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  • Bibliography:
    33 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2015
  • Latest Book:
    June 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Orion Colony

1 - Orion Colony (Aug-2019)
2 - Orion Uncharted (Aug-2019)
3 - Orion Awakened (Aug-2019)
4 - Orion Protected (Jan-2020)

Renagade Origins

1 - Nameless (Oct-2018)
2 - The Constable (Feb-2019)
3 - The Constable Returns (May-2019)
4 - Warrior Queen (Jun-2019)

The Renegade

1 - The Renegade (Aug-2020)
2 - The Deal (Oct-2020)

Renegade Star

1 - Renegade Star (Aug-2017)
2 - Renegade Atlas (Oct-2017)
3 - Renegade Moon (Nov-2017)
4 - Renegade Lost (Jan-2018)
5 - Renegade Fleet (Mar-2018)
6 - Renegade Earth (Jun-2018)
7 - Renegade Dawn (Jul-2018)
8 - Renegade Children (Nov-2018)
9 - Renegade Union (Feb-2019)
10 - Renegade Empire (May-2019)
11 - Renegade Descent (Jun-2019)
12 - Renegade Rising (Aug-2019)
13 - Renegade Alliance (Oct-2019)
14 - Renegade Evolution (Feb-2020)

The Variant Saga

1 - The Amber Project (Apr-2015)
2 - Transient Echoes (Mar-2016)
3 - Hope Everlasting (Nov-2016)
4 - The Vernal Memory (Mar-2017)

Book List in Order: 33 titles



  • 200 years after the world ends, their future begins.In 2157, a mysterious gas known as Variant spreads across the globe, killing or mutating most organic life. The surviving humans take refuge in an underground city, determined to return home. But af...



  • A whole new world of stories. It has been three years since the day of the Second Jolt. Thanks to the efforts of a select few, the world is finally moving on. As the Variant air begins to thin, humanity finds itself on the cusp of a new age of explo...



  • Adam Kadman is the captain of a seed ship known as the Eden. Carrying ten thousand cryogenically frozen colonists, he and his crew must seek out new worlds for potential habitation. With the help of Lilith, a shipboard cyberbrain, Adam and his team w...



  • Journey down the road to Everlasting. Terry is on the run, having escaped from prison and killed its overseer. He and his friend Ludo need to find a way to get to the northern border. That's where Ludo's wife is being held, but t...



  • Everlasting is on the brink of total war.As the terrorist organization known as Garden attempts to assassinate key members of the Leadership, another unseen hand has plans of its own...Back at the human outpost, Mei Curie and her team are working to ...



  • They say the Earth is just a myth. Something to tell your children when you put them to sleep, the lost homeworld of humanity. Everyone knows it isn't real, though. It can't be. But when Captain Jace Hughes encounters a nun with a mysterio...



  • The search for Earth has begun. After barely escaping the Union's grasp, The Renegade Star is off to parts unknown. Every member of its crew is a wanted fugitive. None of them can ever return home. But all is not lost. Thanks to Lex, ...



  • A Renegade never surrenders. After evading both the Union and the Sarkonian Empire, Jace and the crew are off in search of Earth. With the help of Titan, their new base of operations, Jace believes they might just have a chance. That is, if the...



  • A lost ship. An unknown civilization. The Renegade Star is stranded, its engines totally shot, surrounded by the unknown. Floating in the dead of space, they receive a strange transmission from a nearby planet, warning them to stay away or face th...






  • An ancient threat is rising. Jace Hughes has successfully crippled the Union, saving a small civilization in the process. With a new army at his side, he sets his sights on Earth, the lost homeworld of humanity, vowing to finish the job he set out...



  • Three Empires Collide.Captain Jace Hughes and his band of rebels have managed to outrun the Union at every turn, barely escaping with their lives. What started as a simple transport job has escalated into a war between empires, all for the sake of a ...



  • Welcome to the Old World.Captain Jace Hughes and his crew have finally reached their destination: Earth, the mythical lost homeworld of Humanity. It was said to harbor great wonders, fertile land, and beauty beyond comparison, but the reality is ...



  • Abigail and Clementine were just a couple of orphans looking for a home.But when the two girls witness something terrible, they have no choice but to leave their orphanage and go into hiding. The only person willing to take them in is a man named Mul...




  • How did I get here?After waking up on the floor of an unknown ship, and with no way of contacting his crew, Captain Jace Hughes is forced to fight his way through a myriad of soldiers. With no memory of the battle or how he arrived on the ship, he ha...



  • My name is Alphonse Malloy, and I see everything.From a simple glance, I know your hobbies, what you ate for breakfast, how well you slept, and whether or not your wife is secretly seeing the high school biology teacher when you're not around.I can't...




  • Alphonse Malloy may just be the smartest man alive.A year has passed since Alphonse joined the Constables, but his work is only just beginning. In order to graduate and achieve full Constable status, Alphonse will need to complete one final mission.W...



  • The Celestial War has arrived.Captain Hughes and his team of rebels have created a shaky alliance with the same government that sought to end them, but even that might not be enough.In order to combat the Celestial threat, Jace will need to convince ...






  • On a lost world, far removed from Earth, a group of humans struggle to survive.Two thousand years after their ancestors lost control of a hidden genetics research facility, the descendants of mankind have been reduced to a tribe of two hundred surviv...




  • An alien awakens from a long sleep. 

    An impossible prophecy that cannot be ignored. 

    Dean and his friends are trapped on a world they can barely comprehend with enemies on all sides and a growing need to survive. 

    There's more...



  • Humanity's Exodus is about to begin.  

    When half of mankind revolts and demands more opportunity, those at the top decide on a compromise: They will build the first colony ships and allow the rest to discover new worlds and start over.  ...



  • The Orion has fallen. 

    After barely escaping with their lives, the crew of the Orion has scattered across an unknown world. With a diminishing hope of returning home, they have no choice but to band together. 

    But between the local w...



  • An ancient world holds many secrets.With the Celestial ship Tartarus now under his command, the former Renegade known as Jace Hughes heads toward a lost colony in search of answers.What he finds may change the war forever.Meanwhile, the Celestials ar...



  • Prepare for war. 

    What do you do when you find yourself in the middle of a fight you didn't start? 

    Whatever you need to do to survive. 

    As an unprecedented enemy grows beyond measure, Dean is faced with a choice to confront t...



  • The truth about the gods will set you free.Jace Hughes and the people of Earth have joined with the Union and the Sarkonians to create the largest alliance in human history. They have amassed a wealth of weapons, shields, and the strongest military e...



  • Jace Hughes is a Renegade.That means taking jobs and not asking questions, whether that involves smuggling, transporting runaways, or performing other, far less wholesome work. Whatever the situation, Jace is willing to do what it takes to achieve hi...



  • The epic conclusion is here!As the Celestials make their way to Earth, humanity must make its final stand. The Union, Sarkonians, Eternals, and the free people of Earth must stand together or face extinction. But doing so will not be easy.Despite all...






  • No one ever said being a Renegade was easy.When Jace Hughes accepts a job to capture and transport a wanted criminal, he doesn't expect any problems.But when a family of smugglers assassinate his mark right before his eyes, he's left to pick up the p...



  • Dash never asked to be a mech pilot, but fate has other plans.On the run and out of chances, he guides his ship and crew into the heart of a relic older than the galaxy itself-and find himself on the edge of an eternal war he never knew existed.The r...



  • Magic. Steel. Blood. Victory.The Earth's navy is left drifting among the stars as Nyctus ships swarm, their purpose unknown as they continue their advance, burning one system after another.Humanity's extinction seems inevitable.But on one of the forg...



  • Sit in prison or join the military. The choice is yours.Convicted of a minor traffic violation, Rev Pelletier is conscripted into the Perseus Union Marine Corps . . . for up to a thirty-year term of service.Anxious to get back to his civilian life an...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

J.N. Chaney has published 33 books.

J.N. Chaney does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Sentenced to War, was published in June 2021.

The first book by J.N. Chaney, The Amber Project, was published in April 2015.

Yes. J.N. Chaney has 5 series.