William R. Forstchen
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)
- "Endings" in Bolos Book 2: The Unconquerable (ed. Keith Laumer) (1994)
- "Jacus the Slug" in The Day the Magic Stopped (ed. Christopher Stasheff) (1995) with John Mina
- "Would You?" in Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear (ed. Jody Lynn Nye) (1996)
- "Yesterday's Gods" in Bolos Book 4: Last Stand (ed. Keith Laumer) (1997) with John Mina
- "A Hard Day for Mother" in Alternate Generals (ed. Harry Turtledove) (1998)
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
We Look Like Men of War (2001)
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.
