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Black Ocean: Mercy for Hire Books in Order

by J.S. MorinMystery, Thriller & Suspense

16 books from Wayward Saint (2018) to Empathy for the Devil: Mission 16 (2020). Rated 4.8 across 524 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Wayward Saint

    Book 1 2018 4.6 (74)

    Esper may dress the part. She has her own ship. She even carries a blaster - not that she ever uses it. But she violates the cardinal rule of the galaxy’s most cold-blooded profession: get paid....

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  2. Behind Blue Skies: Mission 2

    Book 2 2018 4.5 (39)

    Esper and Kubu take an outlaw vacation to a remote planet whose tiny colony seems idyllic. The plan is simple: Stay out of trouble, let the heat die down, and slink back quietly to civilized space.

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  3. House of the Orion Sun: Mission 3

    Book 3 2018 4.8 (22)

    Core World problems... Rigel IV glistens beneath a giant, blue-white sun. Its vast surface is covered in tall cities shining like hope itself. Law enforcement protects the people. Or at least...most of the people.

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  4. Break the Chain: Mission 4

    Book 4 2018 4.6 (16)

    The jig is up. The news is out. They finally found her. As Esper has tried to save the galaxy’s wayward children, she’s done it with the looming threat of the Convocation dogging her steps.

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  5. Sunshine of Your Cult

    Book 5 2019 4.9 (63)

    Sunshine of Your Cult is the fifth mission of Black Ocean: Mercy for Hire. It follows the exploits of a pair of do-gooder bounty hunters who care more about saving the day than getting a payday....

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  6. Walk Like a Magician

    Book 6 2019 4.9 (48)

    Esper tracks the Cult of Ra to an arms factory on a grimy colony world. With limited magical resources, they're reduced to doing their vigilante act the old-fashioned way....

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  7. Hotel Caledonia

    Book 7 2019 4.8 (38)

    Esper has a rendezvous with a mysterious contact aboard an undersea luxury cruise ship, an exclusive submarine hotel for a cozy five-day getaway.

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  8. Eye of the Pharaoh

    Book 8 2019 by J. S. Morin 4.7 (28)

    Esper made that promise. Now it's time to make good. The Cult of Ra has a flagship, and thanks to a turncoat in their ranks, Esper and her friends know where it's going to be....

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  9. Ship with No Name: Mission 9

    Book 9 2020 4.7 (57)

    With the capture of the Eye of Ra, Esper and her friends discover that small problems have started looking too small. When a plague breaks out on the occupied planet of Meyang, she decides it's time to see what her new ship and crew are…

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  10. No More Mr Nice Girl: Mission 10

    Book 10 2020 4.5 (26)

    In the constant war against her darker side, Esper was forced to win a daily battle for control. One loss was all it took for the roles of warden and prisoner to switch.

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  11. Magic's Little Helper: Mission 11

    Book 11 2020 4.9 (20)

    Leaving an apprentice unsupervised has never been a good idea. With Esper neglecting her duties as magical teacher, Tiffany takes her education into her own hands....

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  12. Mortanian Rhapsody: Mission 12

    Book 12 2020 by J. S. Morin 4.8 (18)

    Tiffany knows what happened. Esper has fallen to the darkness within her. Rather than fleeing to safety, she escapes the presence of Dark Esper to find a way to bring back the woman she thinks of as a mother....

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  13. The Girls Are Back in Town: Mission 13

    Book 13 2020 4.9 (26)

    Tanny and Esper may have grown apart, but they've joined forces to overthrow the Rucker Syndicate. Tanny's father has crossed too many lines, and now it's time for new leadership of the galaxy's most expansive criminal enterprise....

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  14. Stuck in the Astral with You

    Book 14 2020 4.9 (18)

    Tanny and Esper’s rebel syndicate needs to hit the Ruckers hard and where it hurts: in the finances. They decide on a target, one that most of the galaxy is blissfully unaware is owned by a vicious criminal gang: Friendli Foods....

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  15. Lair of the Dog

    Book 15 2020 5.0 (21)

    Home is where the bark is. Fleeing from an unwinnable battle, Tanny is forced to find a planet where she can take refuge from a syndicate with galaxy-spanning reach.

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  16. Empathy for the Devil: Mission 16

    Book 16 2020 5.0 (10)

    Meet the new boss, daughter of the old boss. Tanny and Esper are done with games and tricks. This war is costing both sides too much. The peaceful transition of power Tanny had dreamed of now seems impossible.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Black Ocean: Mercy for Hire is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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