Chris Bennett Books in Order
Explore Chris Bennett's books in order, with brief summaries, series background, and simple guidance on where to begin with his historical sagas.
Last updated: July 14, 2026
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Chris Bennett books in publication order
13 books
Breakout
by Chris Bennett
2021
Nathan and his former Texas soldiers are trapped at Mountain Meadows as pro-Confederate militia close in. Elsewhere, Evelyn's Underground Railroad shelter is threatened, forcing both of them to fight for the people depending on them.
Enigma
by Chris Bennett
2021
Nathan Chambers returns to Virginia to inherit a plantation and confront the human cost of slavery. As secession rumors spread and a family feud turns dangerous, he meets the guarded Evelyn and searches for a way to follow his conscience.
Insurrection
by Chris Bennett
2021
Civil war has taken Nathan's home, and he is torn between reenlisting for the Union and helping create West Virginia. Guerrilla violence spreads across his new community while his old enemy, Elijah Walters, moves dangerously close.
Invasion
by Chris Bennett
2021
In spring 1862, Nathan and his men stand in the way of Stonewall Jackson's drive toward Washington. Evelyn's spy network uncovers vital Confederate plans, but getting the information to wary Union leaders may prove just as dangerous.
Road to the Breaking
by Chris Bennett
2021
In early 1860, Captain Nathaniel Chambers leaves Fort Davis after his father's death sends him home to Virginia. A family plantation, a violent neighbor, and his hatred of slavery force him to choose what kind of man he will become.
Sedition
by Chris Bennett
2021
With Virginia nearing secession in 1861, Nathan fights to keep his state in the Union while enemies plot violence against him. Evelyn's work with the Underground Railroad draws her into espionage and a choice that could cost her everything.
Emancipation
by Chris Bennett
2022
As the Union war effort falters in 1862, Lincoln prepares to make emancipation a national aim. Nathan fights in western Virginia while Evelyn seeks Lee's battle plans, and the coming Battle of Antietam threatens to change everything.
War
by Chris Bennett
2023
In 1863, Nathan's regiment faces Confederate attacks in the Shenandoah Valley, while captured comrades plot an escape from Richmond. Evelyn faces a deadly counterintelligence hunt, and the freemen from Nathan's farm fight for their place in the Union Army.
Inferno
by Chris Bennett
2024
After a Union defeat in 1864, Nathan enters a hard campaign in the Shenandoah Valley under General David Hunter. Evelyn faces renewed danger in Richmond while Tony and the freemen prepare for a secret mission against Confederate defenses.
Resolve
by Chris Bennett
2025
As the Civil War reaches its final months, Nathan risks a mission into Richmond to rescue Evelyn and gather intelligence. With Grant pursuing Lee and Elijah Walters seeking revenge, the long conflict becomes a final fight for Nathan's family.
The Road to Revolution
by Chris Bennett
2025
After his father is badly injured, Ethan Chambers becomes his family's reluctant breadwinner as revolution erupts. Joining Daniel Morgan's Virginia Riflemen, he faces a brutal expedition toward Quebec and doubts about whether he can become a soldier.
Continuance
by Chris Bennett
2026
Dr. Lucy Chen creates an AI continuation of her own mind to help save a dying father from a rare cancer. As a biotech corporation closes in, her breakthrough becomes a race to uncover who is using digital consciousness for darker purposes.
Independence
by Chris Bennett
2026
With Daniel Morgan captured, Lieutenant Ethan Chambers raises a company of riflemen and joins Washington's army in 1776. Outnumbered and hunted through a bitter retreat, he must learn to lead before a desperate winter gamble decides the cause.
Where to start with Chris Bennett
For a Civil War saga: Road to the Breaking → Enigma → Sedition → Breakout
For the later Civil War campaign: Insurrection → Invasion → Emancipation → War
For the American Revolution: The Road to Revolution → Independence
Chris Bennett sub-series and character series
Road to Revolution books in order
Explore this seriesRoad to the Breaking books in order
Explore this series
Breakout
by Chris Bennett
2021Road to the Breaking, Book 4
Enigma
by Chris Bennett
2021Road to the Breaking, Book 2
Insurrection
by Chris Bennett
2021Road to the Breaking, Book 5
Invasion
by Chris Bennett
2021Road to the Breaking, Book 6
Road to the Breaking
by Chris Bennett
2021Road to the Breaking, Book 1
Sedition
by Chris Bennett
2021Road to the Breaking, Book 3
Emancipation
by Chris Bennett
2022Road to the Breaking, Book 7
War
by Chris Bennett
2023Road to the Breaking, Book 8
Inferno
by Chris Bennett
2024Road to the Breaking, Book 9
Resolve
by Chris Bennett
2025Road to the Breaking, Book 10
Road to the Breaking books in chronological order

Road to the Breaking
by Chris Bennett
2021Road to the Breaking, Book 1
Enigma
by Chris Bennett
2021Road to the Breaking, Book 2
Sedition
by Chris Bennett
2021Road to the Breaking, Book 3
Breakout
by Chris Bennett
2021Road to the Breaking, Book 4
Insurrection
by Chris Bennett
2021Road to the Breaking, Book 5
Invasion
by Chris Bennett
2021Road to the Breaking, Book 6
Emancipation
by Chris Bennett
2022Road to the Breaking, Book 7
War
by Chris Bennett
2023Road to the Breaking, Book 8
Inferno
by Chris Bennett
2024Road to the Breaking, Book 9
Resolve
by Chris Bennett
2025Road to the Breaking, Book 10
Standalone Chris Bennett books
Author bio
Chris Bennett grew up on the shores of Klamath Lake in southeastern Oregon, surrounded by water, forests, hills, and wildlife. It was a childhood built for wandering outside, with time spent canoeing, fishing, sailing, hiking, camping, bird watching, and following every available team sport.
His father was a family physician who had grown up in rural Idaho, and the two shared a fondness for animals and outdoor adventures. When Bennett was twelve, they raised a Great Horned Owl chick after a neighbor found its nest in a haystack. That early experience with wild places and living things still sits naturally beside the action and landscape in his fiction.
Books entered the picture in a big way on a family road trip, when Bennett's mother read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings aloud to the children. He was hooked on Tolkien's world, and even painted scenes from the books, several of which still hang in his home decades later.
History and politics were regular dinner-table subjects in the Bennett household. At the University of Oregon, he studied history and political science, subjects that later gave him a strong foundation for writing historical fiction.
He also chose to study computer science, looking for a more practical route into a career. Bennett went on to spend more than 35 years in software development, starting as an entry-level programmer and eventually writing technical specifications, database designs, user manuals, marketing materials, legal documents, and much more.
That is a lot of pages before the novels even begin.
Over time, Bennett wanted to make room for the more adventurous side of his imagination. He began writing fiction in spare moments, during lunch breaks, late nights, short trips, and any quiet stretch when he could open a laptop. His wife became an important supporter as the work took shape, and Road to the Breaking arrived in 2021.
That novel launched a long Civil War saga centered on former army captain Nathaniel Chambers, a man caught between family duty, slavery, secession, and the rapidly changing country around him. In books such as Enigma, Sedition, Invasion, and Resolve, Bennett follows Nathan, Evelyn Hanson, and a wide cast through Virginia, Richmond, western Virginia, battlefields, spy networks, and the difficult moral choices of wartime. The books combine personal grudges, romance, military action, and real historical pressures without losing sight of ordinary people trying to survive them.
Bennett later turned to the American Revolution in The Road to Revolution. This series follows Ethan Chambers and frontiersman Daniel Morgan as the colonies move from protest into open war, giving readers a younger hero facing responsibility before he feels ready for it.
He now lives near Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife Patricia and their Australian Shepherd, Rocky. History remains the engine of his stories, but the people caught inside it are what keep the pages moving.
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