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  • Bibliography:
    34 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2013
  • Latest Book:
    May 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Colony Ship Eschaton

1 - Recovery of a Colony Ship (Jan-2013)
2 - Exploring the Colony Ship: After Recovery (Feb-2013)
3 - Unknowns of the Colony Ship (Mar-2013)
4 - Hunting on the Colony Ship (Apr-2013)
5 - Mysteries on the Colony Ship (Jun-2013)
6 - Discoveries on the Colony Ship (Aug-2013)
7 - Building the Colony Ship (Aug-2013)
8 - Revenge on the Colony Ship (Sep-2013)
9 - Invasion on the Colony Ship (Nov-2013)
10 - Destination of the Colony Ship (Dec-2013)

Colony Ship Vanguard

1 - Finding the Vanguard (Feb-2014)
2 - Trapped on the Vanguard (Jun-2014)
3 - Danger on the Vanguard (Jun-2014)
4 - Searching the Vanguard (Jul-2014)

Colony Ship Conestoga

1 - Quest for the Conestoga (Apr-2015)
2 - Marooned on the Conestoga (Jul-2015)
3 - Repairing the Conestoga (Oct-2015)
4 - Alone on the Conestoga (Feb-2016)
5 - Reconnoiter of the Conestoga (May-2016)
6 - Conflict on the Conestoga (Jul-2016)
7 - Ascent of the Conestoga (Sep-2016)
8 - Last Flight of the Conestoga (Dec-2016)

Colony Ship Trailblazer

1 - Tracking the Trailblazer (Jun-2017)
2 - Tragedy on the Trailblazer (Sep-2017)

Book List in Order: 34 titles

  • Recovery of a Colony Ship

    Colony Ship Eschaton - 1

    Michael and Jamie live in Dome 17. The last place safe for humans, or any life, on a dying earth. They are adventurers who have explored other domes, but everywhere else is dead. Will Dome 17 meet the same fate? The committee has a risky plan to try ...

  • Exploring the Colony Ship: After Recovery

    Colony Ship Eschaton - 2

    The Earth is a dry, dead, wasteland. The last place livable was Dome 17, but as it was failing. Those people made a last ditch effort to survive. Though a bold and daring plan, they were able to reach what seems to be a derelict colony ship, The Esch...

  • Unknowns of the Colony Ship

    Colony Ship Eschaton - 3

    In this third book in the Colony Ship Eschaton series, Jamie and Michael continue to discover how vast and unknown is the old ship. Why do some of the artificial intelligence systems seem to work, but others do not? Who is the unknown that sent a dis...

  • Hunting on the Colony Ship

    Colony Ship Eschaton - 4

    The giant Colony Ship Eschaton has numerous habitats with animals, plants, and people, all of which should be in balance as it makes its generations long journey to another solar system. One of those people is Tamar, a young woman who was born on-boa...

  • Mysteries on the Colony Ship

    Colony Ship Eschaton - 5

    Something mysterious is happening. The giant colony Ship Eschaton is in the midst of its generations long journey to another solar system. But in Habitat One: Coastal Plains, two strange bodies have been found. There are rumors of a lurking visitor. ...

  • Building the Colony Ship

    Colony Ship Eschaton - 7

    Jamie and Michael are asked to help track down something that is destroying food in Habitat One of the Colony Ship Eschaton. What they find is a secret history of the ship itself. Cut off from everyone, except the dog Liduma, Jamie and Michael race t...

  • Discoveries on the Colony Ship

    Colony Ship Eschaton - 6

    On the Colony Ship Eschaton things are being discovered. What will they mean for the refugees from Dome 17? Will they be helpful in restoring the technology of the Eschaton? Will the Domers finally find a way to repair their high tech equipment? Or w...

  • Revenge on the Colony Ship

    Colony Ship Eschaton - 8

  • Invasion on the Colony Ship

    Colony Ship Eschaton - 9

    "PROXIMITY ALERT. DANGER TO THE SHIP. WARN ALL SYSTEMS. INVADERS. -ARES" One of the barely functional artificial intelligence systems on the Colony Ship Eschaton has sent a warning message. Who will receive it? What will happen? What has found the sh...



  • Destination of the Colony Ship

    Colony Ship Eschaton - 10

    Enhanced and Expanded as of June 29, 2017 In book ten of the Colony Ship Eschaton series, the adventurers and crew and AIs look to incorporate a modified version of faster-than-light travel. Will it work? Will an old enemy try to stop them? Will they...

  • Finding the Vanguard

    Colony Ship Vanguard - 1

    The Colony Ship Vanguard was one of seven colony ships launched from a damaged Earth in a desperate plan to carry human settlers to Earth equivalent worlds. The voyages would take generations, and the people on board, as well as the flora and fauna i...

  • Danger on the Vanguard

    Colony Ship Vanguard - 3

    Something is happening to the shuttles which fly from habitat to habitat around the Vanguard. In this third book of the Colony Ship Vanguard series, Paul and Gretchen continue to find out more about their surroundings. Brinley, the Free Ranger they s...

  • Trapped on the Vanguard

    Colony Ship Vanguard - 2

    Gretchen and Paul, refugees from a dead Earth, have found the old Colony Ship Vanguard. The ship is on its generations long journey to another solar system. The ship has suffered a severe epidemic and not everything is functional. The various biologi...

  • Searching the Vanguard

    Colony Ship Vanguard - 4

    In book 4 of the Colony Ship Vanguard series, Paul, Gretchen, and Brinley seek to find a way to reconnect with the artificial intelligence system, Tiffany. Along the way, they encounter many dangers and unknowns, including this message: “The limits...

  • Chaos

  • Defending the Vanguard

    In book 7 of the Colony Ship Vanguard series there are many exciting adventures. Paul, Gretchen, Brinley, and Larissa are seeking to find ways to counter the threats to the ship, its biological habitats, the flora and fauna, and especially the humans...

  • Fate of the Vanguard

    In this exciting and final volume of the Colony Ship Vanguard series, Paul, Gretchen, and their friends face the greatest threat of their lives. Not everyone will survive. What will be the fate of the Vanguard?...

  • Quest for the Conestoga

    Colony Ship Conestoga - 1

    Dome 17 is the only safe place left on a dead Earth. Life in Dome 17 takes a dramatic turn after some adventurers return from evaluating other domes. The struggling remnant of humanity cannot remain safe in the dome much longer. The question is where...

  • Marooned on the Conestoga

    Colony Ship Conestoga - 2

    In Book two of The Colony Ship Conestoga series, Jerome and Cammarry, the adventurers from Earth are trapped on the wrecked derelict of the once enormous generational ship. It is in orbit around a mysterious and unknown planet, but most of its system...



  • Repairing the Conestoga

    Colony Ship Conestoga - 3

    Cammarry and Jerome have only explored a small part of the wrecked Colony Ship Conestoga. The section called the needle ship is in orbit around a strange world, but where are the remaining sections? Using the help of Khin, a man born on the needle sh...

  • Alone on the Conestoga

    Colony Ship Conestoga - 4

    In the fourth book of the Colony Ship Conestoga series, the adventurer Jerome seeks to find out what happened to his fellow adventurer Cammarry. She is lost somewhere in the vast Habitat Beta. Jerome has only a few of his Dome 17 high tech gadgets, a...

  • Reconnoiter of the Conestoga

    Colony Ship Conestoga - 5

    In book 5 of the Colony Ship Conestoga series, Jerome and Cammarry are trying to investigate the various parts of the wrecked ship. Along the way they encounter new people, some dangerous, and some who might be potential allies. However, danger and t...

  • Conflict on the Conestoga

    Colony Ship Conestoga - 6

    In this volume, book 6 of the Colony Ship Conestoga series, conflict erupts in a myriad of places and ways. Jerome and Cammarry, the adventurers from Earth, are still trying to piece together what all has happened to the Colony Ship Conestoga. The sl...

  • Ascent of the Conestoga

    Colony Ship Conestoga - 7

    Most of the wrecked Colony Ship Conestoga is scattered across the alien planet Zalia. Its needle ship is still in orbit, but many of its systems are only partially functional. The planet is not hospitable, and the human biological habitats are in sev...

  • Last Flight of the Conestoga

    Colony Ship Conestoga - 8

    In this final book of the Colony Ship Conestoga series, the crippled ship flees away from the dying planet Zalia. However, the greatest threat the survivors have ever faced is pursuing them. Will the Apex Predators catch them? The survivors ar...

  • Battle on the Marathon

    The Colony Ship Marathon left a dying Earth on a generations long voyage to another planet. Inside its giant biomes were people who would spend their entire lives during that flight. They knew that their descendants would be the people who would arri...

  • Tracking the Trailblazer

    Colony Ship Trailblazer - 1

    Janae and Ken are part of the remnant of humanity which lives in Dome 17, surrounded by the radioactive, toxic wasteland of a dead Earth. The leadership of the dome has sent out adventurers to explore the other domes, but all they have found are fail...

  • Tragedy on the Trailblazer

    Colony Ship Trailblazer - 2

    In book two of the Colony Ship Trailblazer series, the adventurers from Dome 17 on the dying Earth are on the old colony ship, but things have not gone as planned. They receive an urgent summons from some unknown entity, proclaiming, “There is a ma...

  • Tactics on the Trailblazer

    In book six of the Colony Ship Trailblazer series, Janae and her friends on the wrecked colony ship are trying to unravel the mysterious machine called the Gadget. Just what can it do? Is time travel actually possible? Are alternate realities truly a...



  • The Brooks Brothers Suit and Other Stories

    The Brooks Brothers Suit and Other Stories is John's fourth book, the first, however, as a collection of short stories about persons and events during his pastoral ministry over fifty-six years as a deacon, priest and bishop of the Episcopal Churc...

  • Nightmare on the Warren

    Beth and Allen are isolated in a strange part of the Colony Ship Warren. They have faced extreme dangerous before, but now something else is after them. Something which can only be described as a nightmare.Book three of the Colony Ship Warren series....

  • Eerie on the Warren

    In book 4 of the Colony Ship Warren series, Beth and Allen continue to strive to understand what is happening on the ship. However, they are hindered by some terrifying events and form unlikely alliances. Just what awaits as they seek out the answers...

  • Horror on the Warren

    In book 5 of the Colony Ship Warren series, Beth and Allen, find themselves trapped in a vacant place surrounded by deserts. Yet, they soon realize that they cannot sit idly by while the Colony Ship Warren is threatened.They risk a dangerous trek to ...

  • Year Eighty-Five

    For the first stage of terraforming Venus, it took a century to move the planet further from the sun and establish a stable orbit where heat would be dissipated.Now, eighty-five years later, the other terraforming stages continue using various method...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Thornton has published 34 books.

John Thornton does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Year Eighty-Five, was published in May 2023.

The first book by John Thornton, Recovery of a Colony Ship, was published in January 2013.

Yes. John Thornton has 4 series.
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