Ron Collins

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  • Bibliography:
    62 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2006
  • Latest Book:
    January 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Stealing the Sun

1 - Starflight (Nov-2016)
2 - Starburst (Dec-2016)
3 - Starfall (Jan-2017)
4 - Starclash (Mar-2017)
5 - Starbound (Apr-2017)
6 - Starcrash (Dec-2017)
7 - Stargames (Aug-2022)
8 - Stardust (Sep-2022)
9 - Starborn (Oct-2022)

Book List in Order: 62 titles

  • Killing the Dragon

    Shortly after the Falklands conflict Gus Meredith is put out to graze by the RAF. Due to an injury sustained whilst flying Meredith's commanding officer considered it no longer appropriate for Meredith to be on active service and grounded him. Meredi...

  • The Brass Keep

    The Brass Keep is a tale of the war between Heaven and Hell, of the power of light and darkness, chronicling the growth of a lonely boy into manhood and his place as the dark hero of gypsy legend. Draven Azropht was raised alone on the frontier until...

  • The Disappearance of Josie Andrew

    A man who does his job without asking too many questions...A law that says we must test for genetic makeup to protect prospective parents and employers...A child who goes missing, and a life that is changed forever.-----------------------------------...

  • Out of the Blue

    The harshest environment in the solar system...A woman searching for herself...A scientific mission gone horribly wrong....--------------------------------This story was a Writers of the Future quarterly prizewinner:------------------------...

  • Stealing the Sun

    When a big institution commits a crime, there may be little that an individual can do about it. But does that mean he must do nothing?Stealing the Sun is a science fiction short story by regular Analog SF Magazine contributor and Amazon bestselling d...

  • The Test of Time

    A scientist is set adrift in his own time machine to end up in the Mesozoic era. A jealous research assistant has smashed the time-navigating mechanism that would allow the good doctor's return. Will he survive? Better yet, can he manage to get his ...

  • Picasso's Cat & Other Stories

    Picasso's Cat and Other Stories showcases the broad talents of one of science fiction's more versatile writers. This collection contains 15 tales of humor, hard science, cyberpunk, near-future SF, and space opera-including the three-story "Stealing t...

  • See the PEBA on $25 a Day

    The doping scandal, the egos, the money. Everyone remembers how the face of baseball changed back in 2006--how it all just collapsed. But, of course, baseball itself would not die. How could it? And after a season or two of discontent up sprang the P...

  • A Matter of Pride

    Chris thinks his job as a corporate web developer is more than a bit mundane. Then his computer starts to talk to him and he discovers that there is a reason some employers don't want their employees to be too smart ......



  • Five Magics

    - What will a man do for power?- How much is freedom worth?- What will it take to bring an end to a curse that will destroy an entire family line?- When is it time for an apprentice to make his own life?- What secrets line in the bones of a raptor?Aw...

  • Three Days in May, the Greatest Spectacle in Science Fiction

  • A Corner of the Mind

    "Little Jack Horner sat in a corner ... "Just when you thought you understood this nursery rhyme, award winning-SF author Ron Collins comes along a gives you the real story! This is a tale of one boy's magical Christmas in space....

  • Hengestone!

    What happens when a scroll from the lost library of Alexandria is discovered under the Parthenon and used to open a dimensional doorway at Stonehenge? Hengestone! Hell on Earth....

  • The Mysterious Case of Shojiro Sano's Bats

    Inspector Yuni Ichihara loves his local baseball team, but when his phone rings one morning it puts him on a case that will send him to the darkest places of that love. Inspector Ichihara has faith in his city, you see? He has hopes for his team. ...

  • Four Days in May

    Are you a race fan with a passion for science fiction? Then, strap yourself into the cockpit and follow along as John C. Bodin and Ron Collins take you on four hot laps around the Indy 500's past and future.In Neighbors on Gasoline Alley - A race tea...

  • Harold Tromball and the Case of the Missing Train

    Harold is a private detective that lives in Chicago, Illinois, during 1933. He has been sharing an office with his best friend, Rocky, who is a trial lawyer. Their office also shares a single secretary whose name is Mae, who makes the best coffee in ...

  • Chasing the Setting Sun

    Fraud, deceit, and greed. They have already changed the face of baseball in Japan, and are threatening to engulf the sport across the world. Six seasons have passed since Casey Neal and his friend Don-o saved the game in the United States. Now Don-o ...

  • Glamour of the God-Touched

    A mage's apprentice.Sorcerers on the hunt.Unnatural magic of devastating power.Garrick is a mage’s apprentice, soon to be a full-fledged sorcerer. The course of his life is clear -- he will be an apprentice, a mage, and then a superior. But a tragi...

  • Target of the Orders

    A god-touched mage.A headstrong rebel.Magewar to the west.All Garrick wants is to be left alone. But when he and Darien return to Caledena, they find the mage orders have taken control, and that those same orders want Garrick -- dead or alive. The or...



  • Trail of the Torean

    Cursed magic from the gods.A mysterious underground city.The first steps toward open war.Garrick is determined to be rid of a devastating magic that threatens to take over his life. Together with Darien -- the son of a military man -- he accepts a qu...

  • Gathering of the God-Touched

    A legendary mountain.Three mages of otherworldly power.A clash that will change the world.Garrick is a young mage inflicted with a chaotic magic tied to a powerful planewalker. He has never wanted anything more than to live his life in peace. The fac...

  • Pawn of the Planewalker

    A god-touched vigilante.Powerful rivalries.A desperate plan.After a hollow victory at God’s Tower, Garrick seeks vengeance from mages who have wronged him. But a call from Darien brings him back to Dorfort, and the machinations of his god-like supe...

  • Changing of the Guard

    A desolate plane.A devastated order of mages.A planewalker hungry for revenge.Garrick has agreed to lead the independent Torean mages, if for no other reason than to protect them from deceit and trickery of the god-like planewalkers. But when he retu...

  • Lord of the Freeborn

    Torean treachery.A planewalker's fury.A city under siege.Garrick wants to bring purpose to his Freeborn mages so he can use them to protect the plane from the whims of the god-like planewalkers. After the city of Dorfort evicts the Freeborn, however,...

  • Lords of Existence

    Ultimate power.Treachery.A battlefield of pure magic.Garrick has destroyed a god-like planewalker, and now finds himself shunned by his superior and marked for death by the Lords of Existence. He also discovers his powers have grown to monstrous prop...

  • Saga of the God-Touched Mage

    A mage's apprentice... Unnatural magic of devastating power... A clash that will change the world.

    Garrick enjoys the sheltered life of a mage's apprentice until one night when he's given a terrifying new magic and discovers his superior has been ...

  • Let's Play Three!

    What would happen if the DNA of Roy Hobbs, Casey at the Bat, and Henry Skrimshander got mixed up with Jack Keroac and Hunter S. Thompson, then the whole concoction was thrown into a blender and set on "comic book?" Welcome to bas...

  • The Bridge to Fae Realm

    THE BRIDGE TO FAE REALMJonathan Hale is a delivery guy by day, and an underground music critic by night. He's on his own and just getting his life back together when he runs across Micaela Alandari. She's a kick-ass fae woman with an interesting bloo...

  • Starflight

    Stealing the Sun - 1

    Absence of evidence is not evidence of absenceEverguard's mission: Establish a multidimensional gate inside Alpha Centauri A for Interstellar Command to fuel their new faster-than-light starship. Lieutenant...



  • Starburst

    Stealing the Sun - 2

    Faster-than-Light Travel Changes EverythingCasmir Francis commands Universe Three agents hidden across the Solar System. Together they stay a step ahead of the United Government. The game changes when the U...

  • Starfall

    Stealing the Sun - 3

    A streak of light across a clouded sky A distant planet. A harsh and desolate surface shrouded in layers of poisonous clouds. A sentient species formed by generations fighting both themselves and the planet they live on. A b...

  • The Knight Deception

    TREVIN KNIGHT: Well-liked up-and-coming lawyer on a senator’s staff, still figuring life out. The CEO of a genetic research firm turns up dead and Trevin Knight falls into the crossfire of a covert inside game. International politics, genetic scien...

  • Starclash

    Stealing the Sun - 4

    Two star systems, one galaxyUniverse Three has destroyed Everguard. The United Government has to strike back. Humanity sits on the edge of an intergalactic war never before imaginable.Torrance Black: Everguard's hero signs up to help.Casmir Francis: ...

  • Starbound

    Stealing the Sun - 5

    An arms race across the galaxyReeling from war, the United Government’s Interstellar Command wants control. In constant fear of discovery, Universe Three wants revenge.Amid a changing starscape of intrigue Torrance Black -- hero turned science amba...

  • Seven Days in May

    Strap yourself into the cockpit and follow alongas John C. Bodin and Ron Collins take you onseven hot laps around the Indy 500's past and future!Neighbors on Gasoline Alley - A team from Betelgeuse runs into a mysterious problem. What's a fellow crew...

  • The Black Marker at the End of Time

    A lone man walks a desolate beach. Worn and heavy of heart. Gun empty. Behind him the war of all wars destroys humankind. Before him lies the ocean. Cold. Harsh. Vast. Ageless. - A short story by award-winning Science Fictio...

  • Starcrash

    Stealing the Sun - 6

    First You Have To SurviveTorrance Black: wounded, alone, and adrift in deep space. His tiny shuttle holds short rations and scant fuel.Ahead lies his only chance--a planet too desolate to support life. At least that's what his experts told him. But s...

  • Deca-Dad

  • Tomorrow in All the Worlds

    Yesterday is death. Today is decay. Tomorrow is discovery.The Ambassador MissionDrinks on a BeachTomorrow in All the WorldsFighting the RealmsSpace Tyrants from the VoidEyes Flashing Blue and Brown and GreenGoliath's SlingBugsOn edge, with weird!A co...



  • Wakers

    When the singularity comes, will we know?It's the year 2372, and life is good. But all is not exactly as it seems. There's Bexie Montgomery, a long-dead multibillionaire. Kinji Hall, an ultra-creative designer. Maine Parker, a love-struck, world-clas...

  • Collins Creek, Vol 2

    Rock & Roll, Steampunk, and StarflightJump in, the water's fine!In Collins Creek, Volume 2, you'll find another memorable 10-pack of short stories from prolific writer Ron Collins-this time mixing, matching, and bending the constraints of science fic...

  • Collins Creek, Vol 3

    Aliens, Ray Guns, and Distant PlanetsJump in, the water's still more than fine!In Collins Creek, Volume 3, you'll find an eclectic 8-pack of short stories from prolific writer Ron Collins, all of which sprung from the environment of Fiction River ori...

  • Contemporary Currents and Historical Eddies

    Ten Stories: Together for the First TimeJump in, the water's fine!In Collins Creek, Volume 1, you'll find a remarkable 10-pack of contemporary short stories from prolific writer Ron Collins, all of which first appeared in Fiction River original antho...

  • Streams of Speculation

    Rock & Roll, Steampunk, and StarflightJump in, the water's fine!In Collins Creek, Volume 2, you'll find another memorable 10-pack of short stories from prolific writer Ron Collins—this time mixing, matching, and bending the constraints of scie...

  • Tides of Adventure

    Aliens, Ray Guns, and Distant PlanetsJump in, the water's still more than fine!In Collins Creek, Volume 3, you'll find an eclectic 8-pack of short stories from prolific writer Ron Collins, all of which sprung from the environment of Fiction River ori...

  • Stargames

    Stealing the Sun - 7

    Intergalactic War Is Chaos- Deidra Francis: Director of the Universe Three rebels.- Allie Feder: Brilliant wormhole physicist- Zina Nichols: Ambitious United Government intelligence agent- Thomas Kitchell: Esteemed scientist, hero of the Everguard mi...

  • New Worlds, New Civilizations

    New worlds, new civilizations.What will we find out there when we go looking? Who might find us?Join us as we go looking for life beyond the farthest star.Be sure to pick up the whole set of Boundary Shock Quarterly at your favorite retailer....

  • Stardust

    Stealing the Sun - 8

    On a Dying Planet, Hope? Torrance Black, the lone human on Esgarat, has a plan to save the dying planet, but can he get to Esgarat City fast enough to see it through? Baraq Waganat returns to Esgarat City, out for blood and hellbent on taking down th...

  • Starcruise

    Alex is graduating the Academy. His father takes him on a star cruise. But when your father is a high-ranking member of the United Government, nothing is as it first appears.STARCRUISE, a short story in the STEALING THE SUN universe of bestselling Sc...



  • Starborn

    Stealing the Sun - 9

    A black hole connected to the sun.A race against time.A question of who lives and who dies.Across distant star systems, forces clash to save the worlds they love.Torrance Black, stranded on a dying planet, gambles on one last hope.Baraq Waganat, the ...

  • First Rays of New Sun

    Alban Arthan. Winterfest. The end of the old year, the birth of the next.Katazarra, once the Lord's favorite, has been locked in Fae Realm for longer than memory recalls.Then comes James, a human new to the Realm. A prize, not yet bound. A toy given ...

  • Five Seven Five

  • Collins Creek, Volume 1

    Ten Stories: Together for the First TimeJump in, the water's fine!In Collins Creek, Volume 1, you'll find a surprising 10-pack of contemporary short stories from prolific writer Ron Collins, all of which first appeared in the Fiction River Anthology ...

  • Cyberpunk

    Dark futures and neon dreams. Technology that makes us more than human. Or less. What awaits us as we move into that future where the world of today is transformed by all the promises of the next technological breakthrough?...

  • They Came Back

    FIVE STORIES, LOST IN TIMERediscover the earliest works of bestselling science fiction author Ron Collins in They Came Back, a captivating collection of newly unearthed stories, each originally published in the pages of Radius, one of the first dig...

  • Curveball Cursed

    To play or not to play, that is the question...Having helped her Small Folk teammates win the Fairy League Series and gain control of the powerful Web Gem, star player Emily DeWitt is back at Pattersonville West High School for a redo of her senior y...

  • The Happiest Place in Space

    Stowaways, happy family fun, and intergalactic crime rings!Desperate for a gig, James and Lyn Moore, the talented but befuddled twin brothers that make up the Intergalactic Band of Brilliance, audition for a slot on the Happiest Place in Space cruise...

  • The Intergalactic Band of Brilliance!

    Music, Mayhem, and Mystery!Talented, but impetuous, Lyn Moore is an artist at heart. He's a musician who finds himself kicked out of the group he founded with his twin brother, James, and working a grungy service job on the moon. Enter the Feral Sist...

  • The intergalactic Veterinarian of the Year!

    Take a madcap cruise through interstellar space!James and Lyn Moore-the talented but befuddled musicians that make up the Intergalactic Band of Brilliance-play their most important show yet, a headline gig on an interstellar cruise line. Frisky, thei...

  • The Magical Mystery Cruise!

    Magical mystics, musical mayhem, and murderous mischief through space and time!James and Lyn Moore-the twin brothers that make up the Intergalactic Band of Brilliance-have hits on their playlist, but now, it's Frisky-their cantankerous cat-who's got ...

  • 1100 Digital Stories in an Analog World

    Twelve stories from the pages of Analog Science Fiction and Science FactJoin bestselling and award-winning author Ron Collins as he takes you on a spectacular exploration of everything science fiction. A ride that covers everything from true time tra...

  • Outfield Magicked

    When the Samhain wind blows, the veil between the worlds grows thin...The Pattersonville West High School Unicorns have finally won the State Championship. But a surprise visit from their Fairy Realm neighbors during their celebrations brings a uniqu...

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Ron Collins has published 62 books.

The next book by Ron Collins, Outfield Magicked, will be published in January 2025.

The first book by Ron Collins, Killing the Dragon, was published in April 2006.

Yes. Ron Collins has 1 series.
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