Rise of the Republic Books in Order

Humanity discovers that other humans live across the galaxy under alien domination. Faced with the Zodark threat, Earth’s divided nations must unite, build a fleet, and launch a campaign to free people on a distant world.

Faster-than-light travel opens the way to other star systems, and Captain Miles Hunt leads a mission to a potentially habitable planet. First contact raises dangerous questions about humanity’s origins and whether his crew will make it home.

Earth unites as the Republic and begins adapting alien technology for survival. Drawn into a wider alliance, human forces join a campaign across the galaxy to free enslaved populations and confront the expanding power of the Zodark Empire.

Evidence of a massacre raises urgent questions about missing children while Miles Hunt assumes unfamiliar responsibilities as galactic viceroy. An archaeological discovery threatens Allied unity as Republic troops prepare for brutal fighting on a frozen world.

Zodark spies locate Earth and prepare an invasion backed by a new superweapon. As the Republic’s defenses face collapse, Miles Hunt struggles to rally scattered ships while research into an ancient civilization offers a possible answer.

After victory brings an uneasy peace, the Republic expands its colonies and trade while enemies secretly prepare revenge. Research into the vanished Humtar civilization and its stargates threatens to uncover knowledge capable of changing everything.

Heavy losses leave Miles Hunt searching for a decisive advantage against the Zodarks. An unfinished warship, the possibility of another ally, and a medical synthetic’s unexpected independence offer uncertain chances of turning the war toward peace.

Exhausted Republic troops return from a peacekeeping mission to find Earth under attack. As a commander confronts memories of an earlier battle, a Zodark superweapon and discoveries about an ancient civilization threaten to reshape humanity’s future.

Allied forces advance toward the Pharaonis home world while Admiral Willis risks his fleet in a strike against the Zodarks. As victory appears possible, the returning Humtars recognize an old enemy they believed had been destroyed.

A captain acquires a virus capable of devastating the Zodarks, raising the prospect of revenge for the attack on Earth. Meanwhile, returning Humtars and fractures within the enemy alliance complicate a war whose outcome remains uncertain.

New intelligence offers the Allies a chance to rescue the Republic’s fortunes, but Miles Hunt’s political standing is uncertain. Elsewhere, researchers discover a sealed ancient portal and must weigh the promise of answers against unknown dangers.

The Humtars’ return changes the galactic balance as political divisions threaten the Zodarks with civil war. Miles Hunt prepares an Allied strike on a strategic system that could split the enemy empire and decide the campaign.