John Dalmas Books in Order

In a violent post-apocalyptic Europe, the young warrior Nils may be the only person who can unite scattered tribes against the telepathic tyrant Kazi. His path to leadership is rough, mystical, and anything but certain.

This collaborative novel leans into high-level intrigue, following power brokers and competing agendas as larger forces maneuver behind the scenes. It is more political thriller than straight space opera, with the pressure always on human decisions.

Dalmas builds a political science fiction thriller around hidden agendas, social design, and the fear that a decent society can be undermined from within. The suspense comes from discovering who benefits, and who pays.

The Yngling saga widens as forces from beyond ruined Earth begin to re-enter the story. Old tribal wars, strange allies, and the hope of a different future all complicate Nils's fight against Kazi.

When their refugee parents vanish, Larn and Deneen set out across the brutal world of Fanglith to rescue them. Thought-Police pursuers, medieval warriors, and an unfamiliar culture turn the search into a dangerous coming-of-age adventure.

A call goes out for a great warrior, and the answer comes from unimaginably deep time. Dalmas mixes far-future setting, mythic atmosphere, and displacement as one man is pulled into a world he was never meant to see.

Statistical anomalies convince Bill Van Wyk that something is terribly wrong with reality itself. As the pattern sharpens, he and a handful of others have to figure out what is threatening Earth before the clock runs out.

Dalmas mixes adventure and social speculation in a story where the real problem cannot be solved by firepower alone. When human and alien motives collide, survival depends on understanding a baffling enemy, not just fighting it.

The empire is striking back, and Larn and Deneen must flee home again and help build a rebel base. Their return to Fanglith turns survival into resistance, with old dangers now tied to a larger war.

Aliens treat Earth as a gameboard, but their rules forbid them from using technology humans have not yet invented. Their answer is to quietly steer Earth's leaders toward a leap in weapons and power, with dangerous consequences.

On the poor world of Tyss, soldiers are its chief export, and they are unlike any others in known space. When a reporter travels with one of these mercenary regiments, he gets an intimate look at war and discipline.

After economic collapse and political scandal force a change at the top, the military expects to manage the next U.S. president from behind the scenes. Instead, the man they elevate proves far less controllable than planned.

Dalmas blends speculative ideas with questions of faith and human purpose in this stand-alone novel. The story follows people caught between belief, power, and survival as larger forces begin to press in on ordinary lives.

As Tyss begins training warriors from other worlds, the Confederation hopes to borrow the mystic edge for its own survival. The result is a new regiment, hard-won loyalties, and a broader war that tests the value of the training.

After defeat on the battlefield, the Kalif turns to fleet-building, court intrigue, and ruthless ambition to carry his faith into Confederation space. This side entry broadens the Regiment saga by showing the enemy from within.

Blind but undefeated, Nils serves the neo-Vikings as lawgiver and peacemaker. Now he must face a conqueror with an enormous army, testing whether vision of the mind can stand against brute force and empire.

War turns painfully personal when Tyss-trained forces end up on opposing sides. This installment deepens the Regiment saga by testing loyalty, philosophy, and what the Tyss way means when brothers in training must fight.

Nils, the tribe-free lawgiver known as the Yngling, travels to Japan with his Star Men allies to seek a renowned holy man. The voyage goes badly, and the journey becomes a hard test of endurance, judgment, and power.

When Curtis Macurdy's wife, Varia, is abducted back to her magical home world, he follows her across a dimensional barrier. His rescue mission turns into a brutal education in magic, slavery, war, and unexpected leadership.

A thousand years after World War III, a weakened Earth faces conquest by cruel lizardlike aliens who expect easy victory. They are wrong, because hidden warrior orders have been preparing for exactly this kind of invasion.

With World War II looming, Curtis Macurdy learns that Nazi occult ambitions have opened another path to Yuulith. To protect both worlds, he must infiltrate the plot and destroy the gate before the alliance hardens.

The Confederation's long technological stagnation becomes a crisis when a far stronger rival power enters the picture. Dalmas widens the Regiment saga into a strategic, high-stakes conflict with the survival of whole worlds in the balance.

Back on Earth after World War II, Curtis Macurdy wants a quiet life, but old secrets and fresh tragedy drive him through the gate to Yuulith once more. There, old enemies, new allies, and another war are waiting.

A far-future military novel told with the sweep of a historical chronicle. Dalmas looks past firefights to show how generations of war change institutions, class tensions, and the people asked to do the fighting.

The opening half of Dalmas's chronicle drops into a future where military science survived centuries of unrest. It tracks soldiers, commanders, and civilians through a long conflict that is as much about society as battle.

This far-future political thriller turns toward control, influence, and the hidden hands behind public events. Dalmas mixes strategy, ideology, and personal stakes to ask who is really pulling the strings when whole societies start to shift.

Years after helping stop the lizards, Luis Raoul DenUyl is fully trained at last, just as a chaos-worshipping alien cult tries to turn humanity's tribes against one another. Mystic discipline and advanced technology collide again.

A near-future crisis story that mixes geopolitics, faith, and apocalypse. As signs of a messianic return seem to draw closer, ordinary people and power brokers alike are forced to decide what they truly believe.

The second half of Dalmas's far-future military chronicle follows war, politics, and social strain on a planetary scale. Battles matter here, but so do the ways long conflict reshapes governments, loyalties, and everyday life.

This follow-up to The Second Coming moves from prophecy to aftermath. After a shattering global disaster and the loss of a key leader, survivors try to rebuild a better world and test whether humanity can really change.