Joshua Anderle Books in Order

Between school years, Kaiden Jericho takes work that leads him into the Amazon jungle. The threats there are real rather than simulated, testing whether his Animus training has prepared him for a place where death is permanent.

Kaiden Jericho must learn to work with a partner rather than rely on his usual independence. Intense extra training and mounting injuries complicate his progress, testing his confidence and his growing dependence on a powerful painkiller.

Kaiden Jericho’s freshman final at Nexus Academy becomes a dangerous team test with player-against-player combat. Even partners can profit from betrayal, forcing him to master cooperation in a simulation designed to kill its participants.

Former gang member Kaiden Jericho earns a place at elite Nexus Academy after a fight changes his prospects. Military training and the immersive Animus offer opportunity, but becoming an exceptional recruit involves painful simulations and a costly commitment.

Gin Sonny turns the Animus into a weapon against Kaiden Jericho, threatening to leave him brain-dead. Kaiden and Chief need a refuge while teachers, friends, and support staff struggle to stop a killer whose plans remain hidden.

An enemy targets Chiyo's father's company, pushing Kaiden and his friends into a conflict with trained mercenaries. Chief's growing integration adds another risk, since Kaiden's neural link remains fragile as they prepare to intervene.

Kaiden enters his third year of Animus training, facing leadership challenges in capture-the-flag exercises. A protection assignment in San Diego then tests whether he and his friends can apply their lessons beyond the academy's controlled environment.

Kaiden needs evidence from an AO stronghold, but reaching it requires help beyond the academy. He and his allies seek gang support for the operation while Sasha Wolfson and Dr. Laurie become involved in confronting the organization.

Kaiden and his friends face a test whose consequences extend beyond their training. Gin Sonny remains hidden on Earth, pursuing revenge, while trials of a new tracking device bring the students closer to a threat they do not understand.

Kaiden enters his final year at the Ark Academy as conflict between academies becomes a real war. Facing enemies who can kill permanently, he and his fellow students must fight with humanity's future at stake.

Kaiden joins his fellow academy students and their instructors in planning an attack on the City-Killer. Destroying the powerful warship could answer the assault that drove them from home, but the operation may demand heavy sacrifices.

Kaiden Jericho seeks revenge while his friends and fellow Academy students enter the final engagements of their war. To reach the enemy, they must overcome its defenses before the opposing side's desperate plans can succeed.