← ALL SERIESSCIENCE FICTIONMavericks
By Craig Alanson
2 total booksONGOING
Mavericks is Craig Alanson's spinoff series set in the Expeditionary Force universe — following a different crew operating in the same galaxy that Bishop and Skippy spent thirteen volumes making simultaneously safer and stranger. The spinoff picks up threads from the main series and runs them through a new lens: different characters, different operational problems, but the same Alanson voice — tactical ingenuity, real team dynamics, and a universe that operates according to rules even when those rules are deeply inconvenient.
Readers should complete the main Expeditionary Force series before beginning Mavericks — the spinoff rewards knowledge of the larger world in ways that would be lost on a cold entry. For those who have finished the main arc and are not ready to leave the galaxy, Mavericks is the obvious next step.
SHARED UNIVERSE
Set in the Expeditionary Force universe. Read the main series first.
CATCH-UP GUIDES IN PROGRESS
The author is doing a full re-read of this series. Detailed catch-up summaries — key events, character status, world state — will be added book by book as he finishes.
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Mavericks20228/10
“A confident spinoff entry. Alanson knows this universe well enough to hand it to a new crew without losing what makes it work.”
CATCH-UP GUIDE
Catch-up guide for Mavericks is coming soon. Check back after the author finishes his re-read.
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Mavericks: Renegades20238/10
“The new team finds its footing. The ExpForce universe continues to reward readers who stay in it.”
CATCH-UP GUIDE
Catch-up guide for Mavericks: Renegades is coming soon. Check back after the author finishes his re-read.
