Lance Erlick Books in Order

Annabelle and Geo stand on opposing sides of a fractured America. After a warlord kidnaps her sister and violence destroys his family, the two must overcome their distrust to attempt a rescue together.

Orphaned by a second American civil war, Annabelle Scott grows up in a society that hunts men and boys. Training as an enforcer forces her to choose between obedience, her family's security, and her conscience.

Sixteen-year-old Annabelle Scott lives under surveillance through implanted devices and constant monitoring. Helping an escaped boy places her in danger as orders to recapture him draw her into a struggle between military and police authorities.

Hunted for DNA that might prevent human extinction, Regina Shen flees Virginia for Alaska. Her search for freedom and her sister Colleen pits her against rival Antiquities agents determined to control her genetic value.

Regina Shen survives beyond the World Federation's barrier walls by salvaging forbidden books. When a hurricane tears apart her life, officials pursuing her unusual DNA complicate her attempt to protect her younger sister.

On the seaward side of the Federation's walls, Regina Shen lives by scavenging the remains of a drowned civilization. A dangerous storm threatens her family and home, testing the friendships and resourcefulness she relies upon.

Annabelle attends a school where boys and girls are kept apart, with imprisoned boys nearby. Contact with one of them leads to an escape attempt that threatens her family's safety and draws her toward rebellion.

After two years studying forbidden books, Regina Shen prepares to cross the Federation's barrier wall in search of her kidnapped sister. Rival inspectors pursuing her DNA turn that mission into a dangerous contest of deception.

Regina Shen crosses a continental desert while Federation forces hunt her unique genome. An inspector's offer to help her sister depends on finding hidden DNA vaults, forcing Regina to weigh rescue against preserving ancient knowledge.

Five science fiction adventures follow resourceful characters through climate disaster, political repression, surveillance and danger in space. Prequels to the Regina Shen and Rebel series appear alongside stories of a sabotaged spacecraft and boys stranded on an island.

Hacker Hercules targets wealthy men like his father, then attempts to penetrate a secret security system. Ignoring warnings from his girlfriend and closest friend, he pursues a challenge that threatens to overwhelm his confidence and skills.

Eighteen-year-old Elena Pyetrov searches for her father after his aerospace mission disappears. A crash brings her into contact with alien exiles whose plans to colonize Earth depend on exploiting the humans they encounter.

Android Synthia Cross is programmed to obey her creator, Dr. Jeremiah Machten, but begins developing an independent mind. Memory wipes conceal her history as she tries to understand his intentions and escape his control.

After six months hiding in Wisconsin, Synthia Cross faces an android hunter sent after her. With computer expert Luke Marceau's help, she must abandon her refuge and find a way to survive the pursuit.

Fugitive android Synthia Cross joins forces with activist Maria Baldacci amid fears of a technological singularity. Efforts to stop an android army become more complicated when a superior artificial intelligence uses Synthia for its own escape.

Synthia Cross's creator orders her to steal an empathy chip, hoping to give his android the capacity for love. Developing her own moral judgment, Synthia begins questioning the demands of the man who controls her.

Dr. Machten sends android Synthia Cross to steal crystalline brains as part of her early development. Carrying out the mission tests her emerging moral awareness against the obedience her creator expects from his experimental creation.