J.N. Chaney

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  • Bibliography:
    38 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2015
  • Latest Book:
    July 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Orion Colony

1 - Orion Colony (Aug-2019)
2 - Orion Uncharted (Aug-2019)
3 - Orion Awakened (Aug-2019)
4 - Orion Protected (Jan-2020)

Renagade Origins

1 - Nameless (Oct-2018)
2 - The Constable (Feb-2019)
3 - The Constable Returns (May-2019)
4 - Warrior Queen (Jun-2019)

The Renegade

1 - The Renegade (Aug-2020)
2 - The Deal (Oct-2020)

Renegade Star

1 - Renegade Star (Aug-2017)
2 - Renegade Atlas (Oct-2017)
3 - Renegade Moon (Nov-2017)
4 - Renegade Lost (Jan-2018)
5 - Renegade Fleet (Mar-2018)
6 - Renegade Earth (Jun-2018)
7 - Renegade Dawn (Jul-2018)
8 - Renegade Children (Nov-2018)
9 - Renegade Union (Feb-2019)
10 - Renegade Empire (May-2019)
11 - Renegade Descent (Jun-2019)
12 - Renegade Rising (Aug-2019)
13 - Renegade Alliance (Oct-2019)
14 - Renegade Evolution (Feb-2020)

The Variant Saga

1 - The Amber Project (Apr-2015)
2 - Transient Echoes (Mar-2016)
3 - Hope Everlasting (Nov-2016)
4 - The Vernal Memory (Mar-2017)

Book List in Order: 38 titles

  • The Amber Project

    The Variant Saga - 1

    200 years after the world ends, their future begins.In 2157, a mysterious gas known as Variant spreads across the globe, killing or mutating most organic life. The surviving humans take refuge in an underground city, determined to return home. But af...

  • Transient Echoes

    The Variant Saga - 2

    A whole new world of stories. It has been three years since the day of the Second Jolt. Thanks to the efforts of a select few, the world is finally moving on. As the Variant air begins to thin, humanity finds itself on the cusp of a new age of explo...

  • Their Solitary Way

    Adam Kadman is the captain of a seed ship known as the Eden. Carrying ten thousand cryogenically frozen colonists, he and his crew must seek out new worlds for potential habitation. With the help of Lilith, a shipboard cyberbrain, Adam and his team w...

  • Hope Everlasting

    The Variant Saga - 3

    Journey down the road to Everlasting. Terry is on the run, having escaped from prison and killed its overseer. He and his friend Ludo need to find a way to get to the northern border. That's where Ludo's wife is being held, but t...

  • The Vernal Memory

    The Variant Saga - 4

    Everlasting is on the brink of total war.As the terrorist organization known as Garden attempts to assassinate key members of the Leadership, another unseen hand has plans of its own...Back at the human outpost, Mei Curie and her team are working to ...

  • Renegade Star

    Renegade Star - 1

    They say the Earth is just a myth. Something to tell your children when you put them to sleep, the lost homeworld of humanity. Everyone knows it isn't real, though. It can't be. But when Captain Jace Hughes encounters a nun with a mysterio...

  • Renegade Atlas

    Renegade Star - 2

    The search for Earth has begun. After barely escaping the Union's grasp, The Renegade Star is off to parts unknown. Every member of its crew is a wanted fugitive. None of them can ever return home. But all is not lost. Thanks to Lex, ...

  • Renegade Moon

    Renegade Star - 3

    A Renegade never surrenders. After evading both the Union and the Sarkonian Empire, Jace and the crew are off in search of Earth. With the help of Titan, their new base of operations, Jace believes they might just have a chance. That is, if the...

  • Renegade Lost

    Renegade Star - 4

    A lost ship. An unknown civilization. The Renegade Star is stranded, its engines totally shot, surrounded by the unknown. Floating in the dead of space, they receive a strange transmission from a nearby planet, warning them to stay away or face th...



  • Renegade Fleet

    Renegade Star - 5

    An ancient threat is rising. Jace Hughes has successfully crippled the Union, saving a small civilization in the process. With a new army at his side, he sets his sights on Earth, the lost homeworld of humanity, vowing to finish the job he set out...

  • Renegade Earth

    Renegade Star - 6

    Three Empires Collide.Captain Jace Hughes and his band of rebels have managed to outrun the Union at every turn, barely escaping with their lives. What started as a simple transport job has escalated into a war between empires, all for the sake of a ...

  • Renegade Dawn

    Renegade Star - 7

    Welcome to the Old World.Captain Jace Hughes and his crew have finally reached their destination: Earth, the mythical lost homeworld of Humanity. It was said to harbor great wonders, fertile land, and beauty beyond comparison, but the reality is ...

  • Nameless

    Renagade Origins - 1

    Abigail and Clementine were just a couple of orphans looking for a home.But when the two girls witness something terrible, they have no choice but to leave their orphanage and go into hiding. The only person willing to take them in is a man named Mul...

  • Renegade Children

    Renegade Star - 8

  • Renegade Union

    Renegade Star - 9

    How did I get here?After waking up on the floor of an unknown ship, and with no way of contacting his crew, Captain Jace Hughes is forced to fight his way through a myriad of soldiers. With no memory of the battle or how he arrived on the ship, he ha...

  • The Constable

    Renagade Origins - 2

    My name is Alphonse Malloy, and I see everything.From a simple glance, I know your hobbies, what you ate for breakfast, how well you slept, and whether or not your wife is secretly seeing the high school biology teacher when you're not around.I can't...

  • Renegade Empire

    Renegade Star - 10

  • The Constable Returns

    Renagade Origins - 3

    Alphonse Malloy may just be the smartest man alive.A year has passed since Alphonse joined the Constables, but his work is only just beginning. In order to graduate and achieve full Constable status, Alphonse will need to complete one final mission.W...

  • Renegade Descent

    Renegade Star - 11

    The Celestial War has arrived.Captain Hughes and his team of rebels have created a shaky alliance with the same government that sought to end them, but even that might not be enough.In order to combat the Celestial threat, Jace will need to convince ...



  • Warrior Queen

    Renagade Origins - 4

    On a lost world, far removed from Earth, a group of humans struggle to survive.Two thousand years after their ancestors lost control of a hidden genetics research facility, the descendants of mankind have been reduced to a tribe of two hundred surviv...

  • Renegade Rising

    Renegade Star - 12

  • Orion Awakened

    Orion Colony - 3

    An alien awakens from a long sleep. 

    An impossible prophecy that cannot be ignored. 

    Dean and his friends are trapped on a world they can barely comprehend with enemies on all sides and a growing need to survive. 

    There's more...

  • Orion Colony

    Orion Colony - 1

    Humanity's Exodus is about to begin.  

    When half of mankind revolts and demands more opportunity, those at the top decide on a compromise: They will build the first colony ships and allow the rest to discover new worlds and start over.  ...

  • Orion Uncharted

    Orion Colony - 2

    The Orion has fallen. 

    After barely escaping with their lives, the crew of the Orion has scattered across an unknown world. With a diminishing hope of returning home, they have no choice but to band together. 

    But between the local w...

  • Renegade Alliance

    Renegade Star - 13

    An ancient world holds many secrets.With the Celestial ship Tartarus now under his command, the former Renegade known as Jace Hughes heads toward a lost colony in search of answers.What he finds may change the war forever.Meanwhile, the Celestials ar...

  • Orion Protected

    Orion Colony - 4

    Prepare for war. 

    What do you do when you find yourself in the middle of a fight you didn't start? 

    Whatever you need to do to survive. 

    As an unprecedented enemy grows beyond measure, Dean is faced with a choice to confront t...

  • Renegade Evolution

    Renegade Star - 14

    The truth about the gods will set you free.Jace Hughes and the people of Earth have joined with the Union and the Sarkonians to create the largest alliance in human history. They have amassed a wealth of weapons, shields, and the strongest military e...

  • The Renegade

    The Renegade - 1

    Jace Hughes is a Renegade.That means taking jobs and not asking questions, whether that involves smuggling, transporting runaways, or performing other, far less wholesome work. Whatever the situation, Jace is willing to do what it takes to achieve hi...

  • Renegade Peace

    The epic conclusion is here!As the Celestials make their way to Earth, humanity must make its final stand. The Union, Sarkonians, Eternals, and the free people of Earth must stand together or face extinction. But doing so will not be easy.Despite all...



  • The Deal

    The Renegade - 2

    No one ever said being a Renegade was easy.When Jace Hughes accepts a job to capture and transport a wanted criminal, he doesn't expect any problems.But when a family of smugglers assassinate his mark right before his eyes, he's left to pick up the p...

  • The Messenger

    Dash never asked to be a mech pilot, but fate has other plans.On the run and out of chances, he guides his ship and crew into the heart of a relic older than the galaxy itself-and find himself on the edge of an eternal war he never knew existed.The r...

  • Starcaster

    Magic. Steel. Blood. Victory.The Earth's navy is left drifting among the stars as Nyctus ships swarm, their purpose unknown as they continue their advance, burning one system after another.Humanity's extinction seems inevitable.But on one of the forg...

  • Sentenced to War

    Sit in prison or join the military. The choice is yours.Convicted of a minor traffic violation, Rev Pelletier is conscripted into the Perseus Union Marine Corps . . . for up to a thirty-year term of service.Anxious to get back to his civilian life an...

  • Renegat. Gwiazda.

    Jace Hughes jest Renegatem.Oznacza to, że przyjmuje każde zlecenie, jakie wpada mu w ręce, bez względu na sytuację. Dopóki więc jest w stanie utrzymywać swój statek, może żyć tak, jak chce.Wszystko się jednak zmienia, kiedy poznaje Abiga...

  • Atlas Renegado

    La búsqueda para encontrar la Tierra ha comenzado.Después de escapar a duras penas de las garras de la Unión, la nave estelar Estrella Renegada huye a lugares desconocidos. Todos los miembros de su tripulación son fugitivos buscad...

  • Estrella Renegada

    Jace Hughes es un renegado.Eso significa aceptar casi cualquier trabajo que se le presente, sin importar la situación. Mientras pueda mantener la nave a flote, es libre de vivir la vida que quiera. Pero todo eso cambia cuando conoce a Abigail Pr...

  • Luna Renegada

    Un renegado nunca se rinde. Ahora que Jace y el resto de la tripulación tienen una nueva base de operaciones en Titán, la posibilidad de encontrar la Tierra está más cerca que nunca. Sin embargo, no será una misión f...

  • Planeta Renegado

    Una nave perdida. Una civilización desconocida.La Estrella Renegada está a la deriva, con los motores completamente apagados, en mitad de lo desconocido. Mientras flotan en el vacío del espacio, reciben una extraña transmisió...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

J.N. Chaney has published 38 books.

J.N. Chaney does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Estrella Renegada, was published in July 2024.

The first book by J.N. Chaney, The Amber Project, was published in April 2015.

Yes. J.N. Chaney has 5 series.
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