John Schettler

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  • Bibliography:
    50 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2009
  • Latest Book:
    January 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Chronicles of Innisfail

1 - The Kinstrife (Apr-2022)
2 - The Coming of Shadows (May-2022)
3 - The Fate of Empire (Jul-2022)
4 - Nightfall (Sep-2022)
5 - The Talons of Tallus (Jan-2023)

Book List in Order: 50 titles

  • Meridian

    Meridian - A Novel in TimeBook I in the Meridian Trilogy, By John SchettlerForeword Magazine's Silver Medal Winner for Science Fiction Book of the Year! (2002) The novel also achieved a score of 9.5/10 in the Annual Reader's Digest Book of the Year c...

  • Dream Reaper

    About Dream ReaperThere was something under the ice at Steamboat Slough, something lost, buried in the frozen wreckage where the children feared to play. For Daniel Edwards, returning to the old mission site near the Yukon where he taught school a de...

  • Cauldron Of Fire

  • Pacific Storm

    The Kirov saga continues in Volume III... Admiral Tovey’s visit to Bletchley Park soon reaches an astounding conclusion when the battlecruiser Kirov vanishes once again to a desolate future. Reaching the Pacific the ship’s officers and crew soon ...

  • Men Of War

  • 9 Days Falling

    The war foreshadowed in Kirov’s long voyage to the past has now begun and will escalate over 9 days as humanity begins its descent into oblivion. Now the officers and crew of Kirov hold the last straw of hope in the bottom of Pandora’s jar as the...

  • Fallen Angels

    Kirov Saga: Fallen Angels Nine Days Falling-Vol. II The war continues on both land and sea as China prepares to invade Taiwan and North Korea joins to launch a devastating attack. Yet Kirov and the heart of the Red Banner Pacific Fleet has vanished, ...

  • Devil's Garden

    Kirov Saga: Devil's Garden - Book 7 in the Kirov Series Anton Fedorov and Sergeant Troyak have finally found Orlov, but the German army is coming! Now they must lead a daring assault with Russian Naval Marines in a struggle to get their man before ...

  • Armageddon

    Kirov Saga: Armageddon Kirov Series, Book VIII The lines of fate have brought the most powerful ship in the world to a decisive place in history. Driven by his own inner demons, Captain Karpov now believes that with Kirov in 1908 he is truly invincib...



  • Kirov Saga

    About Altered States - Book 9 in the Kirov Saga Kirov is trapped in the midst of WWII once again, only the world is not the same! The consequences of all their interventions in history have now calcified to a new reality. The political borders of nat...

  • Darkest Hour

    Kirov Saga: Darkest Hour Altered States ~ Volume II The first rounds have fallen, heavy shells smashing against the armored conning tower of HMS Hood, stunning the ship and its stolid Admiral Holland. Yet Hood fights on, her guns raging in reprisal a...

  • Hinge Of Fate

    Altered States: Volume III ~ Hinge of Fate As Alan Turing pursues the baffling discovery of the strange cache of information code named Geronimo, Admiral Volsky sails to meet with the British on the Faeroes, bearing an offer of formal alliance betwee...

  • Three Kings

    About Three Kings, Book 12 in the Kirov Series: As Admiral Tovey struggles to stop heavy German units breaking out into the Atlantic, the first of three kings falls with the embattled garrison of Gibraltar. The last two, Malta and Suez, are now under...

  • Grand Alliance

  • Hammer Of God

    Kirov Series: Hammer Of God - By John Schettler The decisive battles of February 1941 on both land and sea present new challenges for the Germans and British. Fedorov meets with Wavell and Tovey when a plan to inform Churchill leads to a vital confer...

  • Crescendo Of Doom

    Kirov Saga: Crescendo Of Doom Tyrenkov’s trip up the back stairway at Ilanskiy has led him to a most unexpected place, and now Karpov has a moment that could change all history within his grasp, and a means of getting his revenge on Ivan Volkov. Wi...

  • Paradox Hour

    About Paradox Hour - By John Schettler The hour and day that Fedorov and the crew of Kirov have long feared draws nigh, the moment of insoluble conflict, when their greatest enemy is not another hostile ship or plane, but their own selves -- Paradox ...

  • Doppelganger

    Kirov Saga: Doppelganger Season 3 of the Kirov Series opens with Volume 17: Doppelganger, where the answer to the dilemma that now faces Mother Time will finally decide the fate of the ship and crew. Battle still rages in the Atlantic, and Elena Fair...

  • Nemesis

    Kirov Saga: Nemesis The second volume in the third season of this long running tale carries the story into the turbulent waters of the north. With Admiral Volsky fallen ill, Fedorov struggles to prevent Karpov from repeating the awful events that end...



  • Tide Of Fortune

  • Winter Storm

    WINTER STORM Kirov Series, Book 19 By John Schettler Harried by the Captain’s suspicion, Fedorov desperately tries to find allies on the ship, and gets a most unusual visit from Doctor Zolkin that gives him a faint glimmer of hope. Kirov is bound f...

  • Knight's Move

    Kirov Saga: Knight’s Move Knight’s Move... The Germans would call it Rosselsprung, the leaping move of a Knight in a heated game of chess. In the aftermath of the naval duel off the Canary Islands, Admiral Raeder turns loose his surface units to ...

  • Turning Point

  • Steel Reign

    Kirov Series: Book 23 ABOUT STEEL REIGN By John Schettler The Steel Reign of the Japanese offensive reaches its high water mark as Yamamoto launches Operation FS in a bold attempt to storm the Islands of Fiji and Samoa and isolate Australia. He is op...

  • Second Front

    Kirov Saga: Second Front Vladimir Karpov has already opened a Second Front in the north against Japan with his bold invasion of Sakhalin Island. Now the battlecruiser Kirov has come upon a most unexpected challenger in the Pacific as the crew of Taka...

  • Tigers East

    Kirov Saga: Tigers East Vladimir Karpov orders Fedorov to abort his mission to Ilanskiy, but Fedorov has other ideas. With the odds against him growing ever higher, the sudden appearance of a most unexpected visitor changes everything. While Patto...

  • Thor's Anvil

    About Thor's Anvil - Book 26 in the Kirov series An Alternate History of WWII The crew of Takami returns to the South Pacific to meet with Yamamoto, and now they must undertake a new operation. A daring raid into the Indian Ocean is planned, as the J...

  • 1943

    About 1943, Book 27 in the Kirov Series (Season 4, Volume 3) Admiral Halsey returns leading three new Essex Class carriers into 1943. While the US makes a big push to defeat the Japanese on Fiji, Halsey must fend off the skillful maneuvers of King Ko...

  • Lions at Dawn

    In Book 28, Lions at Dawn, the war moves back to North Africa, where Eisenhower, Montgomery, Patton and the Air Marshalls plan their drive on Tunis. General Patton has ideas of his own, and they do not involve waiting for Monty to fight his way along...



  • Stormtide Rising

    Season four continues with Stormtide Rising Book 29 in the Kirov Series With the Allied forces closing on Tunisia from two sides, the Germans conceive a bold new plan that sends Rommel west to the heartland of Tunisia where he confronts the American ...

  • Ironfall

  • Nexus Deep

    ABOUT NEXUS DEEP: Kirov Series, Volume 31 By John Schettler The Fairchild Group launches its mission to seek the key lost aboard Rodney, even as the Allies close the door on the war in North Africa with Operation Chariot. As the 5th Panzer Army dies ...

  • Field of Glory

    Field of Glory - By John Schettler IMPORTANT NOTE: Though it was derived from an intriguing sub-plot in the Kirov Series novels by John Schettler, this book stands as a complete novel on its own, and can be read without having to first read the many ...

  • Prime Meridian

    About Prime Meridian: Book 33 in the Kirov Series by John Schettler. The War in the West takes a dangerous step forward when Churchill orders a dramatic retaliatory strike on Germany. Even as plans are laid for the invasion of Italy, Marshall and Eis...

  • Firedrake: The Next War - 2025 and Beyond

    ABOUT FIREDRAKE: The war is now 100 days old and the action moves from the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea, but not before CIA Colonel Jason Dunn hitches a ride with Sergeant King and his recon troop, through Sadr City to the heart of Baghdad...

  • The Kinstrife

    Chronicles of Innisfail - 1

    It has been said that everything that is powerful will one day come under siege. And that was the fate of all Empires, particularly here, in this strange and wild land, with war brewing on every frontier of Innisfail. It wasn't the lances, swords, an...

  • The Coming of Shadows

    Chronicles of Innisfail - 2

    The Chronicles of InnisfailVolume II: The Coming of Shadows Duke Morgin Grenfell has a problem as he faces summary judgement and execution at the hands of an ingrate emperor, Alcandryn. While a plot is launched to free him, the Dreadlord Luth is...

  • Encore

    About Encore:Fedorov misses his Tuesday Discord call with Karpov when he receives an alarming warning from Director Kamenski and must leave his hotel in Moscow to seek refuge in a safe house. Yet Karpov, fearing the worst, hitches a ride to Mosco...

  • The Fate of Empire

    Chronicles of Innisfail - 3

    ABOUT THE FATE OF EMPIREIt has been said that everything that is powerful will one day come under siege. In the year 788, the capital and largest city of Innisfail, Rammath-Innis, comes under siege by the hosts of three Dreadlords. As the pressure mo...



  • Nightfall

    Chronicles of Innisfail - 4

    ABOUT NIGHTFALL Duke Morgin Grenfell fights two battles in defense of the West while the Dreadlord Sonderin recruits the Khazars and Marches East to assault the Raedwall. Morgin receives unexpected help after Vortigern and the Order discover another...

  • The Devil Ship

    The Devil Ship was well named, both by its creators and by those who would have to face it.  Yet when it sailed from Liverpool on its maiden voyage, a false destination was given to the press to hide its real purpose and mission. Not even i...

  • The Talons of Tallus

    Chronicles of Innisfail - 5

    ABOUT TALONS OF TALLUS:The war against the Dreadlords has now entered its third year. Duke Morgin's men are threatened in Cartimandua by an undermining attack from below. The Dreadlords make another effort to enter Innisfail but Duke Morgin again enl...

  • The Sands of Honor

    About the Sands of Honor:The Sands of Honor is a real tour deforce through the author's extensive world. He first laid out his principles of Time Travel in a five volume Meridian series, the first of which was Foreword Magazine's Silver Medal Win...

  • Clash of Empires

    In 2027, a powerful Chinese destroyer, Anshan, was sent on a Freedom of Navigation cruise through the famous Tsushima Strait—and it vanished. The Chinese blame the Japanese, but no one can solve the mystery except Director Pavel Kamenski, who v...

  • The War in Limbo

    ABOUT THE WAR IN LIMBOIt was only a pleasure cruise, sun, white sand, and island girls, until a Devil in the Banda Sea finds Kirov and crew and casts them ashore into a grim future ruled by one of their their most ardent enemies, Imperial Japan, only...

  • An Hour for Vengeance

    Kirov faces the tightening grip of a Temporal Storm as the annihilating power of Paradox reaches for the ship. If they escape this danger they must then face the ire of the Imperial Japanese Navy when Japan goes to war against Siberia. Battles rage i...

  • Mother Heart

    Mother HeartBook II in the Dharman Series TrilogyBy John SchettlerEnsign Lydia Gates is perhaps the most important Human being alive, yet she is lost, missing in the menagerie of strange evolving life on Dharma VI. Ryan, Caruso and CLEM return to the...

  • Nightwatch

    The distant outpost in the newly prospected Dharman System has gone dark and does not respond to signals traffic. This sends Special Services Agent Lieutenant Timothy Scott Ryan to the main colony holding on Dharma VI. Ryan reaches the Safe Zone only...

  • Earthforce Mars

    ABOUT EARTHFORCE MARSLinked directly to Volume #70, Earth has completed a 100 ship navy in space and chosen Vladimir Karpov as its CIC. Now Karpov leads a Task Force from the new Earthforce battle fleet to Mars to seek out and eliminate any alien pre...



  • Goliath

    Linked directly to Volume #69, the story begins with Fedorov still trapped inside the ancient Sphinx, but where it soon goes from there is a wild new twist, and a new story line. Hold on to your hats, Director Kamenski has another mission for Karpov,...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Schettler has published 50 books.

John Schettler does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Goliath, was published in January 2024.

The first book by John Schettler, Meridian, was published in May 2009.

Yes. John Schettler has 1 series.
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