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William H. Keith

Author of Earth Strike

156+ Works 8,567 Members 123 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

William H. Keith Jr., William H. Keith Jr. has written over sixty novels dealing with the theme of war. Keith was in the Navy during the Vietnam war as a hospital corpsman, which gave him the personal experience with which to write his novels. Writting under the pseudonym 'H. Jay Riker,' Keith show more produced the "SEALS: The Warrior Breed" series, a family drama encompassing the history of Navy UDT and the SEALS from World War II to present say. Under the pseudonym 'Ian Douglas,' Keith wrote a military science fiction series which follows the course of U.S. Marines in the future show less
Disambiguation Notice:

This author wrote under a number of pseudonyms. Those which appear to be single-author pages are combined here.
The names Ian Douglas and Bill Keith are shared with other authors, so the works on those pages are aliased here instead of the pages being combined.

Image credit: Diane Krauss (Stuttgart, Germany, 2000)

Series

Works by William H. Keith

Earth Strike (2010) — Author — 485 copies, 17 reviews
Semper Mars (1998) 432 copies, 5 reviews
Star Corps (2003) 346 copies, 6 reviews
Luna Marine (1999) 321 copies, 3 reviews
Decision at Thunder Rift (1986) 304 copies, 4 reviews
Europa Strike (2000) 293 copies, 2 reviews
Center of Gravity (2011) — Author — 287 copies, 4 reviews
Battlespace (The Legacy Trilogy, Book 2) (2006) 270 copies, 2 reviews
Star Strike (2008) 255 copies, 1 review
Star Marines (The Legacy Trilogy, Book 3) (2007) 252 copies, 2 reviews
The Price of Glory (1987) 228 copies, 2 reviews
Singularity (2012) 227 copies, 7 reviews
Mercenary's Star (1987) 221 copies, 2 reviews
Galactic Corps (2008) 193 copies, 1 review
Arctic Gold (2009) 192 copies, 1 review
Bolo Brigade (1997) 187 copies, 1 review
Semper Human (2009) 178 copies, 1 review
Bolo Rising (1992) 174 copies, 3 reviews
Deep Space (2013) 173 copies, 4 reviews
Bolo Strike (2001) 151 copies, 4 reviews
Tactics of Duty (1995) 132 copies
Operation Excalibur (1996) 130 copies
Diplomatic Act (1998) 128 copies, 2 reviews
Dark Matter (2014) 122 copies, 2 reviews
Sea of Terror (2010) 116 copies, 2 reviews
Frontier Earth (1999) — Author — 110 copies, 4 reviews
Bloodstar: Star Corpsman: Book One (2012) 109 copies, 4 reviews
Warstrider (1993) 96 copies, 3 reviews
Deep Time (2015) 87 copies, 2 reviews
The Science Of The Craft (2005) 85 copies, 4 reviews
Warstrider: Rebellion (1993) 81 copies, 1 review
Abyss Deep: Star Corpsman: Book Two (2013) 77 copies, 1 review
Warstrider: Jackers (1994) 77 copies, 2 reviews
Silver Star (1993) 76 copies
Dark Mind (2017) 68 copies, 1 review
Retief's Peace (2005) 67 copies, 4 reviews
Warstrider: Symbionts (1995) 62 copies, 1 review
March or Die (1992) 59 copies
Doctor Who and the Vortex Crystal (1986) 53 copies, 1 review
Warstrider: Netlink (1995) 51 copies, 1 review
Bright Light (2018) 48 copies, 1 review
Alien Secrets (Solar Warden Book 1) (2020) 47 copies, 5 reviews
Doctor Who and the Rebel's Gamble (1986) 47 copies, 1 review
Navy Cross (1996) 47 copies
Darkness Falling (2017) 46 copies
Two of Minds (2000) 45 copies
Purple Heart (1994) 43 copies
Honor and Fidelity (1992) — Author — 43 copies
Bronze Star (1995) 41 copies
Medal of Honor (1997) 38 copies
Carrier (1991) 36 copies
The Silent Service: Los Angeles Class (2001) 34 copies, 1 review
The Silent Service: Seawolf Class (2002) 30 copies, 1 review
Android: Free Fall (2011) 30 copies, 2 reviews
Casualties of War (2003) 29 copies
Marks of Valor (1998) 27 copies
Stargods (Star Carrier #9) (2020) 27 copies, 1 review
In Harm's Way (1999) 26 copies
Kafer Dawn (1987) 26 copies
Cybernarc (1991) 18 copies
Enduring Freedom (2005) 17 copies
Kafer Sourcebook (1988) 17 copies
Aurore Sourcebook (1987) 17 copies
Invaders of Charon: Nomads of the Sky (1992) — Author — 16 copies
Invaders of Charon: Warlords of Jupiter (1992) — Author — 16 copies
The Gray Death Legion (1986) 15 copies
Duty's Call (2000) 13 copies
Mission Arcturus (1987) 12 copies
Iraqi Freedom (2007) 12 copies
Sharuq (1993) 10 copies
Stingray (1994) 7 copies
A Rock and a Hard Place (2021) 6 copies
Die Ehre der Legion (1997) 5 copies
Warstrider: Battlemind (2015) 5 copies
Žoldnéřova hvězda (1996) 4 copies
Terror at sea 4 copies
Desert Sun 3 copies
Duneraiders (Traveller) (1984) 3 copies
Rebellion (Warstrider, #2) 3 copies, 1 review
Golden Rule (2019) 3 copies
Eyestorm (2019) 2 copies
Behind Enemy Lines 2 copies, 1 review
Leviathans: Armored Skies (2021) 2 copies
Silent Service 2 copies
Mroczny umysł (2017) 1 copy
Głębia czasu (2015) 1 copy
The Weapon 1 copy
Death Wave (Deep Black, #9) 1 copy, 1 review
SEALS 1 copy
Duneraiders 1 copy
Partnership 1 copy
Fossils 1 copy

Associated Works

Armored (2012) — Contributor — 144 copies, 5 reviews
The Best of the Bolos : Their Finest Hour (2010) — Contributor — 83 copies, 1 review
Alternate Gettysburgs (2002) — Contributor — 67 copies, 2 reviews
Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming (2001) — Contributor — 63 copies, 1 review
Past Imperfect (2001) — Contributor — 62 copies, 2 reviews
Civil War Fantastic (2000) — Contributor — 58 copies, 1 review
Guardsmen of Tomorrow (2000) — Contributor — 54 copies
Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors (2003) — Contributor — 53 copies, 1 review
Starfall (1999) — Contributor — 52 copies, 1 review
Man vs Machine (2007) — Contributor — 49 copies
Shrapnel: Fragments from the Inner Sphere (1989) — some editions — 35 copies, 1 review
The Last Line: A Novel (2013) 35 copies
Silicon Dreams (2001) — Contributor — 32 copies, 1 review
Crash Dive (Anthology 9-in-1) (2003) — Contributor — 21 copies
The Iytean Menace (Doctor Who, RPG) (1985) — Contributor — 19 copies
Future Wars (2003) — Contributor — 18 copies, 2 reviews
Shanghai Steam (2013) — Contributor — 10 copies
How to Save the World (2013) — Contributor — 8 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name
Keith, William H., Jr.
Other names
Cain, Robert
Riker, H. Jay
Douglas, Ian
Birthdate
1950-08-08
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Places of residence
Pennsylvania, USA
Relationships
Keith, J. Andrew (brother)
Organizations
Mensa
Disambiguation notice
This author wrote under a number of pseudonyms. Those which appear to be single-author pages are combined here.

The names Ian Douglas and Bill Keith are shared with other authors, so the works on those pages are aliased here instead of the pages being combined.

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Reviews

Enjoyed the detail and the tech. Hope the next ones go into a little more detail around the story!
 
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sdmis | 16 other reviews | Aug 3, 2024 |
It was fine. Not particularly original, nothing surprising, but it was solid and entertaining. I have started the next in the series. It's a space sci-fi, not a speculative one.
 
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crazybatcow | 16 other reviews | Jul 20, 2024 |
After thirty pages of flash-backs and info dumps, I gave up when the Admiral sent a twelve ship fighter squadron to attack an enemy fleet at light speed and didn't follow for eight plus hours. Uh-huh.

 
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lyrrael | 16 other reviews | Aug 3, 2023 |

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Works
156
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Members
8,567
Popularity
#2,809
Rating
½ 3.5
Reviews
123
ISBNs
334
Languages
7
Favorited
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