify the person...

  • Rhea's Vault

    Requiem's Run - 3

    Saturn's moon, Rhea, hides many secrets… The Vault is the most secure archive in the Solar System, or so everyone believes.  Melanie Destin desperately needs to get inside and knows someone who can help her.  But when she g...

  • Ganymede Station

    Requiem's Run - 4

    Millions will die, and it's all her fault...Mel Destin is desperate. Try as she might, a cure for the deadly nano-virus infecting Chloe Cabot remains elusive. With time running out and assassins hunting her across the solar system, she is forced into...

  • Future Vistas Vol 1

    What path will lead you to the future?What does the future hold for us? Benevolent aliens come to help us, or interstellar conflicts between warring star systems.The 14 short science fiction stories in this collection explore different paths that our...

  • The Jovian Collective

    The Solar System's fate rests on the shoulders of one, insignificant woman...Melanie Destin has attracted the wrong kind of attention.The Jovian Collective is looking for her. They have a job that only she can do, and nobody turns them down if they k...

  • Kaine's Rebellion

    His ship is lost and his crew is missing...Oberon is a world at war, torn apart by open rebellion. Hayden Kaine and his ship's human/AI hybrid, Cora, find themselves caught up in the planetary conflict when their ship, Scimitar, is destroyed, and the...

  • Brain for Rent

    The Galaxy needs its greatest hero…Unfortunately, it has Ignatz Bauer.Ignatz Bauer is a conman and a thief. He also has a stolen ship's AI living in his brain, and the intelligence likes it there; he can't get rid of it.But a bigger problem fo...

  • The Soul Eater of Flipimoff IV

    It's a soul-sucking job, but someone had to do it.Conman Ignatz Bauer considers himself an enterprising businessman and scrupulously avoids anything that resembles a common job. The very idea of working for someone else sends shivers up his spine. Bu...

  • Europa's Revenge

    Revenge comes at a price...In the Galilean colonies of the outer solar system, water is a resource more precious than gold. When someone begins stealing it from under the noses of the Jovian Collective, they send for their best operatives to correct ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

D.M. Pruden has published 18 books.

D.M. Pruden does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Europa's Revenge, was published in January 2024.

The first book by D.M. Pruden, The Ares Weapon, was published in September 2016.

Yes. D.M. Pruden has 3 series.
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