J.A. Bouma

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  • Bibliography:
    52 Books (7 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2018
  • Latest Book:
    January 2025
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Full Series List in Order

End Times Chronicles

1 - Apostasy Rising Episode 1 (Sep-2019)
2 - Apostasy Rising Episode 2 (Oct-2019)
3 - Apostasy Rising Episode 3 (Nov-2019)
4 - Apostasy Rising Episode 4 (Dec-2019)
5 - Apocalypse Rising, Episode 1 (Jun-2021)
6 - Apocalypse Rising, Episode 2 (Jul-2021)
7 - Apocalypse Rising, Episode 3 (Aug-2021)
8 - Apocalypse Rising, Episode 4 (Sep-2021)
9 - Antichrist Rising, Episode 1 (Jun-2023)
10 - Antichrist Rising, Episode 2 (Aug-2023)
11 - Antichrist Rising, Episode 3 (Oct-2023)

Faith Reimagined

1 - A Reimagined Faith (Mar-2019)
2 - A Rediscovered Faith (May-2019)

Group X Cases

0.5 - Luck Be the Ladies (Mar-2022)
1 - Not of This World (Apr-2022)
2 - The Darkest Valley (May-2022)
3 - Against These Powers (Oct-2022)

Mill Creek Junction Short Story

1 - Neither the Day nor the Hour (Jun-2020)
2 - There Will Your Heart Be Also (Jun-2020)

Mill Creek Junction

1 - The New Normal (Oct-2020)
2 - My Name's Johnny Pope (Jun-2021)
3 - Joy to the Junction! (Nov-2021)
4 - The Ties That Bind (Dec-2021)
5 - A Matter of Justice (Feb-2022)

Order of Thaddeus

1 - Holy Shroud (Jun-2018)
2 - The Thirteenth Apostle (Jun-2018)
3 - Hidden Covenant (Sep-2018)
4 - American God (Dec-2018)
5 - Grail of Power (Dec-2018)
6 - Templars Rising (Apr-2019)
7 - Rite of Darkness (Oct-2019)
8 - Gospel Zero (Mar-2020)
9 - The Emperor Code (Jun-2020)
10 - Deadly Hope (May-2021)
11 - Fallen Ones (Dec-2021)
12 - The Eden Legacy (Sep-2022)
13 - End of Days (Oct-2023)

Their Blood Cries Out

1 - Perpetua and Polycarp (Jul-2022)

Book List in Order: 52 titles

  • Holy Shroud

    Order of Thaddeus - 1

    An ancient threat. A sacred relic. A religious belief under siege.

    Silas Grey -- ex-Army Ranger, professor of religious studies, and leading relics expert -- is on the verge of rocking the religious and nonreligious alike with scientific p...

  • The Thirteenth Apostle

    Order of Thaddeus - 2

    What if the story of Jesus isn’t the one that happened?

    After terrorists attack a cathedral in Chicago and steal an ancient relic belonging to one of Jesus’ apostles, ex-Army Ranger and professor of religious studies Silas Grey cha...

  • Hidden Covenant

    Order of Thaddeus - 3

    The Lost Ark is more than a Hollywood blockbuster.

    FACT: the Ark of the Covenant was a real religious object, a wooden box overlaid with gold and crowned with two golden cherubim. FACT: the Ark served as the central religious artifact ...

  • American God

    Order of Thaddeus - 4

    The Separation of Church and State. The Authentic Christian Faith. Never More At Risk.

    Ex-Ranger-turned-professor Silas Grey is at an all-time low. His career is in jeopardy, the woman he cares about is in the hospital, and there’s a...

  • Grail of Power

    Order of Thaddeus - 5

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    A mythic grail. A legendary quest. Blood with the power to save.

    Silas Grey is taking a much-needed vacation after the year has turned his life on end. But when fellow SEPIO agent Matt Gapinski shows up on his beach with a secret mission st...

  • A Reimagined Faith

    Faith Reimagined - 1

    **Purchase includes a free online course on faith***

    What do you do when the faith you've always known no longer makes sense?

    That's the haunting, confusing, unexpected question confronting twentysomething Peter Daniel Young after a fr...

  • Templars Rising

    Order of Thaddeus - 6

    A legend 900 years in the making rises again to protect the Church

    The day before Easter 1119, 700 unarmed Jerusalem Christian pilgrims were savagely attacked by Muslims from two nearby cities. Three hundred were slaughtered, sixty mor...

  • A Rediscovered Faith

    Faith Reimagined - 2

    ***Purchase includes a free online course on faith***

    What do you do when your newfound faith is challenged by those closest to you?

    Peter Daniel Young is about to find out.

    Convinced he was called by the good Lord to train to be...

  • Apostasy Rising Episode 1

    End Times Chronicles - 1

    The Church's Future Is History.

    Episode 1 of 4

    A four-episode, binge-worthy story season released monthly, told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more!

    Read each monthl...



  • Apostasy Rising Episode 2

    End Times Chronicles - 2

    The Church's future is history.

    Episode 2 of 4
    A four-episode, binge-worthy story season released monthly, told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more!

    Read each monthly episo...

  • Rite of Darkness

    Order of Thaddeus - 7

    An evil unleashed. An occult past unearthed. Will the world survive a rising demonic force?

    On Halloween, a raging psychopath unleashes a menacing evil that rivals recent mass shooting events -- only this one is different. Questions su...

  • Apostasy Rising Episode 3

    End Times Chronicles - 3

    The Church's future is history.

    The third book in a four-episode, binge-worthy story season released the first of the month, told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more!

    The year...

  • Apostasy Rising Episode 4

    End Times Chronicles - 4

    The Church's Future Is History.

    Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days -- offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrill...

  • Gospel Zero

    Order of Thaddeus - 8

    What if all you've ever known about the Bible was a lie? Silas Grey is barely four months into his new role as Master of the Order of Thaddeus, ancient defender of the Christian faith, when he gets an urgent message in the early morning hours th...

  • The Emperor Code

    Order of Thaddeus - 9

    What if All You've Ever Known about Christianity Is a Lie?On his deathbed, Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome and patron of the Church, was baptized into Christianity-and a confession was heard.But what did he say, and who did he say it to? No on...

  • Neither the Day nor the Hour

    Mill Creek Junction Short Story - 1

    Max Blade is having a no good very bad day. Not only did he oversleep his alarm, his bar downstairs should be hopping with customers for morning Sunday brunch. Except it's quiet as a funeral parlor at midnight. And Max fears something's not quit...

  • There Will Your Heart Be Also

    Mill Creek Junction Short Story - 2

    Gideon O'Donnell is successful by most measures. He's an attorney of a small-town private practice in Mill Creek Junction with a modest two-story house, filled with nice things and an Audi sitting in the garage. Only problem is, he's alone on hi...

  • The New Normal

    Mill Creek Junction - 1

    Meet Max Blade, Gideon O'Donnell, Old Man Nugent, and Mayor Chet Goodall. Four people living through a global pandemic brought home to small-town America—and learning about life and faith along the way.Max Blade is having a no good very bad day...

  • Backstories

    5 Deep-Dive Short Stories from the Heroes of the Order of Thaddeus Over the years, thousands of fans have been thrilled and entertained by Silas Grey, Celeste Bourne, Naomi Torres, and Matt Gapinski—catapulting the Order of Thaddeus series...



  • Galilee Portal

    The Church's Future Is History The year is AD 2124. Apostasy has bloomed throughout Ichthus, the remnant of future Christianity. Solterra Republic has launched a campaign of state-sponsored persecution against the Church. And a newly formed Resi...

  • Martyrs Bones

  • Deadly Hope

    Order of Thaddeus - 10

    A Strange Blessing. A Mysterious Contagion. Is There Hope for Humanity?Silas Grey just wanted one day to himself. One day that he wasn't protecting the Christian faith from no uncertain doom-free from car chases, gunfights, and cultic conspiracies. R...

  • Apocalypse Rising, Episode 1

    End Times Chronicles - 5

    The Apocalypse Is NowThe first story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more. Start the story season now and pre-order episode 2 for deliver...

  • My Name's Johnny Pope

    Mill Creek Junction - 2

    He Blessed Souls for a Living. Now He Fights Them.For decades, Johnny Pope Papadopoulos heard dark confessions, administered last rites, and sat with criminals before execution—weekly reminders the world ain't right.Finally, he'd had enough. He...

  • Apocalypse Rising, Episode 2

    End Times Chronicles - 6

    The Apocalypse is Now The second story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more.The year is AD 2125. After apostasy rises in the remnant of Chri...

  • Chosenborn

    Welcome to the Isle of Aleythia! A fantastic world of edenic bliss and high fantasy intrigue where all is not as it seems. This collection of five original short stories follows five characters from five different walks of life—letting the...

  • Apocalypse Rising, Episode 3

    End Times Chronicles - 7

    The Apocalypse is NowThe final story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels.The year is AD 2125. End time events have risen to a fevered pitch of catastrophic mayhem-forcing Christians to make sen...

  • Apocalypse Rising, Episode 4

    End Times Chronicles - 8

    The Apocalypse is Now The final story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels.The year is AD 2125. End time events have risen to a fevered pitch of catastrophic mayhem—forcing Christians...

  • Joy to the Junction!

    Mill Creek Junction - 3

    A Small Town Christmas to Remember It's the most wonderful time of the year in Mill Creek Junction. The Christmas season roars into the small fictional Midwest town like it does into most of our lives, but in unexpected ways. Max Blade beli...



  • Fallen Ones

    Order of Thaddeus - 11

    An Ancient Conspiracy. A Modern Phenomenon. A Shocking Revelation about the Universe. Silas Grey is running late—again. And for a dinner date planning his future wedding! When he arrives, he wishes they'd ordered takeout. Because a po...

  • The Ties That Bind

    Mill Creek Junction - 4

    If money makes the world go 'round, then relationships are the currency of small towns. They're the ties that bind a community together, the grease that makes the pistons turn. Mill Creek Junction is a small fictional Midwest town filled with re...

  • A Matter of Justice

    Mill Creek Junction - 5

    5 Original Small Town Short Stories Fighting for JusticeThose who fight for justice are a rare, special breed-especially the small-town kind. And this collection of five original short stories celebrates them, sharing their stories and singing their ...

  • Luck Be the Ladies

    Group X Cases - 0.5

    Ah, Sin City. The City of Lights. The Gambling Capital of the World, especially when Lady Luck showed her lovely face. Except for when she didn't. Because Lucky Seven wasn't so lucky for Kiki Cormorant—the seventh victim of a serial k...

  • Not of This World

    Group X Cases - 1

    Stand Against the Darkness Monday morning, a Catholic priest is discovered dead inside a locked confessional both. The manner of death is clear. The rest…not so much. Who killed him, how did they accomplish the feat, and why did they ...

  • The Darkest Valley

    Group X Cases - 2

    Stand Against the Darkness One small town, six deaths—all females, all from the same small Baptist church. Not just any kind of deaths, either. The despairing kind that ends it all—on one's own terms. There is no rhyme or reason...

  • He Will Direct Your Paths

  • Perpetua and Polycarp

    Their Blood Cries Out - 1

    The Book of Hebrews, chapter 13, reminds the Church to Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering (NIV).Yet few have retold their stories in a way...

  • Till Death Us Depart

    No Wedding Ever Goes According to Plan. Especially when SEPIO Is Getting Hitched! The big day has finally arrived: Silas Grey and Celeste Bourne are going to be joined together in holy matrimony. But things don't exactly go according to pla...

  • The Eden Legacy

    Order of Thaddeus - 12

    A mythic Garden. A Tree of power. Bones with a divine legacy. Silas Grey, Master of the Order of Thaddeus, launches his special-ops SEPIO team on a quest to find the fabled Garden and our ancient ancestors. A quest for professional and personal ...



  • Against These Powers

    Group X Cases - 3

    Stand Against the Darkness A wickedness is rising in America. Something hidden from the past that is revealing itself in our present. Something so unfathomable that it guns for a sitting congressman while targeting a small-town country church.&#...

  • Antichrist Rising, Episode 1

    End Times Chronicles - 9

    Resistance Is the only WayThe year is AD 2126. Apostasy has destroyed Ichthus, the remaining Christian Remnant of believers. The Apocalypse has ravaged Solterra Republic. The Church isn't ready for what comes next.Alexander Zarruq, John Mark Ford, Ry...

  • Antichrist Rising, Episode 2

    End Times Chronicles - 10

    Resistance Is the Only WayThe second story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more. Pre-order now and receive delivering August 1, 2023!The Antichri...

  • Antichrist Rising, Episode 3

    End Times Chronicles - 11

    Resistance Is the Only WayThe third story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more. Pre-order now and receive delivering October 1, 2023!The Antichri...

  • End of Days

    Order of Thaddeus - 13

    A Secret Past. A Hopeless Future. A Prophet with the Promise to Save. Silas Grey is finished fighting the good fight. Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt — for both Uncle Sam and Christ's Church. He's got the scars to prove it &mdash...

  • Antichrist Rising

    Resistance Is the Only WayThe final story in the epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more. Pre-order now and receive delivering November 1, 2023!The Antich...

  • Deliver Us From Evil

    Stand Against the Darkness Fans of the supernatural, get ready! Group X is back with their most harrowing case yet. Brace yourself for a suspenseful mystery that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about reality itself.&nb...

  • A Small Town Kind of Christmas

    A Small Town Christmas to RememberIt's the most wonderful time of the year in Mill Creek Junction. The Christmas season roars into the small fictional Midwest town like it does into most of our lives, but in unexpected ways.Max Blade believes in the ...

  • A Small Town Kind of Detective

    5 Original Private Eye Short Mystery StoriesHe Blessed Souls for a Living. Now He Fights Them.For decades, Johnny Pope Papadopoulos heard dark confessions, administered last rites, and sat with criminals before execution-weekly reminders the world ai...

  • A Small Town Kind of Faith

    5 Small Town Short Stories For the Journey of FaithLike all small towns, Mill Creek Junction is served by a small-town pastor. Not just any pastor. One who can help shepherd the good Junction folks through life's ups and downs. His name is Peter Dani...



  • A Small Town Kind of Friendship

    If there is anything that is true about small towns, it's that relationships, friendships, are the ties that bind the community together. Any community, really, small town or not, but they're the glue of small-town life.These original short stories s...

  • A Small Town Kind of Holiday

    If there is anything that is true about small towns, it's that holidays are the electricity that keep a community humming along. From my experience, and own childhood in a small Midwest town, its the celebrations of all sorts that form the backbone t...

  • A Small Town Kind of Justice

    5 Original Small Town Short Stories Fighting for JusticeThose who fight for justice are a rare, special breed-especially the small-town kind. And this collection of five original short stories celebrates them, sharing their stories and singing their ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

J.A. Bouma has published 52 books.

The next book by J.A. Bouma, A Small Town Kind of Christmas, will be published in January 2025.

The first book by J.A. Bouma, Holy Shroud, was published in June 2018.

Yes. J.A. Bouma has 7 series.
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