Victor Milán


Victor Woodward Milán was an American writer known for libertarian science fiction and an interest in cybernetics.

Life and career

Milán was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In 1986 Milán won the Prometheus Award for Cybernetic Samurai. He has also written several shared universe works for the Forgotten Realms, Star Trek, BattleTech and Wild Cards series. He has also written books under the pseudonyms Richard Austin, Robert Baron, and S. L. Hunter. He also wrote at least nine novels under the "house name" of James Axler for the Harlequin Press/Gold Eagle Books "Deathlands" and "Outlanders" series. He has published almost 100 novels and numerous short stories.
Milán was also known as the longtime masquerade emcee of Archon, the multi-genre convention held annually in Collinsville, Illinois.
Victor Milán died February 13, 2018, in Albuquerque, New Mexico after a battle with cancer.

Series and shared universes

;Guardians series :
  1. The Guardians
  2. Trial by Fire
  3. Thunder of Hell
  4. Night of the Phoenix
  5. Armageddon Run
  6. War Zone
  7. Brute Force
  8. Desolation Road
  9. Vengeance Day
  10. Freedom Fight
  11. Valley of the Gods
  12. The Plague Years
  13. Devil's Deal
  14. Death from Above
;Stormrider series :
  1. Stormrider
  2. River of Fire
  3. Lord of the Plains
;Donovan Steele series :
  • Fugitive Steele
  • Molten Steele
;Battletech series
  • Close Quarters
  • Hearts of Chaos
  • Black Dragon
;Tokugawa
  • The Cybernetic Samurai
  • The Cybernetic Shogun
;War of Powers
  • The Sundered Realm with Robert E. Vardeman
  • The City in the Glacier with Robert E. Vardeman
  • The Destiny Stone with Robert E. Vardeman
  • The Fallen Ones with Robert E. Vardeman
  • In the Shadow of Omizantrim with Robert E. Vardeman
  • Demon of the Dark Ones with Robert E. Vardeman
Star Trek: TOS
  • From the Depths
;Wild Cards
  • Turn of the Cards
;Forgotten Realms
  • War in Tethyr with Walter Velez
;Mechwarrior
;Rogue Angel series
  • Solomon's Jar
  • The Chosen
  • The Lost Scrolls
  • Secret of the Slaves
;The Dinosaur Lords Series
This was intended to be a series of six books set in a world named Paradise. The first trilogy of the main six books is called The Ballad of Karyl's Last Ride. The author stated in 2017 that he planned to write other short stories, novellas, and novels that take place in Paradise beside the main series. However, he died before they were completed.
  • The Dinosaur Lords
  • The Dinosaur Knights
  • ''The Dinosaur Princess''

    Stand-alone novels

  • Western
  • Runespear with Melinda M. Snodgrass
  • Red Sands
  • ''CLD: Collective Landing Detachment''