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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2008
  • Latest Book:
    August 2021
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Full Series List in Order

A Jacob Cahill Novel

1 - The Missionaries' Son (Oct-2016)
2 - The Adjustment (Nov-2016)
3 - The Ghost (Apr-2018)

Book List in Order: 6 titles



  • This is the story of Sepp Scheibenzuber, a simple man. For most of his early life, Sepp didnt make choices. Choices were made for him. At 13, he wanted to continue his schooling, but his parents had other ideas and soon he was toiling on the farms of...



  • From the fear of a Japanese invasion of the West Coast after Pearl  Harbor, to the intense hazing as a plebe at West Point, to the bitter cold on the long march to the Yalu River during the early days of the Korean War, to the midnight scramble ...



  • Who is this Jacob Cahill? Yes, he is the son of American missionaries to China, Paul and Rachel Cahill, but he is so much more. Spirited out of his home village at the age of three by his godmother after the death of his parents, he is entrusted to h...



  • The Adjustment continues the story of Jacob Cahill, the son of American missionaries in China who were killed during the great purges of Mao Tse-tung early in his reign. In Book One, Jacob survives through the goodwill and good graces of his Chinese ...



  • The Ghost is the next chapter in the story of Jacob Cahill, the boy prodigy who miraculously escaped Communist Chinese agents when he was only fifteen years old. He has now chosen to fight the Communists in Vietnam rather than continue his education ...



  • The Ascension continues the story of Jacob Cahill, a child prodigy raised by former Buddhist monks in China after the death of his parents when he was three. At the age of fifteen he is forced to return to the U.S. under duress and enter what for him...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Gess has published 6 books.

John Gess does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Ascension, was published in August 2021.

The first book by John Gess, A Simple Soldier, was published in September 2008.

Yes. John Gess has 1 series.