Victor Milan


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

Career

Milan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1986 he 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 9 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.
Milan was also known as the longtime masquerade emcee of Archon, the multigenre convention held annually in Collinsville, Illinois.

Death

Victor Milan 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
  15. Snake Eyes
  16. Death Charge
;Stormrider series :
  1. Stormrider
  2. River of Fire
  3. Lord of the Plains
;Donovan Steele series :
;Battletech series
;Tokugawa
;War of Powers
Star Trek: TOS
;Wild Cards
;Forgotten Realms
;Mechwarrior
;Rogue Angel series
;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 6 books is called The Ballad of Karyl's Last Ride. The author stated in 2017 that he planned to write other short stories and novellas and novels that takes place in Paradise beside the main series. However, he died before they were completed.