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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 1990
  • Latest Book:
    December 2015
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Full Series List in Order

Fogarty-Tanaka

Mantis (May-1993)
Leopard (Jul-1994)
Steroid Blues (May-1995)
Mind Kill (Sep-1997)

Tegne

The Killing Blow (Jul-1990)
Tegne: Warlord of Zendow (1995)
Tegne: Soul Warrior (Nov-1995)

Book List in Order: 13 titles



  • This second part of the "Tegne" trilogy and sequel to "Warlord of Zendow" stands completely on its own right and describes the rule of Tegne over his kingdom and his struggle against Neeka, an enchantress. Set in the future when the polar ice cap has...



  • Cult leader Justin Gabriel has been in prison for ten years, convicted of ordering his followers to kill. He has been a model prisoner, intent always on winning parole-- and resuming the work the police interrupted. Soon he will have his one and only...



  • Josef Tanaka returns to Japan to find his brother's brutal killer, leading him into the strange world of sumo wrestling, ritual tattooing, and the Yakuza, and a confrontation with a human killing machine...




  • Investigating a bizarre murder in which every bone in the victim's body was shattered, police captain Bill Fogarty and his team uncover a body-enhancing drug operation that is hidden by two steroid supermen. Reprint....



  • Mastery of the martial arts is a hallmark of the works of Richard La Plante. His heroes have carried readers into the heart of the warrior's craft-but never more so than in Tegné Soul Warrior. As the boy grows to manhood, he becomes a fighting m...



  • Cult leader Justin Gabriel has been in prison for ten years, convicted of ordering his followers to kill. He has been a model prisoner, intent always on winning parole -- and resuming the work the police interrupted. Soon he will have his one and onl...



  • "Never Again," Richard La Plante promised after he and his new wife completed building their family home in East Hampton, New York. But he did not keep his promise. Instead, he bought twenty acres of raw land on a mountaintop located three and half t...



  • A near-fatal mistake during the attempted bust by the cops leaves a bullet lodged in the right temporal lobe of Charlie’s brain. Operating to remove it would likely kill Charlie. Living with it will change him forever. Two men linked forever by a t...






  • From his first breath, people know that John Reed is special. Gifted with an uncanny awareness and ability to communicate, he also possess the power to heal. Before long, a local priest heralds the infant as a new messiah, inadvertently drawing the a...



  • Richard La Plante’s engrossing fantasy-fiction saga Tegné: Soul Warrior continues with Book Two, Tegné: The Killing Blow. In the first volume, Tegné, Warlord of Zendow, has successfully faced the test of the heart and slain the Beast -- his love...



  • Richard La Plante’s engrossing fantasy-fiction saga Tegné: Soul Warrior continues with Book Two, Tegné: The Killing Blow. In the first volume, Tegné, Warlord of Zendow, has successfully faced the test of the heart and slain the Beast -- his love...



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    Author Richard La Plante had always wanted to ride cross-country to Sturgis, South Dakota-to the famous motorcycle rally that has become the mecca for the American biker. But at the age of 53, still bruised from a divorce, newly remarried, and a fath...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Richard La Plante has published 13 books.

Richard La Plante does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Tegne: The Killing Blow, was published in December 2015.

The first book by Richard La Plante, The Killing Blow, was published in July 1990.

Yes. Richard La Plante has 2 series.