Tarah Benner Books in Order
Explore Tarah Benner's books in order, including The Fringe, the Elderon Chronicles, the Lawless Saga and Witches of Mountain Shadow, with series reading lists.
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Tarah Benner books in publication order
29 books
Enemy Inside
by Tarah Benner
2014
As winter tightens its grip, Haven struggles to secure rebel help rescuing Amory from experimental captivity. With Sector X fallen and Rulon's authority weakening, saving him may require an alliance she cannot trust.
Recon
by Tarah Benner
2014
Harper expects a comfortable Systems assignment, but the compound drafts her into Recon instead. Paired with Eli Parker, she enters the dangerous Fringe while questions about Bid Day expose troubling cracks in their controlled society.
The Defectors
by Tarah Benner
2014
When Haven learns her best friend Greyson lacks the identification chip required by their epidemic-stricken society, she abandons her safe life. Rescuing him from Sector X means entering a world where undocumented people face imprisonment.
Exposure
by Tarah Benner
2015
Harper and Eli confront radiation and violent gangs on Recon deployments while Constance investigates the secrets of Bid Day. Eli considers escape to another compound, but a connection from his past complicates that possibility.
Lockdown
by Tarah Benner
2015
Two Recon members return carrying what Harper fears is a virus, and she faces imprisonment for speaking up. Meanwhile, Eli endures interrogation as hackers and drifters threaten the compound from outside its walls.
Outbreak
by Tarah Benner
2015
Harper and Celdon escape into a devastated wasteland, only to discover they must return home. Inside the compound, Eli receives orders to eliminate drifter leaders, forcing him to confront loyalties involving his brother and Harper.
The Last Uprising
by Tarah Benner
2015
WorldCorp's brainwashing has erased Haven's memories and turned her against the rebels. While Amory tries to reach her, the expanding carrier conflict forces Aryus and Edric to reconsider obedience, allegiance, and the possibility of resistance.
Annihilation
by Tarah Benner
2016
After fleeing their former allies, Eli and Harper face new threats: Owen is captive, Sawyer is infected, and Celdon struggles with his conscience. Eli must weigh rescuing his brother against Harper's search for a cure.
Bound in Blood
by Tarah Benner
2016
Restaurant owner Juliette Hayashi is murdered, and her teenage daughter, the only witness, disappears. Detective Wesley Wright works with investigative artificial intelligence Sherlokk to unravel affairs and rivalries, but the case still demands human judgment.
Lawless
by Tarah Benner
2016
Sentenced to twenty-five years in an isolated New Mexico prison colony, Lark faces ruthless rules and dangerous inmates. Fellow prisoner Bernie receives mysterious messages from the men's colony as disappearing guards suggest trouble beyond their confinement.
Dauntless
by Tarah Benner
2017
Betrayal leaves Lark a fugitive after a helicopter crashes in the Rio Grande. As distant friends uncover clues at Cheyenne Mountain, a possible answer to the famine forces difficult choices between personal freedom and helping others.
Lifeless
by Tarah Benner
2017
Escaping San Judas brings Lark and Soren into a world ravaged by drought and famine. Their search for family and safety leads to capture by a former Marine whose unconventional household conceals another prison-related secret.
Ruthless
by Tarah Benner
2017
Homeland Security captures Lark, Soren, and Axel as the search for Green Seed intensifies. Lark considers exchanging her freedom for her friends' release, but trusting her captors could make an already dangerous situation worse.
Colony Assassin
by Tarah Benner
2018
With Jonah blamed for an attack and Mordecai building a bot army in space, Maggie must act from Elderon. Clearing Jonah's name and stopping Mordecai grow harder when a stowaway pursues an independent agenda.
Colony One
by Tarah Benner
2018
Disgraced soldier Jonah Wyatt joins a space colony's hacker-training program while reporter Maggie Barnes infiltrates its press corps. An anonymous source draws Maggie toward a conspiracy, making her investigation collide with Wyatt's suspicions about espionage.
Colony War
by Tarah Benner
2018
As a networked bot army threatens the space colony, Maggie, Jonah, and Tripp seek answers within BlumBot International. Their search for creator Ziva Blum becomes urgent when increasingly humanlike machines endanger people on Earth.
Colony World
by Tarah Benner
2019
Maggie hides from Mordecai on Earth while Tripp remains trapped aboard his own space station. A message offers the resistance a dangerous opportunity to disrupt the bot takeover, but an unexpected visitor threatens Maggie's precarious safety.
Aether Witch
by Tarah Benner
2020
Fiona Grimes foresees deaths while her sister Eleanor encounters restless spirits in Mountain Shadow. When murders raise suspicions within their coven, a newly arrived witch hunter becomes an unlikely potential ally against the killer.
Colony's End
by Tarah Benner
2020
Maggie is Mordecai's prisoner after a failed attempt to overthrow him, while assassins pursue Tripp on Earth. With Elderon facing disaster, their fractured group must cooperate against Mordecai and the machines extending his power.
Demon Witch
by Tarah Benner
2020
Demons pour through a tear between realms, killing their human hosts in Mountain Shadow. Fiona must learn to wield her inherited power with help from Gabriel, the witch hunter whose uneasy alliance tests her trust.
Dark Witch
by Tarah Benner
2021
Fiona carries a demon king's destructive energy as ghost hunters and television crews descend on Mountain Shadow. A Brotherhood bounty makes her a target, forcing Gabriel to consider the consequences of protecting her from fellow hunters.
Desolation
by Tarah Benner
2021
After her mother's death from cancer, college activist Bernie blames a nearby oil refinery. Her determination to punish its wealthy chief executive becomes an obsession that draws her toward his family and increasingly dangerous illegal acts.
Spirit Witch
by Tarah Benner
2021
An unfulfilled bargain with demons leaves Mountain Shadow under supernatural attack. As tensions between Gabriel and Wesley complicate Fiona's relationships, a witch's return from the dead forces her to confront the pact threatening the town.
Christmas in Mountain Shadow
by Tarah Benner
2022
Two Christmas mysteries bring supernatural trouble to Mountain Shadow. Fiona and her fellow witches investigate disappearing guests at a mountain chalet, then pursue a monstrous suspect after the mayor vanishes during an expanded holiday festival.
Hunter's Witch
by Tarah Benner
2022
Fiona struggles to help Eleanor control her new vampiric thirst while Gabriel's break with the Brotherhood leaves him vulnerable. When he vanishes, she joins an uneasy ally to investigate what happened and bring him back.
Better Off Dead
by Tarah Benner
2023
After discovering her fiancé is a fraud, Caroline returns to Mountain Shadow and inherits a crumbling, haunted hotel. A developer’s murder makes her grandmother the prime suspect, forcing Caroline to investigate while unraveling secrets surrounding her aunt’s ghost.
Dead Ringer
by Tarah Benner
2023
Caroline hosts a Halloween gala to attract investors for her haunted hotel’s restoration. When the construction foreman is found dead during the event, she must locate a killer among the guests without destroying her chances of reopening the property.
Dead to Rights
by Tarah Benner
2023
Caroline volunteers at a dog show to impress the women controlling a restoration grant for her haunted hotel. Finding her fiercest critic dead makes Caroline a suspect, threatening her fresh start unless she can identify the real killer.
Dead to Me
by Tarah Benner
2024
Caroline anticipates a peaceful Christmas after securing funds for her hotel and arranging a date with a local officer. A death backstage at the town’s Christmas play disrupts her plans, sending her and her ghostly allies after another killer.
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