Dr. William R. Forstchen is the author or co-author of six Wing Commander novels.

Bibliography

Novels

Ice Prophet

Ice Prophet (1983)
The Flame Upon the Ice (1984)
A Darkness Upon the Ice (1985)

Into the Sea of Stars (1986)

The Gamester Wars

The Alexandrian Ring (1987)
The Assassin Gambit (1988)
The Napoleon Wager (1993)

The Crystal Warriors

The Crystal Warriors (1988) with Greg Morrison
The Crystal Sorcerers (1991) with Greg Morrison

The Lost Regiment

Rally Cry (1990)
Union Forever (1991)
Terrible Swift Sword (1992)
Fateful Lightning (1993)
Battle Hymn (1997)
Never Sound Retreat (1998)
A Band of Brothers (1999)
Men of War (1999)
Down to the Sea (2000)

Wing Commander

End Run (1994) with Christopher Stasheff
Fleet Action (1994)
Heart of the Tiger (1995) with Andrew Keith
The Price of Freedom (1996) with Ben Ohlander
Action Stations (1998)
False Colors (1999) with Andrew Keith

Magic: The Gathering (1994)

Arena (1994)

Star Voyager

Star Voyager Academy (1994)
Article 23 (1998)
Prometheus (1999)

1945 (1995) with Newt Gingrich

The Four Magics (1996) with Larry Segriff

Star Trek: The Next Generation

#57 - The Forgotten War (1999)

Shattered Light

#3 - Catseye (1999) with Jaki Demarest

Legends of the Riftwar

Book 1 - Honoured Enemy (2001) with Raymond E. Feist

Gettysburg

Gettysburg (2003) with Newt Gingrich
Grant Comes East (2004) with Newt Gingrich
Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant, the Final Victory (2005) with Newt Gingrich

Pacific War

Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th (2007) with Newt Gingrich
Days of Infamy (2008) with Newt Gingrich

One Second After

One Second After (2009)
One Year After (2015)
The Final Day (2017)

George Washington

To Try Men’s Souls: A Novel of George Washington and the Fight for American Freedom (2009) with Newt Gingrich
Valley Forge (2011) with Newt Gingrich
Victory at Yorktown (2012) with Newt Gingrich

The Battle of the Crater: a Novel of the Civil War (2011) with Newt Gingrich

Pillar to the Sky (2014)

48 Hours (2019)

Novellas

Day of Wrath (2014)

Short Stories

"By Thought Alone" in There Will Be War Volume VI: Guns of Darkness (ed. Jerry Pournelle) (1987)
"The Truthsayer" in Arabesques: More Tales of the Arabian Nights (ed. Susan Shwartz) (1988)
"Fog of War" in Dragon's Eye (ed. Christopher Stasheff) (1994)

Nonfiction

It Seemed Like a Good Idea...: A Compendium of Great Historical Fiascoes (2000) with Bill Fawcett

Hot Shots: An Oral History of Air Force Combat Pilots of the Korean War (2000) with Jennie Ethell Chancey

Honor Untarnished: A West Point Graduate's Memoir of World War II (2003) with Donald V. Bennett

Academic Papers

The 28th United States Colored Troops: Indiana’s African-Americans Go to War, 1863-1865 (1994)

Boys' Life Stories

Dr. Forstchen's first published story was "The Wings of the Falcon" which was printed in the September 1978 issue of Boys' Life. He continued to write both short stories and articles for the magazine into the 21st century.