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Sentenced to War Books in Order

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See the Sentenced to War books by Jonathan P Brazee in order, with quick summaries, series background, and where to start this long military sci-fi saga.

Last updated: July 12, 2026

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Sentenced to War books in publication order

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16 books

1

A Broken Alliance

by Jonathan P Brazee

2021

The fragile partnership holding the war effort together starts to fail under pressure. Rev has to face betrayal, suspicion, and the very real chance that the enemy will not need to break them.

2

An Alliance Reforged

by Jonathan P Brazee

2021

A shattered coalition has to be rebuilt before the enemy exploits every crack. Rev and his comrades race to turn bitter compromise into something strong enough to survive combat.

3

An Uneasy Alliance

by Jonathan P Brazee

2021

New allies could change the course of the war, if anyone can learn to trust them. Rev is stuck in the middle of cooperation built on fear, necessity, and very old grudges.

4

Children of Angels

by Jonathan P Brazee

2021

While liberating a world from alien control, the Marines discover human collaborators who worship their conquerors. Rev now has to fight enemies from outside and from within humanity itself.

5

Sentenced to War

by Jonathan P Brazee

2021

Convicted over a minor traffic offense, Rev Pelletier must choose prison or military service. He joins the Marines hoping to survive his sentence, then finds himself in a brutal interstellar war.

6

Song of Redemption

by Jonathan P Brazee

2021

Rev's war against the Centaurs reaches a new breaking point as losses mount and hard choices close in. Victory may demand more than firepower, and redemption may not come clean.

7

Gods of War

by Jonathan P Brazee

2022

The conflict widens again, and Rev faces enemies powerful enough to seem almost godlike. Survival will take more than courage when the scale of the war keeps changing around him.

8

Marines Never Die

by Jonathan P Brazee

2022

Rev has become a seasoned Marine leader, but experience does not make the war gentler. Every mission tests how much a good gunny can ask of his people and of himself.

9

United We Kill

by Jonathan P Brazee

2022

Human and alien forces must fight as one or die separately. Rev learns that unity is easy to demand and brutally hard to maintain once the shooting starts.

10

What Lies Behind

by Jonathan P Brazee

2022

A dangerous mission forces Rev to look past the front lines and question what is really driving the war. The deeper he digs, the harder it gets to separate allies from hidden threats.

11

When Words Fail

by Jonathan P Brazee

2022

Diplomacy breaks down and the Marines are sent where talk no longer works. Rev Pelletier finds that battlefield decisions can carry political consequences far beyond the next firefight.

12

Brave New Dawn

by Jonathan P Brazee

2023

Rev's exiled fleet tries to build something new while fresh danger gathers back in human space. Survival now means protecting a fragile future with no outside help.

13

Exiled to Perdition

by Jonathan P Brazee

2023

After the upheaval at home, Rev's story takes a sharp new turn into exile. Cut off from the support they once counted on, the survivors have to build a future in hostile space.

14

Into the Void

by Jonathan P Brazee

2023

Rev and his people push farther into the unknown, where exile offers no safety and no simple answers. The next threat may come from the emptiness itself or from what is hidden inside it.

15

Nexus of Chaos

by Jonathan P Brazee

2023

Humanity joins the allied cause against the Naxli, only to become the target of a devastating counterattack. Rev and the First Human Expeditionary Brigade must survive the blitz and find a way to end the war.

16
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A Line in the Sand

by Jonathan P Brazee

2026

A fresh stand has to be made when old wars and new threats finally converge. For Rev and the people around him, this is where retreat stops being an option.

Sentenced to War books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Sentenced to War"

    Sentenced to War

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2021Sentenced to War, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Children of Angels"

    Children of Angels

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2021Sentenced to War, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Song of Redemption"

    Song of Redemption

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2021Sentenced to War, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "An Uneasy Alliance"

    An Uneasy Alliance

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2021Sentenced to War, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "An Alliance Reforged"

    An Alliance Reforged

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2021Sentenced to War, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "A Broken Alliance"

    A Broken Alliance

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2021Sentenced to War, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "When Words Fail"

    When Words Fail

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2022Sentenced to War, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "What Lies Behind"

    What Lies Behind

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2022Sentenced to War, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Gods of War"

    Gods of War

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2022Sentenced to War, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "United We Kill"

    United We Kill

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2022Sentenced to War, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Marines Never Die"

    Marines Never Die

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2022Sentenced to War, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Nexus of Chaos"

    Nexus of Chaos

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2023Sentenced to War, Book 12
  13. Book cover for "Exiled to Perdition"

    Exiled to Perdition

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2023Sentenced to War, Book 13
  14. Book cover for "Into the Void"

    Into the Void

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2023Sentenced to War, Book 14
  15. Book cover for "Brave New Dawn"

    Brave New Dawn

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2023Sentenced to War, Book 15
  16. Book cover for "A Line in the Sand"

    A Line in the Sand

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2026Sentenced to War, Book 16

Series background & context

Sentenced to War starts with a nasty little hook. Reverent Pelletier, usually called Rev, is convicted over a minor traffic offense and given a brutal choice: prison or military service. He takes the uniform, not because he dreams of glory, but because the alternative is worse. That choice drops him into a future war that keeps getting larger and uglier the longer it runs.

At first, the series feels like a classic military SF setup. Rev has to survive training, prove himself in combat, and figure out how to live inside a system that treats people as expendable. The enemy is real enough, alien invaders, battlefield casualties, constant pressure, but so is the machine behind the war. Brazee and J.N. Chaney never let you forget that governments, generals, and bureaucracy can be just as dangerous as the thing shooting back.

Then the books widen.

Very quickly, the series stops being only about one conscript trying to stay alive. Rev and his fellow Marines run into collaborators, religious zealotry, uneasy allies, and then a much bigger interstellar struggle that pulls humanity into conflicts it barely understands. The title still fits, but the meaning changes. Rev is not only sentenced to war by a judge. He is trapped in the kind of long war that reshapes friendships, careers, bodies, and whole societies.

That is the appeal of the series. It keeps the boots-on-the-ground energy of military SF, but it also keeps escalating the strategic picture. One book might focus on a hard-fought liberation campaign. Another leans into alliance politics, competing species, or the cost of augmenting soldiers so heavily that ordinary people stop trusting them. Even when the scale grows, the emotional center stays with Rev and the people beside him.

The tone is fast, blunt, and readable. Combat matters, but so do unit loyalty, grief, and the strange humor soldiers use to keep going. If you like long-running space war stories where a reluctant Marine becomes a real leader the hard way, this is a strong place to start. Expect firefights, ugly compromises, and a series that keeps finding new ways to make Rev earn the next sunrise.

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