Catherine Beery

Catherine Beery writes science fiction and fantasy, building interconnected worlds around young protagonists, political systems, and magical or technological conflict. She describes herself as a full-time author and identifies piano, reading, and family storytelling among the influences surrounding her work. The 2014 novel Cadet begins the four-book Defender of the Empire series. The space-opera novel introduces Rylynn Sinclair of Colony Lenti, whose disrupted childhood leads to a place at the Legion Fleet Academy within the vast Spectral Empire. Rylynn enters the Admiral's Competition while discovering unusual abilities and navigating the divisions between colony worlds and governing Prime Worlds. Facades, Chaos, and Temple of War continue that sequence. Beery's broader catalogue includes the Ca'Leya Chronicles, the Rune books, and the Ways of Mages series written with Andrew Beery. Across these projects, she returns to academy training, concealed histories, contested loyalties, and characters learning how their private choices affect much larger communities.