Christopher G Nuttall Books in Order

United Nations recruit John Walker enters a war against humanity's colonies as devastated worlds and environmental collapse threaten civilization. Political leaders refuse to accept defeat, leaving him facing choices that could save humanity at enormous personal cost.

Mercenary commander Andrew Nolte is hired to train an army on Svergie, a planet divided by rival factions and threatened by rebellion. Keeping it together proves difficult when powerful opponents challenge his legion and his own purposes.

After challenging a powerful official, Captain Edward Stalker and his Marines are exiled to Avalon. Their apparently quiet posting becomes a struggle against bandits, insurgents, and a corrupt government as the surrounding Galactic Empire begins to crumble.

Following a man with a tiny dragon leads Edinburgh resident Dizzy into a parallel magical world. She becomes his apprentice, unaware that dark forces intend to use her developing abilities in a plan threatening reality itself.

Supernatural refugees have brought magic back to humanity's world, creating an uneasy coexistence. Ordered to find a child kidnapped through magic, Guardian Glass discovers the disappearance may be part of a plot threatening far more than one victim.

Alien invaders arrive on Earth determined to conquer humanity and force it to adopt their religion. Fighting spreads across the world as outmatched defenders struggle to resist an enemy with overwhelming advantages and little concern for civilians.

Abandoned on Avalon after the Empire's withdrawal, Colonel Edward Stalker and his Marines face a powerful pirate organization. Defending their isolated world means confronting an enemy with resources and ambitions that may exceed anything the Marines can muster.

A crashed UFO reveals that aliens have been watching Earth for years. As Americans investigate its technology, an approaching mothership offers peace and prosperity, concealing plans that force a divided humanity to fight for its freedom.

Humanity remains threatened by the alien Killers a thousand years after Earth's destruction. Hoping to overcome their technological disadvantage, the survivors plan to capture an enemy starship before the aliens' larger ambitions make resistance impossible.

Duke Herod uses forbidden necromancy to seize power, forcing Prince Eric and Mistress Hind to flee on the eve of their wedding. Pursued by his forces, they seek safety while his dangerous magic threatens their whole world.

College student Erica and three friends buy a mysterious device and activate it inside their recreational vehicle. Finding themselves in a ruined version of their own world begins a journey through parallel realities with uncertain routes home.

Former Marine Ed Stalker's quiet retirement as a West Virginia sheriff ends when nuclear war strikes the United States. His town must survive the aftermath, confronting refugees, bandits, and difficult decisions about preserving order amid destruction.

In an alternate 1830 Britain powered by magic, the aging Royal Sorcerer needs a successor with every magical ability. His only suitable apprentice is a young woman, challenging an institution that has never admitted a girl.

Alien forces occupy the United States and the Middle East while other regions fall into chaos. An underground resistance keeps fighting, but ordinary people must choose between collaboration and rebellion as humanity faces the loss of its freedom.

Library worker Elaine accidentally gains the entire Great Library's knowledge, including forbidden magic. Her limited magical power remains unchanged, but her new understanding makes her more capable and places her in danger from those who discover her secret.

Rebels advance toward Earth after breaking the Empire's hold on a sector, confident their victory is near. The ruling Thousand Families prepare overwhelming retaliation, threatening to turn the struggle for freedom into a war that destroys civilization.

Commander Colin Walker loses faith in the Empire after a superior's betrayal exposes its crimes. Planning a naval rebellion against the ruling Thousand Families, he must unite competing resistance groups and risk everything to challenge their power.

With humanity's war against the Dragons over, Captain Glen Knight must restore authority in a restless region of the Federation. Mysterious raiders attack the colonies, threatening to turn fragile peace into a new conflict among humans.

Three teenagers win a trip from Earth's oppressive cityblocks to the colony world Meridian. Its possibilities seem promising, but dangers they were never taught to handle soon force them to fight for survival far from home.

Magic returns to the modern world, turning ordinary people into supernatural creatures or giving them unfamiliar powers. Governments, scientists, and religious groups struggle to respond while an ancient dark force follows magic back into human life.

The Commonwealth built by Colonel Stalker's Marines faces a ruthless dictator leading a surviving fragment of the Empire. As the new union prepares for war, a small Marine team receives orders to undermine her rule from within.

The advanced Confederation discovers a seemingly feudal colony whose rulers can alter the universe's underlying structure. A covert team infiltrates Darius to understand their abilities, finding that the planet's secrets may threaten more than the visitors expected.

A smallpox case in New York reveals a terrorist biological attack spreading through the United States. Doctors, police, political leaders, and a family seeking refuge struggle to contain the outbreak and survive the disorder it unleashes.

Royal Sorceress Lady Gwen investigates a senior magician's murder in a locked room while battling prejudice against her authority. Her search leads into aristocratic blackmail and international intrigue, bringing the danger increasingly close to her own life.

In an alternate 1950, Hitler controls much of Europe after a war that ended in 1943. Britain and the United States remain beyond his empire, but the uneasy peace begins giving way to renewed ambitions for conquest.

Sameena escapes persecution on her homeworld by hiding aboard a trading starship and building a new life with its crew. The Galactic Empire's collapse threatens that refuge, forcing her to find ways to preserve trade and stability.

Aliens occupy a third of Earth while the remaining regions prepare for a final struggle or descend into chaos. As the invaders reveal their plans, human resistance fights across land, sea, and space for a future still undecided.

A diplomatic meeting on neutral Lakshmibai turns into a siege when its government targets the visiting off-worlders. Jasmine Yamane must lead an untested army to rescue Edward Stalker and the diplomats before the crisis sparks another interstellar war.

Marine Pathfinder Belinda Lawson becomes bodyguard to the spoiled heir of a failing Galactic Empire. Preparing him to rule proves difficult, and competing political schemes may leave her struggling simply to keep her young charge alive.

Alien scavengers try to abduct military veterans, only to lose control of their starship. Steve Stuart sees a chance to build a new civilization beyond Earth, but alien retaliation and suspicious human factions threaten the opportunity.

The obsolete carrier Ark Royal becomes vital when modern human warships fail against an alien enemy. Its troubled captain and mismatched crew must take the offensive, hoping their aging ship can buy Earth time to survive.

Admiral Marius Drake and ambitious officer Roman Garibaldi try to preserve a Federation threatened by corruption, rebellion, and military warlords. Their efforts face enemies on the borders and a Senate suspicious of the officers capable of saving it.

A powerful alien Hegemony claims Earth and has already enslaved one human colony. Military simulations show humanity cannot win a defensive war, leaving its leaders to consider a desperate first attack against an enemy with overwhelming strength.

Two young people seek a future in the thriving Solar Union while Earth declines. Meanwhile, humanity's growing influence alarms powerful aliens, whose fleet threatens to crush the new interstellar society before it can challenge their dominance.

Emily accompanies Princess Alassa to Zangaria after her first year at magic school. Exploring the unfamiliar world exposes her to courtship, politics, and cultural practices she finds troubling, making a hoped-for break from study far from restful.

With Britain nearing war with France, Royal Sorceress Gwen must prepare its magical defenses. Her adopted daughter Olivia's kidnapping sends her undercover to Russia, where the search reveals a threat extending beyond the coming European conflict.

Mariko and her sister lose their freedom after a shipping job brings them into conflict with the law. Their aristocratic owner draws them into Imperial Intelligence operations, forcing them to question the empire they're helping protect.

The Commonwealth sends an expeditionary force to help Thule confront an insurgency despite political turmoil at home. Outside support for the rebels and Wolfbane's preparations for war trap the troops in a conflict with wider, concealed purposes.

Teenager Emily is summoned from Earth by a necromancer and rescued by another sorcerer. Discovering her own magical abilities, she enters Whitehall School while a dangerous prophecy and her original captor make adjusting to the new world difficult.

Emily returns to Whitehall School for harder classes and unfamiliar roommates, hoping to continue her magical research. A murderer and a spy threaten the school, forcing her to investigate dangers that could turn her curiosity against her.

In an imagined 2025, economic collapse and rising unrest leave Britain and Europe struggling to maintain order. When an invading military force targets the weakened continent, Britain’s remaining armed forces must defend a country already close to disintegration.

Telepaths begin appearing around the world, prompting governments to recruit them while concealing their abilities from the public. As ordinary people fear having their thoughts read or controlled, hostility grows and the newly powerful face pressure to fight back.

Admiral Theodore Smith leads an international fleet on a deep raid into alien territory. Untested pilots, national rivalries and a suspicious crewman complicate the mission, while a dangerous enemy plan threatens to strand Ark Royal far from help.

After seizing power, Emperor Marius Drake tries to restore a Federation unraveling under bureaucracy, corporate ambition and colonial demands. A hostile interstellar power prepares to invade, forcing him to fight external enemies while struggling to hold his own realm together.

A conference on Terra Nova offers the collapsing Empire a chance to avoid civil war. Imperial Marshal Glen Cheal investigates a plot to derail it, while Marine specialist Belinda Lawson faces a mission that makes even her own mind unreliable.

With humanity’s fleets crippled and Earth under attack, Ark Royal seeks alien factions willing to end the war. Admiral Smith’s diplomatic mission faces opponents on both sides who prefer total destruction, leaving peace dependent on navigating a dangerous web of interests.

Alien visitors invite humanity to join a peaceful Galactic Federation, offering a future beyond Earth’s divisions. Troubling evidence suggests their benevolent appearance hides a darker purpose, prompting an unlikely resistance to investigate before the planet loses its freedom.

Elaine’s hope of returning quietly to her books is disrupted by a magician whose power challenges established rules. Johan, dismissed by his family as powerless, discovers hidden abilities after a disastrous protest and sees a chance to pursue long-denied ambitions.

Alien invaders seize Britain’s cities and destroy its government, forcing civilians and surviving soldiers to choose between resistance and collaboration. Ordinary people struggle to survive the occupation while those still fighting search for a way to liberate Earth.

Captain John Naiser commands experimental cruiser Warspite on a mission escorting colony ships to a strategically important system. Far from a recovering Earth, his crew encounters the legacy of the recent war and threats that could ignite another human conflict.

Emily accompanies Lady Barb through mountain communities to provide magical help and find new students. What should be a restful summer turns dangerous when children disappear and sinister activity reveals a plot threatening the people they came to assist.

Captain John Naiser leads a diplomatic mission to Vesy, where human refugees have already altered an alien culture. Competing outsiders try to shape the planet’s future, turning an effort at peaceful contact into a possible trigger for interstellar conflict.

Indian forces occupy British colonies, forcing a battered Royal Navy to respond before the loss transforms humanity’s balance of power. Warspite joins the counterattack, racing to recover the systems without allowing the conflict to escalate into a wider civil war.

After a gang attack kills his family, young Edward Stalker escapes Earth’s violent Undercity by joining the Terran Marine Corps. Surviving its punishing training becomes his first challenge as he learns what service demands beyond simply getting away.

Elaine, Johan and their allies race toward the Witch-King’s hiding place while a new emperor’s armies pursue them. Ancient monsters and spells threaten their journey, and Elaine’s magical knowledge may be the only defense against an ascension that could destroy the world.

Emily invites two feuding magical families to Cockatrice Faire, despite the danger of bringing them together. Discovering that their heirs have fallen in love places her between powerful rivals, each capable of turning its anger against her.

Wolfbane’s attacks and a hidden spy strain the Commonwealth’s fragile unity as Colonel Stalker fights to prevent defeat. Meanwhile, imprisoned Marine Jasmine Yamane plans to escape an enemy camp and bring her people home through hostile space.

In an alternate 1985, the Third Reich dominates Europe but faces economic crisis and a draining South African insurgency. A young German woman’s discovery threatens its foundations, while the ruling council prepares to resist any challenge to its power.

Marine Jackson McDonald kills a rogue superhuman and is recruited into an elite unit assigned to control others like him. Team Omega faces people with extraordinary powers, including one determined to impose his vision of salvation on an unwilling world.

Elaine and her friends seek the Witch-King as a new emperor imposes martial law on a damaged Golden City. With influential houses submitting to his authority and an army gathering, they must stop political collapse from becoming an all-out war.

Exiled to an isolated naval base after speaking her mind, Captain Hoshiko Stuart expects a quiet posting. Discovering aliens bent on exterminating neighboring species forces her squadron into a war and alliances whose consequences could threaten humanity.

Young Captain Kat Falcone takes command of a new warship while determined to prove she deserves more than her family’s influence. Discovering an imminent attack, she must overcome an unprepared admiral’s resistance and ready the Commonwealth’s fleet for war.

Emily goes undercover at Mountaintop Academy to recover stolen research notes and investigate a dangerous conspiracy. The mission exposes her and her friends to a plot that could threaten the Allied Lands, making secrecy essential to their survival.

Emily returns to Whitehall for decisive exams after searching a necromancer’s fortress for useful knowledge. A hostile teacher, strange behavior among friends and an unexpected courtship complicate school life, while a deadly plot threatens her and everyone around her.

Emily struggles to regain control of her magic while finishing exams and preparing for Princess Alassa’s wedding. Political tensions in Zangaria turn the celebration into a dangerous obligation as aristocratic demands, royal instability and peasant unrest threaten civil war.

A divided Third Reich faces civil war as Karl Holliston prepares to seize Berlin and destroy the rebels. With former satellites seeking independence and foreign powers fearing nuclear chaos, the revolution’s defenders must hold their ground against advancing armies.

The isolated colony of Arthur’s Seat receives tens of thousands of refugees as the Empire collapses. Efforts to integrate them collide with factional maneuvering and the newcomers’ struggle to build lives, placing the entire planet at risk of civil war.

Captain Kat Falcone leads a ragtag fleet on a dangerous deep-strike mission into Theocratic space. Outdated ships, refugee crews and a hidden spy undermine her efforts to gather intelligence, distract the enemy and escape before superior forces close in.

Vanguard returns to war under the cloud of accusations against its commander and doubts about its crew. Sent to assist humanity’s alien allies, the battleship enters a deadly trap that tests whether its damaged reputation conceals an effective fighting force.

Allowed back to Whitehall only on probation, Emily must balance classes, research, mentoring and her relationship with Caleb. Excavations beneath the school trigger disasters, forcing her to investigate connections to her own work before the ancient magical defenses collapse.

Thrown into Whitehall’s distant past, Emily discovers that the school’s legendary founders and history differ sharply from what she learned. Seeking a way home draws her into conflicts with rogue magicians and an enemy determined to prevent the school from existing.

Germany’s provisional government prepares a counteroffensive while Karl Holliston refuses to abandon the Nazi civil war. Winter and preparations for ultimate weapons intensify the confrontation, raising the possibility that the Reich’s destruction could drag the wider world into disaster.

Lady Gwen leaves Britain after a disastrous magical incident and travels to its North American colonies. Poisoned sorcerers, unrest and an approaching French offensive force her to train inexperienced local magicians before imperial control collapses into war and revolution.

Roman Garibaldi leads former naval officers and rebel outsiders toward Earth to stop an unstable emperor. With the Federation’s economy ruined and sectors slipping away, his alliance must confront whether anything can be preserved before its remaining institutions collapse.

With the Commonwealth exhausted and enemy forces approaching Corinthian, Colonel Stalker chooses to make a stand. His Marines must hold the industrial world long enough for new weapons and tactics to matter, despite the destruction a ground battle could bring.

The Royal Navy’s powerful new battleship Vanguard suffers from poor leadership and resentment within its crew. A failed first-contact mission plunges it into war with an unfamiliar alien enemy, forcing the troubled ship to escape before humanity faces the same threat.

Kat Falcone and newly promoted William McElney take their ships into a lawless sector to secure alliances and suppress piracy. Hostile officers and a mutiny plot undermine their mission as an enemy warship forces both captains into a dangerous confrontation.

Commodore Kat Falcone confronts the consequences of a desperate enemy’s willingness to use nuclear destruction. Rejecting calls for a truce, she proposes an assault on the Theocracy’s homeworld, risking a vast fleet battle to end the war before further catastrophe.

Emily returns to Beneficence for a funeral and finds a city unsettled by the consequences of her innovations. Economic instability, weakened guilds and religious fanaticism pull her into a crisis, while an old plot threatens more than the city itself.

Emily tries to defend Frieda against criminal charges after the girl becomes entangled in a soul-destroying magical plot. A vengeful matriarch manipulates the trial, forcing Emily to gather allies and challenge a court designed to turn her friend’s case against her.

The Royal Navy converts freighters into makeshift carriers to fight an overwhelming alien invasion. Crewed by reservists and criminals promised pardons, these expendable ships receive the missions most likely to buy humanity time at a terrible cost.

Emily returns to Whitehall for her final year and reluctantly becomes Head Girl. As rumors and sabotage undermine her work, a friend's growing danger forces her to choose between her responsibilities and protecting those she cares about.

A human diplomatic ship travels to the galactic core to build ties with a powerful alien civilization. When the mission falls into a trap, its crew must fight their way home before a new war begins.

Humanity prepares to counterattack after halting an alien offensive, but the invaders launch a direct assault on Earth. Across the solar system, soldiers and civilians struggle to survive a battle that could decide their species' future.

Emily leaves school to join Sergeant Miles and a coalition fighting a necromancer invasion of Tarsier. Rival aristocrats, frightened soldiers, and hidden traitors threaten an already desperate defense against an enemy whose power grows with every victim.

Twelve-year-old Caitlyn cannot cast a spell, despite her family's expectations. Sent to a sorcery academy with her gifted sisters, she struggles through classes while uncovering an ancient mystery that may explain her apparent lack of magic.

Caitlyn returns to school determined to use her unusual talent, but her discoveries threaten powerful interests. When a deadly plot targets her and her friends, she must outthink enemies who would rather control or eliminate her.

A new way to travel between stars offers humanity a chance to break a stalemated war. HMS Vanguard joins a massive fleet on a strike behind enemy lines, where failure could leave every ship stranded.

Edward Stalker prepares a final offensive against Wolfbane while rival factions struggle for control of its government. Fleets and infiltrators advance toward a confrontation that could reunite the galaxy or deepen its descent into chaos.

As Zangaria approaches civil war, Princess Alassa faces unrest among nobles, merchants, and peasants. A secret from the past forces her into a decision that could determine whether her kingdom survives the coming conflict.

HMS Invincible intercepts an alien generation ship approaching a British colony. Its passengers warn of another expanding alien power, bringing a new danger to a human alliance already weakened by economic strain and political divisions.

A sentient alien virus threatens to absorb humanity and its allies. Captain Shields takes HMS Invincible into alien space on reconnaissance, only to discover a threat advancing toward Earth while human defenses remain divided.

Rebecca hopes an apprenticeship will lift her out of poverty in Shallot. When her apothecary master accepts a mysterious nobleman's commission, she becomes entangled with criminals and political schemes that could overturn the city's powerful families.

Civil war divides Zangaria between King Randor, rebellious nobles, and Princess Alassa's supporters. Emily struggles to balance loyalty to her friend with responsibility to others, while the king unleashes forces that may escape even his control.

Twelve-year-old Isabella is sent into exile at remote Kirkhaven Hall after being branded a traitor. As she adjusts to life with two older exiles, mysterious intruders and nighttime shadows reveal dangers hidden within her new home.

A luxury space liner becomes trapped in hyperspace after colliding with a pirate vessel. Sisters Angela and Nancy join the passengers and crew fighting for survival as a mysterious presence attacks their minds and threatens their lives.

An enormous Tokomak fleet advances to destroy the Solar Union and its allies. Admiral Hoshiko Stuart leads a human force to intercept it, pitting newer technology against an experienced alien commander and overwhelming numbers.

Emily plans to free the imprisoned, pregnant Princess Alassa from the Tower of Alexis. With Zangaria descending into civil war, the rescue draws her into rival factions whose struggles threaten to destroy the kingdom itself.

After the Empire's collapse, sorceress Isabella Majuro works as a mercenary to escape her past. Prince Reginald's planned invasion of the Summer Isle draws her into a war involving ancient magic and a threat to humanity.

Caitlyn returns to an academy increasingly divided by the rivalries of Shallot's Great Houses. Torn between friends and family, she must solve the Zero Equation while secretive forces prepare to turn the approaching war to their advantage.