Christopher G. Nuttall

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  • Bibliography:
    143 Books (18 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2011
  • Latest Book:
    January 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Angel in the Whirlwind

1 - The Oncoming Storm (Sep-2015)
2 - Falcone Strike (Jan-2016)
3 - Cursed Command (Mar-2017)
4 - Desperate Fire (Jun-2017)

Ark Royal

1 - Ark Royal (Nov-2014)
2 - The Nelson Touch (Oct-2015)
3 - The Trafalgar Gambit (Oct-2015)
4 - Warspite (Dec-2014)
5 - A Savage War of Peace (May-2015)
6 - A Small Colonial War (Sep-2015)
7 - Vanguard (Feb-2016)
8 - Fear God and Dread Naught (Jul-2016)
9 - We Lead (Jan-2017)
10 - The Longest Day (Jul-2017)
11 - The Cruel Stars (Dec-2017)
12 - Invincible (Apr-2018)
13 - Para Bellum (Mar-2019)
14 - The Right of the Line (Oct-2019)
15 - The Lion and the Unicorn (Aug-2020)
16 - Fighting for the Crown (Dec-2020)
17 - Drake's Drum (May-2021)
18 - Endeavour (May-2022)
19 - The Lone World (Mar-2023)
20 - Judgement Day (Sep-2023)

Bookworm

1 - Bookworm (Jan-2013)
2 - The Very Ugly Duckling (Jan-2014)
3 - The Best Laid Plans (Feb-2015)
4 - Full Circle (Nov-2015)

Cast Adrift

1 - Cast Adrift (Apr-2021)
2 - Standing Alone (Nov-2021)
3 - All for All (Oct-2022)

The Cunning Man

1 - The Cunning Man (Sep-2021)
2 - The Infused Man (Jun-2022)
3 - The Conjuring Man (Dec-2022)

The Decline and Fall of the Galactic Empire

1 - Barbarians at the Gates (May-2014)
2 - The Shadow of Cincinnatus (Dec-2014)
3 - The Barbarian Bride (Jul-2016)

Democracy's Right

1 - Democracy's Right (Dec-2018)
2 - Democracy's Might (Dec-2013)

The Embers of War

1 - Debt of Honor (May-2020)
2 - Debt of Loyalty (Aug-2020)
3 - Debt of War (Nov-2020)

The Empire's Corps

1 - The Empire's Corps (Aug-2016)
2 - No Worse Enemy (Sep-2016)
3 - When the Bough Breaks (Sep-2016)
4 - Semper Fi (Jan-2017)
5 - The Outcast (Jan-2017)
6 - To the Shores (Jan-2017)
7 - Reality Check (Mar-2017)
8 - Retreat Hell (Mar-2017)
9 - The Thin Blue Line (Apr-2017)
10 - Never Surrender (Jan-2018)
11 - First to Fight (Jan-2018)
12 - They Shall Not Pass (Jan-2018)
13 - Culture Shock (Jan-2018)
14 - Wolf's Bane (Jan-2018)
15 - Cry Wolf (Jan-2019)
16 - Favour The Bold (Sep-2019)
17 - Knife Edge (May-2020)
18 - The Halls of Montezuma (Oct-2020)
19 - The Prince's War (Aug-2021)
20 - The Prince's Gambit (Jan-2022)
21 - The Princes Alliance (Aug-2022)
22 - The Forsaken (Jan-2024)

Imperium Cicernus

1 - On the Imperium's Secret Service (Jun-2016)

Inverse Shadows

1 - Sufficiently Advanced Technology (Jul-2013)

A Learning Experience

1 - A Learning Experience (Apr-2014)
2 - Hard Lessons (Feb-2016)
3 - The Black Sheep (Feb-2016)
4 - The Long Road Home (Apr-2017)
5 - The Long-Range War (Jul-2018)
6 - Their Last Full Measure (Nov-2019)
7 - The Firelighters (Jun-2023)

Mystic Albion

1 - The Stranded (Sep-2022)
2 - The Land of Always Summer (Aug-2023)

Outside Context Problem

1 - Outside Context Problem (Sep-2016)
2 - Under Foot (Sep-2016)
3 - The Slightest Hope of Victory (Sep-2016)

Royal Sorceress

1 - The Royal Sorceress (Oct-2012)
2 - The Great Game (Aug-2013)
3 - Necropolis (Aug-2014)
4 - Sons of Liberty (Apr-2016)
5 - The Revolutionary War (Mar-2023)

Schooled in Magic

1 - Schooled in Magic (Aug-2014)
2 - Lessons in Etiquette (May-2014)
3 - Study in Slaughter (Jul-2014)
4 - Work Experience (Oct-2014)
5 - The School of Hard Knocks (Jan-2015)
6 - Love's Labor's Won (Mar-2015)
7 - Trial By Fire (Jul-2015)
8 - Wedding Hells (Apr-2016)
9 - Infinite Regress (Jul-2016)
10 - Past Tense (Jul-2016)
11 - The Sergeant's Apprentice (Jan-2017)
12 - Fists of Justice (May-2017)
13 - The Gordian Knot (Sep-2017)
14 - Graduation Day (Nov-2017)
14.5 - Alassa's Tale (Jan-2018)
15 - Princess in the Tower (May-2018)
16 - The Broken Throne (Nov-2018)
17 - Cursed (May-2019)
18 - Mirror Image (Oct-2019)
19 - The Artful Apprentice (Apr-2020)
20 - Oathkeeper (Jul-2020)
21 - Little Witches (Dec-2020)
22 - The Right Side of History (Feb-2021)
23 - The Face of the Enemy (Apr-2021)
23.5 - Void's Tale (May-2021)
24 - Child of Destiny (Aug-2021)
25 - The Demon's Design (May-2023)

Twilight of the Gods

1 - Storm Front (Feb-2016)
2 - Chosen of the Valkyries (Jun-2016)
3 - Ragnarok (Sep-2016)

The Zero Enigma

1 - The Zero Blessing (Apr-2017)
2 - The Zero Curse (Sep-2017)
3 - The Zero Equation (Feb-2018)
4 - The Family Shame (May-2018)
5 - The Alchemist's Apprentice (Dec-2018)
6 - The Family Pride (Jul-2019)
7 - The King's Man (Feb-2020)
8 - The Lady Heiress (Sep-2020)
9 - The Family Name (Feb-2021)
10 - The Zero Secret (Jun-2021)
11 - The Family Secret (Jan-2022)

Book List in Order: 143 titles

  • Carrier Wars

    The Multiverse War Has Begun! The USS George Washington and the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle were engaged in a joint mission when they were swept up by an unknown power and swept across the timelines to a different reality - where the A...

  • Storming Heaven

    A thousand years ago, the enigmatic Killers destroyed Earth, leaving only a handful of humans in surviving space-based habitats to rebuild as best as they could.  Now, the human race has spread through countless star systems, but remains hopeles...

  • The Living Will Envy The Dead

    Ed Stalker had seen his fill of adventure after a life in the Marines and was content to be the small-town Sheriff of Ingalls, a town in West Virginia.  Unfortunately for Ed's retirement plans, the long-feared war with Russia turns nuclear and t...

  • Guardian Glass

    Fourteen years ago, the gateway to Faerie opened and the denizens spilled forth into our world, fleeing a war that was destroying their world. The Faerie, Elves, Imps, Goblins, Vampires, Werewolves, Dragons and thousands of other supernatural crea...

  • The Royal Sorceress

    Royal Sorceress - 1

    It’s 1830, in an alternate Britain where the ‘scientific’ principles of magic were discovered sixty years previously, allowing the British to win the American War of Independence.  Although Britain is now supreme among the Great Powers, th...

  • Bookworm

    Bookworm - 1

    Elaine is an orphan girl who has grown up in a world where magical ability brings power. Her limited talent was enough to ensure a magical training but she’s very inexperienced and was lucky to get a position working in the Great Library. Now, the ...

  • A Life Less Ordinary

    There is magic in the world, hiding in plain sight.  If you search for it, you will find it, or it will find you.  Welcome to the magical world. Having lived all her life in Edinburgh, the last thing 25-year old Dizzy expected was to see a ...

  • Sufficiently Advanced Technology

    Inverse Shadows - 1

    A multi-planetary post-singularity society (the Confederation) desperately wants to know how to achieve transcendence into an Elder Race.  Their scouts encounter Darius, a lost colony world whose inhabitants have apparently discarded the technol...

  • The Great Game

    Royal Sorceress - 2

    It's 1831, and Lady Gwendolyn Crichton has been appointed Royal Sorceress following the tragic events known as the Swing.  Although unleashed by the rebel master magician Jack in battle with Gwen's mentor Master Thomas, the popular press firmly ...



  • Democracy's Might

    Democracy's Right - 2

    Book II of Democracy's Right.The rebels have won a great victory, shattering the Empire's grip on Sector 117.  Starships are mutinying, the Empire's power and authority are crumbling and the rebels are making their way towards Earth.  Their...

  • The Very Ugly Duckling

    Bookworm - 2

    Not every ugly duckling becomes a swan... In the wake of the disastrous attack on the Golden City, Lady Light Spinner has become Grand Sorceress and Elaine, the Bookworm, has been settling into her positions as Head Librarian and Privy Councillor. Bu...

  • A Learning Experience

    A Learning Experience - 1

    Earth is not alone. There is a towering civilisation out in the galaxy, far greater than anything we can imagine. But we are isolated from the galaxy ... until now. When a bunch of interstellar scavengers approach Earth, intending to abduct a few doz...

  • Barbarians at the Gates

    The Decline and Fall of the Galactic Empire - 1

    The Federation has endured for hundreds of years, but now it is dying, killed by the corruption and decadence of the Senate and the rising power of military warlords. The shipping lanes are coming apart, the colonists are revolting and outside forces...

  • Lessons in Etiquette

    Schooled in Magic - 2

    After completing her first year of learning magic at Whitehall School, Emily accepts an invitation from Princess Alassa to accompany her on her progress back to her home country of Zangaria, where the princess may meet her future husband. For Emily, ...

  • Study in Slaughter

    Schooled in Magic - 3

    Brimming with new ideas for magical research, Emily returns to Whitehall School for her Second Year of magical education, looking forward to returning to her studies. And yet things are different; her new roommates harbor their secrets, her old frien...

  • Their Darkest Hour

    ...In Britain’s darkest hour, a hero will arise... When alien starships from a hostile interstellar power arrive in orbit, Britain is one of their first targets. Swiftly, the aliens take control of Britain’s cities and force the remainder of the ...

  • Necropolis

    Royal Sorceress - 3

    The British Empire is teetering on the brink of war with France.  A war that may, for the first time, see magicians in the ranks on both sides.  The Royal Sorceress, Lady Gwendolyn Crichton, will be responsible for the Empire’s magical re...

  • Schooled in Magic

    Schooled in Magic - 1

    Emily is a teenage girl pulled from our world into a world of magic and mystery by a necromancer who intends to sacrifice her to the dark gods. Rescued in the nick of time by an enigmatic sorcerer, she discovers that she possesses magical powers and ...

  • First Strike

    The best defense… Starting a war with an enemy a hundred times stronger is insane. It's desperate. And it's Earth's only hope. A massive alien power looms over humanity, claiming Earth as its territory and humanity as its slaves. The Hegemony ...



  • Work Experience

    Schooled in Magic - 4

    In the summer between Second and Third Year at Whitehall, Emily accompanies Lady Barb on her rounds of the Cairngorm Mountains bringing magical help to the locals and searching for new magicians. For Emily, tired and broken after the events of Study ...

  • The Mind's Eye

    For centuries, men have been dreaming of telepathy, the power to read and influence the minds of others. Now, all around the world, telepaths are finally starting to appear. Men and women are developing awesome powers with the potential to dramatical...

  • Ark Royal

    Ark Royal - 1

    If you wish for peace, prepare for war. -Royal Navy Motto Seventy years ago, the interstellar supercarrier Ark Royal was the pride of the Royal Navy. But now, her weapons are outdated and her solid-state armour nothing more than a burden on her colos...

  • The Shadow of Cincinnatus

    The Decline and Fall of the Galactic Empire - 2

    The warlords are gone, save one. Admiral Marius Drake, betrayed and almost killed by the Grand Senate, has seized power for himself in a military coup. Now, as Emperor Marius, Drake can work to restore the once-great Federation to its former glory. B...

  • Warspite

    Ark Royal - 4

    "Peace is not freedom. Peace is merely the absence of war." The First Interstellar War is over, but the Royal Navy still has plenty of work to do. As Earth struggles to recover from the bombardment, Captain John Naiser is placed in command of HMS War...

  • The School of Hard Knocks

    Schooled in Magic - 5

    Mountaintop Academy, sister school of Whitehall, has secrets, deadly secrets - and its MageMaster is dying. When he finally leaves the mortal world, it will trigger a power struggle that may tear the school apart. When a cabal within Mountaintop plot...

  • The Best Laid Plans

    Bookworm - 3

    Elaine and Johan are preparing to leave Golden City, with Daria and the travellers, in order to search for the Witch-King. The Grand Sorceress instructs Inquisitor Cass to help them. But before Elaine can leave she is arrested by two Inquisitors on t...

  • Love's Labor's Won

    Schooled in Magic - 6

    The Magical Families of Ashworth and Ashfall have been feuding for countless years, ever since something happened to split one family into two. Now, they have been invited to Cockatrice Faire... when no other magician would dare invite them both. And...

  • The Coward's Way of War

    “In today's wars, there are no morals. We believe the worst thieves in the world today, and the worst terrorists, are the Americans. We do not have to differentiate between military or civilian. As far as we are concerned, they are all targets.” ...

  • A Savage War of Peace

    Ark Royal - 5

    On her maiden voyage, HMS Warspite discovered Vesy, a world populated by primitive aliens, aliens whose culture had already been twisted and warped by human refugees from the First Interstellar War. Now, Captain John Naiser and his crew spearhead a d...



  • Trial By Fire

    Schooled in Magic - 7

    After a brief visit to the Blighted Lands, in hopes of recovering something useful from Shadye's Dark Fortress, Emily returns to Whitehall for her fourth year, bracing herself for the exams that will determine her future. But as she resumes her educa...

  • The Oncoming Storm

    Angel in the Whirlwind - 1

    In the year 2420, war looms between the galaxy’s two most powerful empires: the tyrannical Theocracy and the protectionist Commonwealth. Caught in the middle sits the occupied outpost system Cadiz, where young officer and aristocrat Katherine “Ka...

  • A Small Colonial War

    Ark Royal - 6

    A new war has broken out ... Indian ships have invaded three British-held systems and Indian troops have occupied British colonies, forcing Britain to choose between war and shame. The Royal Navy, battered by the fires of the First Interstellar War a...

  • The Nelson Touch

    Ark Royal - 2

    Ark Royal―the Royal Navy’s outdated space carrier―has won a smashing victory against the enigmatic aliens, capturing one of their starships and returning to Earth. Now, Admiral Theodore Smith and his crew are assigned to command a fleet charged...

  • The Trafalgar Gambit

    Ark Royal - 3

    Humanity is losing the war. The once-mighty space navies have been crippled, officers and crew have been stretched to the limit, and Earth herself has come under heavy attack. The end cannot be long delayed. For Admiral Smith and the crew of HMS Ark ...

  • Full Circle

    Bookworm - 4

    In his cave, the Witch-King mused on the changing nature of time. At one level his enemy was randomness, the fickle chances that might disrupt his plans as they had in the past. But he could no longer rely on waiting for such perturbations to be smoo...

  • Falcone Strike

    Angel in the Whirlwind - 2

    Now a celebrated war hero, Captain Kat Falcone is back at the helm of HMS Lightning…and up against near-impossible odds. After an ill-timed outburst almost ends her career, Kat is handed command of a deep-strike mission into enemy space. The object...

  • The Black Sheep

    A Learning Experience - 3

    The third stand-alone book in A Learning Experience ... In the wake of Earth's collapse into chaos, Captain Hoshiko Stuart made the mistake of speaking her mind - and was exiled six months from Sol to a naval base in an unexplored and uncontacted sec...

  • Hard Lessons

    A Learning Experience - 2

    Fifty years after Steve Stuart and his friends captured an alien starship, the Solar Union is a thriving interstellar power, while Earth is increasingly backwards and falling into barbarism. For two youngsters from Earth, the Solar Union offers the o...

  • Storm Front

    Twilight of the Gods - 1

    In 1941, Adolf Hitler didn't declare war on the United States. Now, in 1985, the Third Reich stretching from the coast of France to the icy wastes of Eastern Russia, appears supremely powerful. With a powerful force of nuclear warheads and the finest...



  • Vanguard

    Ark Royal - 7

    The third trilogy in the hit ‘Ark Royal’ series begins now! HMS Vanguard is the most powerful battleship ever to be commissioned by the Royal Navy, but she is not a happy ship. Her commanding officer is eccentric, rarely seen on the bridge; her f...

  • The Fall of Night

    Europe, 2025. Britain " and the European Union " is struggling to remain civilised. Unemployment is high, ethnic and religious tensions are rising sharply, crime is skyrocketing, the value of money is falling and the whole system is on the verge ...

  • Sons of Liberty

    Royal Sorceress - 4

    The long-dreaded war between Britain and France has finally begun.  French soldiers have landed on English soil and the British Army " and the Royal Sorcerers Corps, led by Lady Gwen " is moving to meet them.  But when an inexperienced ...

  • Wedding Hells

    Schooled in Magic - 8

    With Princess Alassa's wedding to Jade fast approaching, Emily returns to Zangaria to play her part in the wedding ceremony and say goodbye to her friends as they leave Whitehall School. But with a demon's warning echoing in her ears, King Randor dan...

  • Chosen of the Valkyries

    Twilight of the Gods - 2

    Germany, 1985. The Reich Council has fallen and the Reich is sundered in two, but the uneasy peace will not last long. To the east, Karl Holliston - now styling himself the Fuhrer of the Greater German Reich - is planning the conquest of Berlin and t...

  • On the Imperium's Secret Service

    Imperium Cicernus - 1

    The Imperium: a million worlds, trillions upon trillions of humans and aliens, an empire that dominates half the galaxy... an empire that is falling into chaos, revolution and civil war. Only a handful of people are struggling to keep the Imperium to...

  • The Barbarian Bride

    The Decline and Fall of the Galactic Empire - 3

    The end is nigh... The Federation has stood for over a thousand years, but its time may be at an end. Its Emperor has gone mad, the economy lies in ruins, entire sectors are slipping out of its grasp, warlords, secessionists and pirates are making th...

  • Fear God and Dread Naught

    Ark Royal - 8

    On her last cruise, HMS Vanguard - the most powerful battleship in the Royal Navy - barely survived her encounter with a deadly new enemy. Now, with her commanding officer accused of everything from mutiny to dereliction of duty and her crew under a ...

  • Infinite Regress

    Schooled in Magic - 9

    Emily returns to Whitehall, only to discover that things have changed. The new Grandmaster doesn't want her in his school - and is only willing to accept her as a probationary student. If she wishes to remain at Whitehall, she must work for Professor...

  • Past Tense

    Schooled in Magic - 10

    Their past is not what they think it is...

    Thrown back in time after the spells binding Whitehall School together nearly collapsed, Emily finds herself in the days of Lord Whitehall. But everything she knows about the past is a lie. The Whi...



  • The Empire's Corps

    The Empire's Corps - 1

    You Should Never Speak Truth To Power… The Galactic Empire is dying and chaos and anarchy are breaking out everywhere. After a disastrous mission against terrorists on Earth itself, Captain Edward Stalker of the Terran Marine Corps makes the mistak...

  • No Worse Enemy

    The Empire's Corps - 2

    Six months ago, Colonel Edward Stalker and his Marines were abandoned on Avalon, left to fend for themselves as the Empire withdrew from the Rim. Since then, Avalon has been isolated from the settled universe...until now. As a mysterious pirate organ...

  • Outside Context Problem

    Outside Context Problem - 1

    When a UFO crashes near a top secret military base, the American Government realises that aliens have been spying on the human race for years. But even as they rush to unlock the technological secrets in the alien craft, the aliens launched the first...

  • Ragnarok

    Twilight of the Gods - 3

    The Nazi Civil War rages on ... The Provisional Government has scored a significant victory, driving the Waffen-SS back from Berlin and winning itself time to plot a counteroffensive. But Karl Holliston - the self-declared Fuhrer of the Greater Germa...

  • The Slightest Hope of Victory

    Outside Context Problem - 3

    The aliens have landed... and Earth will never be the same. A third of the world is occupied, groaning under the weight of alien oppression, while the remainder is in chaos or preparing desperately for the final battle. As the aliens unveil their lon...

  • Under Foot

    Outside Context Problem - 2

    Earth has fallen... the United States and the Middle East have been occupied by alien forces, while the rest of the world is collapsing into chaos. And yet humanity is still fighting; the underground resistance fights a bitter insurgency against the ...

  • When the Bough Breaks

    The Empire's Corps - 3

    “When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, “And down will come baby, cradle and all.” The Galactic Empire is dying. In their high towers, the Grand Senators plot and struggle to grasp a larger share of power while on the streets, the poor st...

  • The Outcast

    The Empire's Corps - 5

    A new novel set in the universe of The Empire’s Corps! When Sameena’s brother accidentally annoys a religious leader on her homeworld, her entire family is targeted for elimination. Forced to flee to save her life, Sameena stows away on a trader ...

  • Semper Fi

    The Empire's Corps - 4

    Two years after the Empire abandoned them on Avalon, Colonel Edward Stalker and his Marines have established the Commonwealth, a union of worlds intended to take the place of the vanished Empire. But now contact has been made with a remnant of the Em...

  • The Sergeant's Apprentice

    Schooled in Magic - 11

    The Nameless World Goes to War!

    The necromancers have finally resumed their assault on the Allied Lands, sending a mighty army across the Desert of Death and into the Kingdom of Tarsier. Countless farms, villages and towns have already been...

  • To the Shores

    The Empire's Corps - 6

    A new mainstream novel of The Empire’s Corps! Four years after their abandonment by the now-fallen Empire, the Commonwealth of Avalon is expanding into interstellar space and making contact with other successor states. With suspicion high on both s...

  • We Lead

    Ark Royal - 9

    The conclusion to the third Ark Royal trilogy! The Second Interstellar War - pitting humans and their Tadpole allies against an enigmatic alien empire - appears to have stalemated. Neither side can push through to the other’s core systems without r...

  • Cursed Command

    Angel in the Whirlwind - 3

    Captain Kat Falcone owes her life and career to her former right-hand man, William McElney, and she did everything in her power to make sure he was front and center for a promotion. But now that he has it, she fears he’ll have to watch his back. Ca...

  • Reality Check

    The Empire's Corps - 7

    None of them wanted to leave Earth. It might have been nightmarish, but it was all they knew. Gary wanted to concentrate on his exams, in hopes of leaving the CityBlock and its bullies far behind. Kailee wanted to become an actress. Darrin merely...

  • Retreat Hell

    The Empire's Corps - 8

    A new mainstream novel of The Empire’s Corps! After the disastrous mission to Lakshmibai, the very existence of the Commonwealth is called into question by politicians on Avalon. But as the political firestorm mounts, a call for help arrives from T...

  • The Long Road Home

    A Learning Experience - 4

    In the wake of the Solar Union’s stunning victory over the Tokomak - the masters of the galactic community - humanity has been invited to send a diplomatic mission to the Kingdom of Harmonious Order, one of the oldest and most significant races in ...

  • The Thin Blue Line

    The Empire's Corps - 9

    Earth has fallen ... and humanity is holding its breath, waiting for the next blow to fall. On Terra Nova, Earth’s oldest colony world, chaos and anarchy are threatening to break out, with total collapse only one disaster away. In a desperate attem...

  • The Zero Blessing

    The Zero Enigma - 1

    Caitlyn Aguirre should have been a magician. Her family certainly expected her to be a magician. But by the time she reached her twelfth birthday, Caitlyn hadn't even managed to cast a single spell! In desperation, her parents send her - and her magi...

  • Fists of Justice

    Schooled in Magic - 12

    The war is over. But the scars remain.

    Emily's New Learning has been good for Beneficence. In the years since she arrived on the Nameless World, the city has been at the forefront of technological advancement and social development. Thousand...

  • The Invasion of 1950

    The year is 1950, but not the 1950 we know. The Second World War ended in 1943. Hitler never declared war on the United States and is currently master of an empire that stretches from the Atlantic coastline of France to the Ural Mountains in Russia. ...

  • Desperate Fire

    Angel in the Whirlwind - 4

    In the fourth and final book in speculative-fiction master Christopher G. Nuttall’s Angel in the Whirlwind series, an epic battle pits the survival of hope against the locus of destruction. As the Commonwealth produces more starships and increas...

  • The Longest Day

    Ark Royal - 10

    A Stand-Alone Novel Set In The Ark Royal Universe! The first major alien offensive against Earth has been blunted, winning humanity time to deploy new weapons and prepare new tactics as Earth’s space navies prepare to take the offensive. But the en...

  • The Gordian Knot

    Schooled in Magic - 13

    Emily had hoped that her sixth and final year at Whitehall would be quiet, allowing her to complete her studies before moving out into the wider world. But when she returned to the school, she discovered that she'd been appointed Head Girl....

  • The Zero Curse

    The Zero Enigma - 2

    Caitlyn Aguirre is no magician ... ... But that doesn't make her useless. After discovering her true talent and uncovering the long-lost secret behind Objects of Power, Cat returns to school - intent on showing everyone what she can do. But her mere ...

  • Graduation Day

    Schooled in Magic - 14

    Emily saved Frieda's life, mind and soul. but now Frieda stands accused of attempted murder - and worse. Frieda must now stand trial, with her life - and Emily's future on the Nameless World - standing in the balance. Emily must find a way to o...

  • The Cruel Stars

    Ark Royal - 11

    A stand-alone set during the Ark Royal Era. The Royal Navy never expected to fight a full-scale interstellar war. Everyone knew the Great Powers would never risk everything on armed conflict, when there was plenty of room for everyone in outer space....

  • Alassa's Tale

    Schooled in Magic - 14.5

    The kingdom of Zangaria teeters on the edge of civil war. The nobles are plotting another coup, the merchants are demanding political representation and the peasants are on the verge of outright revolt. It will not be long before all hell breaks l...

  • Culture Shock

    The Empire's Corps - 13

    Arthur's Seat had never sought a galactic role. A relatively new colony world, a mere three hundred years old, the planet was always isolated from the galactic mainstream. But with the Empire crumbling after the fall of Earth, and other planets takin...

  • First to Fight

    The Empire's Corps - 11

    Before Avalon, before the Fall of the Empire, Edward Stalker was a young man growing up in Earth’s Undercity - a nightmarish rabbit warren of tiny apartments dominated by gangs who loot, rape and murder with impunity. When his family is killed in a...

  • Never Surrender

    The Empire's Corps - 10

    The war isn't going well. Wolfbane's forces are pressing the Commonwealth on multiple fronts, the Commonwealth's fragile political balance is on the verge of shattering and there's a high-placed spy somewhere within the Commonwealth elite. For Colone...

  • They Shall Not Pass

    The Empire's Corps - 12

    Despite the escape from Meridian - and a strike at the heart of Wolfbane - enemy forces are still advancing on all fronts. The Commonwealth, worn down by a year of hard fighting, is reaching the end of its tether, while Admiral Singh - having secured...

  • Wolf's Bane

    The Empire's Corps - 14

    The Commonwealth has won a great victory, smashing Wolfbane’s attempt to take Corinthian and driving Admiral Singh’s forces back into enemy space. Now, as the Wolves reel under the impact of their defeat - and powerful factions plot to take contr...

  • The Promised Lie

    In The Unwritten Words, Christopher G. Nuttall's story-telling mastery weaves a new epic which follows on from his bestselling Bookworm series and is set in that same world. In The Promised Lie, the first book of the new series, five years have passe...

  • The Zero Equation

    The Zero Enigma - 3

    Caitlyn Aguirre is no magician ...... But she's still at the centre of the storm.Caitlyn and her friends have returned to Jude's Sorcerous Academy, but all is not well in the school.  The Great Houses of Shallot are on the verge of going to war ...

  • The Hyperspace Trap

    Christopher G. Nuttall’s novel of human fear and survival, set in the thrilling world of his Angel in the Whirlwind series. A year after the Commonwealth won the war with the Theocracy, the interstellar cruise liner Supreme is on its maiden voya...

  • Invincible

    Ark Royal - 12

    All is not well in the Human Sphere. The alliance between the Great Powers is starting to fall apart, the human economy cannot keep up with the urgent need for newer and better starships and politicians are demanding an end to military spending. For ...

  • The Family Shame

    The Zero Enigma - 4

    Isabella Rubén is a traitor - at twelve years old. Disgraced, abandoned by her friends and shunned by her family, Isabella is sent into exile with scant hope of returning to her former home. Her destination, Kirkhaven Hall; a stone mansion miles fro...

  • Princess in the Tower

    Schooled in Magic - 15

    Everyone knows that the Tower of Alexis is impregnable......But Emily intends to prove them wrong.The Kingdom of Zangaria has finally started its descent into civil war. King Randor has declared martial law, imprisoned the pregnant Crown Princess Ala...

  • The Long-Range War

    A Learning Experience - 5

    The gloves have finally come off ... The Tokomak, the unquestioned masters of the galaxy, have dispatched a massive fleet to crush the Solar Union - and the fledgling Galactic Alliance - before the human race and its alien allies can tear the galacti...

  • Future Days

    Join the adventure through dystopian worlds, to outer planets and into a speculative future. Welcome to the Future Days Anthology. 17 authors imagine a future with thrilling tales, starships, unlikely heroes and exotic aliens all of which combine to ...

  • The Broken Throne

    Schooled in Magic - 16

    The Kingdom of Zangaria has fallen into civil war. On one side, King Randor and his forces, determined to impose his rule over the entire kingdom; on another, the noblemen who want to crush the king; on a third, Princess Alassa and the Levellers. Ca...

  • The Alchemist's Apprentice

    The Zero Enigma - 5

    A Stand-Alone Novel set in The Zero Enigma Universe ...Five months after the House War, the city of Shallot is on edge.  The Great Houses plot and plan against one another, while the magicians rebuild and the common folk fear another outburst of...

  • Democracy's Right

    Democracy's Right - 1

    The Empire – a tyranny stretching over thousands of worlds.  The grand dreams of the founders are a joke.  The Thousand Families, the rulers of the Empire, care nothing for anything, save their own power.  From the undercity of E...

  • Cry Wolf

    The Empire's Corps - 15

  • Para Bellum

    Ark Royal - 13

    On her last mission, HMS Invincible discovered an alien threat beyond human understanding: a sentient virus that has already absorbed a number of intelligent races into its multitude and now intends to do the same to humanity. Defeat means the end...

  • Cursed

    Schooled in Magic - 17

    King Randor has been defeated. Queen Alassa has taken her throne. The Kingdom of Zangaria can look forward to a new age of peace and prosperity. But their victory came at a terrible price. A moment before his death, King Randor hit Emily with a power...

  • The Family Pride

    The Zero Enigma - 6

    Six years ago, in the aftermath of the House War that nearly tore Shallot apart, Akin Rubén and Caitlyn Aguirre were betrothed in a bid to keep their rival families from returning to war.  Now, with both of them on the brink of maturity, ...

  • Favour The Bold

    The Empire's Corps - 16

    An all-new story of The Empire's Corps!Earth has fallen.  The Core Worlds have collapsed into chaos.  War is breaking out everywhere as planetary governments declare independence, entire sectors slip out of contact and warlords battle for p...

  • Mirror Image

    Schooled in Magic - 18

    Years ago, Heart's Eye, a school built on top of a nexus point, was attacked and captured by a necromancer. The nexus point was snuffed out, the handful of survivors forced to flee and the once-great school turned into a forward base for a necromant...

  • The Right of the Line

    Ark Royal - 14

    The war is on the verge of being lost. 

    The alien virus has begun its offensive, punching through the human defences and sending advance elements to threaten Earth itself. HMS Invincible and her crew, having barely returned from their l...

  • Their Last Full Measure

    A Learning Experience - 6

    Humanity has won a great victory, shattering the alien fleet that would have destroyed the Solar Union and exterminated the human race.  But the war is not yet over.  The Tokomak still have a huge fleet and an immense industrial base, large...

  • The Ancient Lie

    After the campaign in the Summer Isle, Isabella rides out the winter storms by studying the godly magic under Mother Lembu, in the process learning about the origins of the old gods. Crown Prince Reginald receives word that his father the King is il...

  • The King's Man

    The Zero Enigma - 7

    The City of Shallot is on the verge of revolution.  The Great Houses are mustering their forces, readying themselves for a shift in the balance of power.  The poor have found a new leader and are - finally - demanding their rights.  Sh...

  • The Artful Apprentice

    Schooled in Magic - 19

    Every magician who wants to be great goes through an apprenticeship, through a period of training under a master who will — hopefully — raise them to mastery themselves. Now, for Emily, the time has come to begin her long-awaited appre...

  • Debt of Honor

    The Embers of War - 1

    From the ashes of one galactic war stirs an ever greater threat in an epic new Kat Falcone series from bestselling author Christopher G. Nuttall. A year ago, the war against the Theocracy ended. But it didn’t bring peace. Admiral Kat Falcone ...

  • Knife Edge

    The Empire's Corps - 17

    An all-new story of The Empire's Corps! Earth has fallen.  The Core Worlds have collapsed into chaos.  War is breaking out everywhere as planetary governments declare independence, entire sectors slip out of contact and warlords battle...

  • Oathkeeper

    Schooled in Magic - 20

    The Allied Lands are in mortal danger. Three of the most powerful necromancers in the Blighted Lands have banded together into an unstoppable force, one capable of breaching the Craggy Mountains and laying waste to the lands beyond. If they cannot be...

  • Debt of Loyalty

    The Embers of War - 2

    An uncivil war in space sends a planet spinning out of control in the next thrilling Kat Falcone novel by bestselling author Christopher G. Nuttall. The Commonwealth has fractured, its interstellar order breaking down into civil war. On one side i...

  • The Lion and the Unicorn

    Ark Royal - 15

    The war isn't going well. In five years of heavy fighting, humanity and its alien allies have steadily been pushed back towards Earth, towards the very heart of humanity itself.  The virus is steadily wearing the defences down, mounting cam...

  • The Lady Heiress

    The Zero Enigma - 8

    House Lamplighter was once amongst the greatest of the Great Houses of Shallot, but now it is a tumbling ruin.  The once-great mansion is decaying, the vast network of clients have broken ties long ago and the remaining family scrabbles over cru...

  • The Truthful Lie

    How can humans stand up to the Old Gods? Reginald, now King, is struggling against the rising tide of the Old God entities. He knows that his army alone cannot defeat them, even with cold iron that can contain them and free enslaved humans. But as ci...

  • The Halls of Montezuma

    The Empire's Corps - 18

    An all-new story of The Empire's Corps!Earth has fallen.  The Core Worlds have collapsed into chaos.  War is breaking out everywhere as planetary governments declare independence, entire sectors slip out of contact and warlords battle for p...

  • Debt of War

    The Embers of War - 3

    It’s a star system fight to the death to be on the right side of history in the final explosive Kat Falcone novel by bestselling author Christopher G. Nuttall.The Commonwealth Civil War has stalemated, but both sides—desperate to win at a...

  • Fighting for the Crown

    Ark Royal - 16

    HMS Lion and HMS Unicorn have made it home from their first mission against the alien virus, opening the way for humanity to take the offensive.  Now, a major fleet is readying itself to depart into enemy space, intent on smashing the virus's ab...

  • Little Witches

    Schooled in Magic - 21

    Laughter Academy is in trouble. The student witches are growing increasingly reckless, preying on the mundanes below the mountains as their tutors plot and scheme to take advantage of the chaos. And no one seems to know why.Emily is in no condition t...

  • The Family Name

    The Zero Enigma - 9

    House Rubén and House Aguirre had been rivals for centuries even before the discovery of the Zero Talent and a plot to take control of Shallot plunged them – and the entire city – into war.  In a desperate attempt to end the f...

  • The Right Side of History

    Schooled in Magic - 22

    A brutal uprising in the Kingdom of Alluvia has shaken the Allied Lands - and Emily finds herself accused of starting it. Desperate, all too aware the kingdom is on the verge of becoming a vortex of chaos, Emily travels to Alluvia in the hopes of cal...

  • Cast Adrift

    Cast Adrift - 1

    Five hundred years ago, the human race discovered it was not alone in the universe when Earth was invaded and forcibly integrated by the Alphan Empire.  Over the years, humans have grown used to their position within the empire, serving as soldi...

  • The Face of the Enemy

    Schooled in Magic - 23

    The Necromantic Wars are over, but there is no peace. In the aftermath of the struggle, long-held grudges are boiling over and conflicts are breaking out. The monarchs want to settle border disputes, the aristocrats want to impose their will on monar...

  • Drake's Drum

    Ark Royal - 17

    Humanity is on the ropes.  Despite military victories, the sheer grinding power of the alien virus is taking its toll.  The space navies are pushed to the limit, the colony worlds are fighting a desperate war against the infected, the econo...

  • Void's Tale

    Schooled in Magic - 23.5

    A hundred years before Emily, just after the fall of the Empire and the start of the Necromantic Wars, Void worked for the White Council as an agent of last resort, the sorcerer they called upon when no one else could complete the mission.  But ...

  • The Zero Secret

    The Zero Enigma - 10

    A thousand years ago, an empire died.  No one knew why.  Not until now. Seven years ago, Caitlyn Cat Aguirre - the first of the magicless Zeros - was kidnapped and taken to the ruins of the Eternal City.  There, she discovered the...

  • Child of Destiny

    Schooled in Magic - 24

    Eight years ago, the Sorcerer Void saved Emily's life. To Emily, Void became, in so many ways, the father she'd never had. And yet Void kept a secret from her. To save the Allied Lands from themselves, to keep them from being destroyed by the necrom...

  • The Prince's War

    The Empire's Corps - 19

    Prince Roland - the Childe Roland, Heir to the Imperial Throne - grew up in a gilded cage, surrounded by men who wanted to use his powers while keeping him under tight control.  He was growing into a petty sadistic brat until a Marine Pathfinder...

  • The Cunning Man

    The Cunning Man - 1

    Adam of Beneficence wanted to be a magician, and even undertook a magical apprenticeship, but there isn't a single spark of magic in his entire body.  In desperation, his master arranged for him to study at Heart's Eye University, a former schoo...

  • Standing Alone

    Cast Adrift - 2

    Five years ago, the human race became independent as the Alphan Empire conceded it could no longer sustain its grip on Earth and withdrew, casting an unprepared humanity adrift on an interstellar sea of troubles.  Since then, humanity has strugg...

  • The Family Secret

    The Zero Enigma - 11

    Kirkhaven Hall has been home to Isabella Rubén ever since she was sent into exile for treason.  It has always been a strange place; isolated, wrapped in dark clouds and ancient magics.  No one really knows what's hidden there, from e...

  • The Prince's Gambit

    The Empire's Corps - 20

    New Doncaster should have been a success.  It wasn't.  A deeply-corrupt and embedded ruling class, disenfranchised settlers and embittered indentured workers – slaves in all but name – have poisoned the planet, unleashing the fi...

  • Coup D'etat

    Executive Solutions is one of the world's most capable mercenary units, a force designed to do everything from providing local security and training to hostage rescue, terrorist suppression and many other operations in places regular military forces ...

  • Endeavour

    Ark Royal - 18

    For generations, the human race has feared an encounter with an alien race so advanced their technology might as well be magic.  And yet, no such alien race has been encountered ... ... Until now. During the Virus War, human explorers ...

  • The Infused Man

    The Cunning Man - 2

    Adam wanted to be a magician, but now he's something more ... The university of Heart's Eye barely survived the conflict between magical and mundane students, a conflict fanned by an undercover sorcerer hiding in the last place anyone suspected,...

  • The Princes Alliance

    The Empire's Corps - 21

    Prince Roland was on the verge of winning the war. Assigned to New Doncaster to train the planet's armies and lead them into battle, Roland brokered a political compromise that allowed the government to win hearts and minds once the rebels were ...

  • The Stranded

    Mystic Albion - 1

    Centuries ago, the magic left our world ... and the magicians went with it, stepping into the Gates to Mystic Albion and leaving OldeWorld - Earth - forever.  Since then, the two worlds have remained separate, until now. Three young magicia...

  • All for All

    Cast Adrift - 3

    Humanity has won a great victory, liberating their homeworld from the alien Pashtali and convincing many of the alien Great Powers that Earth is much more than a vassal state of a decaying empire, easy meat for the first invader who comes along. ...

  • Chrishangers!

    For the past decade, I have been writing science-fiction, fantasy and alternate history novellas and short stories, some of which have been published, others left to languish and still others existing only in my mind until I started to put this colle...

  • The Conjuring Man

    The Cunning Man - 3

    Adam has come far. From a lowly apprentice, and a powerless one at that, he has discovered a whole new field of magic, combining magic and technology into one, and become the leading light of the university.  His innovations have made many ...

  • The Lone World

    Ark Royal - 19

    On her first deep-space mission, HMS Endeavour discovered two alien Dyson Spheres: one shattered, apparently nothing more than rubble orbiting a dying star; one seemingly intact, maintained by ancient super-technology so far advanced it may be beyond...

  • The Revolutionary War

    Royal Sorceress - 5

    Something is rotten in the state of France …   After years of inconclusive war, the Franco-Spanish Empire is on the verge of collapse. The military is coming apart, the people are starving, the economy is on the brink … and yet, as long as t...

  • The Demon's Design

    Schooled in Magic - 25

    Emily had hoped for some peace, in the wake of the war. A chance to sit down and relax and come to terms with everything that had happened over the last year. But it was not to be. The post-war world is in chaos, with mundane revolutionary factions c...

  • The Firelighters

    A Learning Experience - 7

    A new stand-alone novel, set between A Learning Experience and Hard Lessons! The universe is not a very nice neighbourhood.  The strong races rule the galaxy, doing as they please; the weak are enslaved or driven from their homeworlds ...

  • Tales of the Nameless World

    Five Schooled in Magic novellas, published together for the first time .. The Nameless World is a place of magic and mystery, of kings and princes and magicians and merchants and rebels, fighting for supremacy or power or even just to carve out ...

  • The Land of Always Summer

    Mystic Albion - 2

    Centuries ago, the magic left our world ... and the magicians went with it, stepping into the Gates to Mystic Albion and leaving OldeWorld - Earth - forever.  Since then, the two worlds have remained separate, until now. When they found the...

  • Judgement Day

    Ark Royal - 20

    For uncounted millennia, the twin Dyson Spheres – one intact, and host to a population unaware of their origins or even the nature of the world around them; one seemingly little more than debris orbiting a dying star – have remained a mys...

  • The Forsaken

    The Empire's Corps - 22

    They were loyal to the Empire, but the Empire was not loyal to them ... Montezuma was an isolated world, of interest to no one, until an interstellar corporation discovered vast resources of rare materials under the surface, just waiting to be e...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Christopher G. Nuttall has published 143 books.

Christopher G. Nuttall does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Forsaken, was published in January 2024.

The first book by Christopher G. Nuttall, Carrier Wars, was published in August 2011.

Yes. Christopher G. Nuttall has 18 series.
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