Christopher G Nuttall Books in Order

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.

Reporter Clarence Esperanza loses his job after bringing his employers an explosive story. A position at a rival news outlet gives him another chance, drawing him into a struggle over Tarsus's media, government, and freedom.

A curse strips Emily of her magic and threatens her mind and life. She turns to House Fellini for help, only to become entangled in the magician family's secrets and a mystery reaching far beyond her own survival.

After Earth's fall, the Terran Marines try to preserve civilization amid competing governments and warlords. Powerful factions are plotting a different future, leaving the marines with a narrow opportunity to stop them before another dark age begins.

Nuttall examines Robert Heinlein's books and their place in modern science fiction. These essays consider Heinlein's influence, controversial ideas, and accusations against his work, asking whether readers can still find value in his stories today.

Emily plans to turn the recovered school of Heart's Eye into a university combining magic and technology. Secrets surrounding its earlier fall, rival ambitions, and a threat from her past endanger the project as its power returns.

Caitlyn and Akin's approaching marriage is meant to keep their rival families at peace. Opponents within House Rubén challenge Akin's inheritance, forcing him into a contest that could destroy both his future and the fragile alliance.

As an alien virus breaks through human defenses, HMS Invincible is sent to reinforce the line protecting Earth. When resistance proves inadequate, its crew must raid enemy territory to buy humanity more time.

Humanity has defeated one Tokomak fleet, but the enemy retains enough resources to rebuild and strike again. Admiral Hoshiko Stuart carries the war into its empire, seeking a decisive victory before that strength can be mobilized.

An alien civilization decides humanity is too dangerous to remain independent and invades the solar system. Facing superior technology and vast armies, divided human forces must find ways to resist before billions of lives are lost.

Admiral Kat Falcone returns from victory over the Theocracy to a Commonwealth strained by recession and political rivalry. With civil war approaching and an old enemy making another move, she and William must defend an increasingly fragile state.

Commonwealth civil war puts Kat Falcone and William McElney on opposing sides. Loyal to King Hadrian, Kat leads his fleets against Parliament, while both friends face battles they never wanted and alliances shaped by hidden motives.

With civil war deadlocked, William discovers a secret that might end the fighting. He and Kat must overcome their opposing loyalties to use it, while powerful interests push both sides toward a devastating final struggle.

The Terran Marines seize Hameau, then discover the corporate world is only part of a much larger enemy. Cut off from fellow marines, they struggle to hold their position while civilians suffer between the opposing forces.

Emily accepts a teaching position at Laughter Academy after Lady Barb asks for help. Reckless student witches and scheming tutors threaten a planned peace conference, drawing her into school rivalries and a plot against the Allied Lands.

Emily must defend the Allied Lands against three united necromancers while honoring an old promise to the Unseelie. Their demand sends her into enemy territory on a mission she cannot refuse without losing her life.

Isabella studies ancient divine magic while unnatural storms trap her and Prince Reginald far from home. News of his sister's violent rule forces them to seek a way back before his kingdom is transformed beyond recognition.

Emily begins an apprenticeship with Void to gain control of her growing powers. His dangerous lessons lead to a mysterious assignment in an unfamiliar kingdom, where the wrong choice could unleash a threat far beyond herself.

The Terran Marines prepare a strike at the heart of the corporate empire threatening Hameau. With their enemy rebuilding for another offensive, they stake their survival on a gamble meant to end the war.

New graduate Adam Mortimer joins the Kingsmen to investigate terrorists in a city nearing revolution. As dangerous devices appear in Shallot, old friendships and new duties test his loyalties while he tries to protect those he loves.

Lucy returns home after her father's death to find House Lamplighter drowning in debt and losing its influence. Determined to save her family, she risks what remains on plans that may restore its fortunes or finish its collapse.

As an alien virus pushes humanity toward defeat, two new warships offer a chance to strike back. Untested technology, conflict between captains, and unrest among their crews threaten HMS Lion and HMS Unicorn before they can change the war.

King Reginald struggles to defend Andalusia as cultists and invading powers advance the Old Gods' influence. His queen and sister seek a magical answer, but devastated communities and a neighboring ruler's ambitions leave little time to find one.

After five centuries under the Alphan Empire, humanity regains independence when its weakened rulers withdraw. Freedom leaves Earth exposed to hostile powers, and humans must build defenses and alliances before another empire replaces the masters they have escaped.

Emily prepares to confront Void, the sorcerer who saved her life and became a father figure. His plan to impose unity threatens war or permanent submission, forcing her to gather allies while questioning whether his diagnosis is right.

With Earth under attack and humanity exhausted, a small naval force must penetrate the alien empire to buy time. Two captains divided by a personal betrayal must cooperate, knowing failure could doom more than their own ships.

Captains Hammond and Campbell lead a fleet into enemy space to cripple the alien virus. Humanity's war effort is already strained, and a personal betrayal threatens to turn their offensive into a feud that could destroy the mission.

Five years after independence, humanity struggles to defend its place in a hostile galaxy. A major alien power launches a covert campaign against Earth, forcing humans to choose between a war they may lose and submission to new rulers.

After his military career and family life unravel, Elliot crosses an unexpected rift into a magical world. Without magical powers of his own, he must use a soldier’s experience to survive warfare and navigate an unfamiliar society.

Unable to perform magic, Adam begins studying at a university where magical and mundane talents are meant to work together. Resentment divides the students, while his discovery of a powerful secret draws him into a plot against the school.

The Necromantic Wars have ended, but the Allied Lands face fresh conflicts orchestrated by Emily's mentor Void. Blamed for the disorder and hunted by competing factions, Emily must gather allies and challenge his bid for absolute rule.

Akin Rubén's approaching marriage is meant to preserve an uneasy alliance between rival houses. His exiled sister's discovery of another Zero threatens that arrangement, drawing both siblings into a struggle over family power and their city's future.

Former imperial heir Roland arrives on New Doncaster with a mission to train an army and prevent civil war. His Marine experience offers useful skills, but local factions see the outsider as a tool for their competing ambitions.

Accused of provoking an uprising in Alluvia, Emily travels there hoping to bring the opposing sides toward peace. The kingdom's violence conceals a larger plot, making her attempt at reconciliation a struggle to prevent wider collapse.

Caitlyn Aguirre once uncovered the secret behind an empire's collapse and knew it must remain hidden. Strange activity in the ruined Eternal City forces her to return while political tensions at home make the stakes even higher.

A century before Emily's arrival, Void serves the White Council as its sorcerer of last resort. Searching for a missing alchemist draws him into a plot that threatens the newly formed Allied Lands and challenges his understanding of them.

Earth has been freed, but its former alien rulers prepare for a final confrontation. With the major powers remaining neutral, the Solar navy turns to smaller civilizations for allies in a campaign that could secure freedom or destroy it.

Stories and novellas from a decade of writing explore magical worlds, interstellar warfare, asteroid defense, and alternative versions of the world wars. Author commentary accompanies both previously published material and new pieces, tracing the ideas behind these imagined conflicts.

A mercenary unit is hired to overthrow the government of the small country of Kabat before its collapse becomes unstoppable. Cut off from reliable support, the soldiers must make the coup succeed or face abandonment in hostile territory.

After the Virus War, HMS Endeavour investigates evidence of alien technology beyond human comprehension. Its journey toward the center of that civilization confronts the crew with an ancient mystery, challenging assumptions about what advanced life might have created.

Elliot’s military success earns him the envy of Damansara’s powerful citizens and an invitation from Princess Helen. Moving to Johor brings new opportunities, but royal factions and resistance to reform threaten the future he hopes to build.

John and his crew are hired to steal an ancient weapon before its sale can unleash disaster. Their mission draws competing hunters and powerful enemies, while the dangerous legacy of lost magic threatens consequences far beyond the theft.

Expelled after a magical experiment injures his girlfriend, John joins adventurers exploring the Wildlands left by an ancient catastrophe. Their first mission brings them against a sorcerer whose captives need freeing, testing both John’s abilities and his new companions.

Adam’s magical technology promises power to people who once lacked it, threatening the established order. University intrigue and a king’s secret weapons pull him into a widening conflict as an old enemy prepares a decisive confrontation.

Isabella brings her fiancé back to Kirkhaven for a holiday after years of exile. Ghosts, dangerous artifacts, and forbidden magic turn the family visit into a crisis, exposing a secret whose consequences reach beyond the ancestral house.

Adam's newly magical blood may help protect Heart's Eye University and empower people previously excluded from magic. With an old rival returning and an army besieging the school, he must learn to use his gift before time runs out.

Cut off from the Marine Corps, Roland becomes embroiled in a civil war between corrupt rulers and rebels seeking freedom. Leading government troops forces him to question his loyalties and whether the people he fights have justice on their side.

Roland’s efforts to negotiate a settlement are disrupted by a coup that leaves him stranded among rebels. With desperate authorities preparing dangerous weapons, he must build an unlikely alliance before political rivalries destroy the planet’s chance of peace.

Three young mages from Mystic Albion accidentally reach an Earth where magic vanished centuries ago. Seeking allies and a way home, they try to blend into unfamiliar surroundings while a hidden menace threatens to turn their experiment into catastrophe.

John, Scout, and Joyce develop devices promising limitless magical power, but a hidden enemy blames them for catastrophe. Pursued by armies and assassins, the companions must protect their discoveries without triggering another disaster that could devastate the world.

Human expeditions investigating two alien Dyson spheres seek technology beyond anything Earth possesses. When the mysterious builders return, humanity and its alien neighbors face a reckoning that could turn their struggle for discovery into a fight for survival.

Elliot and Queen Helen’s New Model Army face warlords advancing on three fronts. Their hopes depend on a risky campaign, but the enemies opposing Helen’s rule have plans of their own that could overturn every advantage.

Six novellas explore the Nameless World through people whose lives intersect with Emily’s adventures. Alongside earlier tales of Alassa, Nanette, Gennady, and Void, Marah’s story opens another view of a society shaped by dangerous magic.

Dangerous books of magical lore are stolen from beneath Whitehall, sending Emily after their thief across a world scarred by war. To prevent their secrets unleashing disaster, she must confront an enemy able to anticipate her actions.

The Solar Union needs advanced technology to survive among powerful alien civilizations that enslave weaker worlds. A covert team sets out to steal research from a laboratory on an occupied planet, risking consequences that could engulf its people.

Richard, Brains, and Helen introduce two young people from an impoverished Earth estate to magic. Their paths divide between Albion and Earth as they investigate rogue mages, while dark forces exploit the connection between the two worlds.

A multinational task force returns to alien Dyson spheres inhabited by humans taken from Earth long ago. Rival nations compete for the ancient technology while trying to discover whether its vastly more powerful builders are still watching their creations.

Gwen and her fiancé are ordered to Paris to train rebels against the French crown’s magical forces. Hunger and political repression drive the uprising, while a dangerous development in magic threatens to spread the conflict into the British Empire.

An interdimensional empire that has conquered five timelines turns its century-ahead technology against our world. As its rulers stake everything on another invasion, the nations facing them must find a way to resist an apparently unbeatable military force.

Five novellas follow figures from the Nameless World as magical discoveries, personal loyalties, and old conflicts reshape their lives. Cat’s and Lady Barb’s stories join earlier adventures, exploring the consequences of power and the costs of returning home.

Shallot’s commoners revolt as its ruling Great Houses fracture and magic becomes unreliable. Akin confronts repression from his new position of authority, while Rebecca’s experimental potions promise change and a concealed danger threatens the city’s future.

During a peace mission in the fractured Allied Lands, Emily is attacked by a young woman shaped into a weapon by a mysterious master. Taking the girl as an apprentice, Emily hopes to protect her and uncover his plans.

Decades after the Firelighter raid, the exiled Belosi seek help reclaiming their homeworld. With its own war finished, the Solar Union must honor its promise and support their liberation fleet while a new power pursues competing ambitions.

The liberation of the Belosi threatens to provoke an overwhelming response from the galaxy’s dominant powers. Isolated Solar forces gamble on drawing their rivals into war, hoping to gain time while risking destruction on a far wider scale.

In an alternate 1949 where Nazi Germany dominates Europe, British intelligence prepares a mission involving rocket scientist Werner von Braun. His potential defection offers a strategic opportunity, but getting him out requires operating deep inside enemy-controlled territory.

A mining corporation exploits Montezuma’s resources while leaving its workers to endure pollution and insecurity. When the Empire collapses and outside support disappears, the abandoned population must find a way to survive the consequences of corporate rule.

The barriers separating magical and mundane worlds collapse, bringing dragons, jet fighters, and newly empowered people into collision. Governments and armies struggle to respond while shadowy factions exploit the upheaval and an ancient threat emerges from the chaos.

Orphaned brothers Eric and John combine two condemned freighters into a working spaceship, hoping to support themselves and their sister through trade. Cargo deadlines, rescued passengers, and costly deception soon test their ability to make the venture succeed.

Exiled soldier Elliott and his companions are hired by villagers rebelling against their baron. What begins as a local struggle becomes a difficult war for freedom, testing their loyalties in a kingdom where compromise offers little protection.

Hadrian assembles mercenaries to reclaim Kentigern years after its destruction by necromancers. Exiles seeking titles, refuge, and justice join the expedition, but their competing ambitions face a threat older and darker than the enemy they expect.

Seventeen years after a machine destroyed magic, children raised in isolation on Clarke develop powers that could threaten reality. A kidnapping for profit sets off a pursuit, while an unseen manipulator pushes events toward a galactic war.

Five novellas revisit the Nameless World through ambitious students, magical pioneers, and exiles seeking a new home. Their struggles include a woman entering Whitehall, an aspiring blademaster, Hasdrubal’s rise, and a dangerous venture into the Blighted Lands.

An American victory has checked the interdimensional invaders, but much territory remains occupied. While defenders struggle to copy enemy technology, a new Middle Eastern invasion and ambitious military plans threaten to shift the war toward another devastating confrontation.

An invasion supported by ancient war machines threatens Tintagel and Shallot, drawing exiled Lucy into a desperate defense. Seeking redemption alongside Adam Mortimer, she must confront royal secrets that could make victory as dangerous as defeat.

Kidnapped and cursed by a sorceress, Princess Anastasia loses her identity and finds herself exiled across the sea. Learning unfamiliar magic and technology offers a path home, where her parents and kingdom remain vulnerable to the woman who replaced her.

Emily investigates a city where magicians have declared independence and reduced ordinary people to slavery. As the Hierarchy’s ideology spreads, confronting its magical supremacy threatens to draw her into a struggle against an entire city and an older danger.

Emily and her companions venture toward a forgotten city in the Blighted Lands to stop the Hierarchy’s expanding power. Uncertain allies and unfamiliar magical innovations complicate their mission as an enemy’s ambitions threaten to transform the world around them.

A pirate attack forces young freighter captain Eric to crash on an alien world while transporting a cure for a frontier plague. With his sister in stasis, he and passenger Vanessa must cross hostile wilderness to reach safety.

As the Empire crumbles, Whitehall becomes a prize for rival factions seeking control of its magical students. Commonborn newcomers and an ambitious aristocratic heir navigate dangerous politics while Hasdrubal struggles to protect the school from forces determined to reshape the world.

Caught between collapsing timelines and a frozen moment, Emily must gather knowledge and resources to confront a dangerous god. A relentless creature pursues her through the fractured worlds, turning her search for answers into a struggle for survival.

Prince Roland and the Marines arrive on resource-rich Confucius to support a fragile government after occupation. Warlords, imperial interests, and a communist insurgency complicate their assignment, making every effort to restore stability a gamble against civil war.

The United States and its interdimensional invaders have reached a stalemate, but Captain-General Montrose plans to widen the conflict. His attempt to force America’s surrender draws the world toward a final struggle in which neither side can retreat easily.