H. Peter Alesso Books in Order

Unenhanced midshipman Henry Gallant serves among genetically engineered officers who doubt his abilities. When alien attackers devastate the fleet, he must carry captured enemy technology through hostile space, delivering intelligence that could determine whether humanity survives.

Henry Gallant’s unusual mental abilities remain vital to the United Planets despite doubts about his unenhanced origins. With Alaina Hepburn’s help, he confronts an ancient artificial intelligence whose concealed intentions threaten the humans depending on him.

Henry Gallant receives command of the stealth warship Warrior while humanity struggles against the Titan invasion. Ordered to infiltrate the enemy’s main base and disrupt its military operations, he must overcome distrust, impossible odds and intensely personal choices.

Convicted of treason after rescuing civilians, Jamie Hawkins is sent to a remote penal colony. An enemy attack offers a chance to escape with fellow prisoners, launching his struggle against a corrupt government and the alien forces behind its war.

A dangerous mission sends Henry Gallant into an alien communications network under a stolen identity. The knowledge he gains could help defeat the invaders, but its effects on his mind raise doubts about his loyalty as he struggles to recover a lost relationship.

Lawrence hopes meeting Emma at Harvard will offer a fresh start after his troubled past. Instead, hacking and murder force them into the darknet, fleeing both federal investigators and cyberterrorists while struggling to preserve their connection.

Marines stranded on a volcanic world depend on Henry Gallant and the carrier Constellation for rescue. With the Titan fleet approaching, a desperate gamble by two pilots may determine whether the battered division can escape annihilation.

An enormous alien ship arrives above Earth, offering an alliance against the Titans. Henry Gallant’s ability to communicate with artificial intelligence makes him central to negotiations and a dangerous mission using the visitors’ advanced technology.

Two alien powers unite in their determination to destroy Earth, making Henry Gallant’s ability to communicate with artificial intelligence crucial. Working with specialists, he must find a way to counter the enemy’s advantages in stealth, weapons and defensive technology.

After pretending to seek peace, the Titans launch a devastating surprise assault on the solar system. Henry Gallant’s task force becomes Earth’s remaining defense, while Alaina’s wish to start a family forces him to confront more personal doubts.

Looking back from retirement, Henry Gallant recalls arriving at the Mars Space Academy as a penniless, friendless fifteen-year-old. Two difficult years of training and personal trials reveal how the uncertain boy began developing the courage of a naval officer.

Stories of androids, war and altered realities explore people confronting loss and upheaval. A courtroom contest over justice, a mother protecting her daughter and encounters with lost love appear alongside excerpts from several of Alesso’s novels.

In a society where an algorithm predicts behavior and shapes human desires, dropout Mike takes another student’s identity for an examination. The deception draws him into a struggle over artificial intelligence and who controls humanity’s future.

When the officer he has been impersonating appears, Ethan Hawk discovers that his deception may serve a larger investigation. Working with physicist Kate Haliday, he must unravel a conspiracy while concealing his identity amid an alien threat.

A borrowed captain’s jacket turns recruit Ethan into the officer his departing starship believes has arrived to command it. Maintaining the deception draws him into military responsibility, an emerging romance and the danger of an unknown alien civilization.

Former dropout Mike builds an artificial-intelligence startup, only to encounter unexplained anomalies and messages that demand investigation. International competition and a hostile foreign intelligence turn his search for answers into a struggle to prevent a worldwide catastrophe.

Shy musician Eddy Marino trusts instinct, while Luke Gregory believes mathematical analysis can reveal what makes music work. As a school band competition approaches, a singer-songwriter’s personal project brings their contrasting approaches to creativity into contact.

Naval officer James Fairbanks arrives in Kyiv as a military attaché in late 2021, accompanied by his analyst wife, Lucy. Rising tensions with Russia draw them into Ukraine’s political and military struggle as their diplomatic assignment becomes increasingly dangerous.

As Ukraine’s war becomes a struggle of attrition, James Fairbanks’s drone operations clash with Washington’s expectations. Lucy coordinates Western aid while taking responsibility for an orphaned child, and an intelligence betrayal adds further strain to their marriage.

Luke Lawson enters an artificial-intelligence competition despite his father’s anger over automation threatening their town. Working with friends and salvaged equipment, he builds a system that detects machinery failures, hoping technology can also help the workers who fear it.

In the war’s third year, James Fairbanks coordinates drone operations with a small Ukrainian team working between established military structures. Repeated exposure to danger binds the group together as shared purpose becomes essential to their survival.

Placed in hibernation to await a cure, Youngblood awakens a century later in a devastated world. Rescued by huntress Kira, he searches for answers and treatment while confronting the divide between struggling settlers and their technologically privileged rulers.