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The Last Hunter Books in Order

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Explore The Last Hunter books by Terry Mixon and J.N. Chaney in order, with quick summaries, series background, and where to start.

Last updated: July 4, 2026

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The Last Hunter books in publication order

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17 books

1

Allies of Convenience

by Terry Mixon

2022

In this short bridge adventure, Jack Romanoff gets a chance to save his Navy career by securing a freighter after a pirate attack. The job turns into a nasty standoff, and the cargo is too dangerous to lose.

2

Alpha Strike

by Terry Mixon

2022

Jack Romanoff finally gets to hit back at the Locusts, but only by attacking New Copenhagen and holding it. If he loses that system, billions stay trapped and humanity loses its best weapons.

3

Bonds of Blood

by Terry Mixon

2022

After rescuing hundreds of civilians, Jack Romanoff and his battered crew end up stranded with the Locusts closing in. To escape, he has to hold together uneasy allies and impossible odds.

4

Command Authority

by Terry Mixon

2022

With his ancient battleship repaired and the invasion's true cause exposed, Jack Romanoff starts liberating the cluster. Then betrayal from an unexpected quarter threatens to wreck everything from inside.

5

The Enemy Revealed

by Terry Mixon

2022

Victory at New Copenhagen comes at a brutal price when Jack loses his quantum drive. To keep fighting, he must free prisoners, fortify the system, and persuade mysterious aliens to help.

6

The Grand Conspiracy

by Terry Mixon

2022

Jack Romanoff has liberated Argent and finally has room to breathe, until the Poseidon Group strikes from the shadows. To survive, he must expose traitors before they leave his people defenseless.

7

The Last Hunter

by Terry Mixon

2022

Captain Jack Romanoff is headed for retirement when he gets one last chance, restore an ancient super-warship with a crew of rejects before the Locusts return. If he fails, humanity may not survive the lesson.

8

Fog of War

by Terry Mixon

2023

Jack Romanoff has the Locusts, the Novarites, and hidden human enemies all moving at once. In a war clouded by uncertainty, victory depends on courage, timing, and surviving the chaos.

9

Operation Liberty

by Terry Mixon

2023

With the Locusts beaten, Jack Romanoff finally turns on the Novarites who still hold human worlds. He is done asking nicely, and the campaign becomes a war of liberation by force.

10

Shield of Humanity

by Terry Mixon

2023

After earning breathing room to repair and resupply, Jack Romanoff prepares to strike back. Then fresh intelligence reveals a far bigger storm coming, and his battered ship has to face a battle of titans.

11

Ships on the Line

by Terry Mixon

2023

Jack Romanoff buys breathing room by turning enemies against one another, but the Confederation is still coming apart. One wrong move could cost humanity its last chance to endure.

12

Under Siege

by Terry Mixon

2023

Only one enemy-held world in the cluster remains, and it has been turned into a fortress. Jack Romanoff must use guile instead of brute force if he wants victory without catastrophic losses.

13

Implacable Resolve

by Terry Mixon

2024

Jack Romanoff begins the liberation of Vesuvius while the Novarites murder human captives in huge numbers. He wants to spare civilians, but the killing has to stop now.

14

Lighting Strike

by Terry Mixon

2024

Jack Romanoff has taken Faust and finally has a base, but that only matters if he uses it fast. To save the Confederation, he must hit the Locusts with every trick and weapon he has left.

15

No Retreat

by Terry Mixon

2024

Trapped inside the Confederation proper, Jack Romanoff discovers the enemy is stronger than anyone thought. With only a tiny force, he must stop both the Locusts and the human coup behind the war.

16

Operation Endgame

by Terry Mixon

2024

After failing to seize the master control codes, Jack Romanoff is forced into one final showdown at Earth. While fleets clash in space, his allies fight the coup on the ground.

17

Shell Game

by Terry Mixon

2024

Jack Romanoff locates the system guiding the invasion, but the terrain makes a direct assault impossible. Instead, his people have to infiltrate, improvise, and gamble everything on stolen information.

The Last Hunter books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Last Hunter"

    The Last Hunter

    by Terry Mixon

    2022The Last Hunter, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Bonds of Blood"

    Bonds of Blood

    by Terry Mixon

    2022The Last Hunter, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Allies of Convenience"

    Allies of Convenience

    by Terry Mixon

    2022The Last Hunter, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Alpha Strike"

    Alpha Strike

    by Terry Mixon

    2022The Last Hunter, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "The Enemy Revealed"

    The Enemy Revealed

    by Terry Mixon

    2022The Last Hunter, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Command Authority"

    Command Authority

    by Terry Mixon

    2022The Last Hunter, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "The Grand Conspiracy"

    The Grand Conspiracy

    by Terry Mixon

    2022The Last Hunter, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Shield of Humanity"

    Shield of Humanity

    by Terry Mixon

    2023The Last Hunter, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Fog of War"

    Fog of War

    by Terry Mixon

    2023The Last Hunter, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Ships on the Line"

    Ships on the Line

    by Terry Mixon

    2023The Last Hunter, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Operation Liberty"

    Operation Liberty

    by Terry Mixon

    2023The Last Hunter, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Under Siege"

    Under Siege

    by Terry Mixon

    2023The Last Hunter, Book 12
  13. Book cover for "Implacable Resolve"

    Implacable Resolve

    by Terry Mixon

    2024The Last Hunter, Book 13
  14. Book cover for "No Retreat"

    No Retreat

    by Terry Mixon

    2024The Last Hunter, Book 14
  15. Book cover for "Lighting Strike"

    Lighting Strike

    by Terry Mixon

    2024The Last Hunter, Book 15
  16. Book cover for "Shell Game"

    Shell Game

    by Terry Mixon

    2024The Last Hunter, Book 16
  17. Book cover for "Operation Endgame"

    Operation Endgame

    by Terry Mixon

    2024The Last Hunter, Book 17

Series background & context

The Last Hunter opens with a strong military science fiction premise and keeps finding ways to make it worse for everyone involved. Two centuries after humanity stopped the robotic Locusts, the Confederation has decided the old danger is gone. Captain Jack Romanoff is heading toward forced retirement in a shrinking navy. Then the story hands him an ancient warship, a suspicious promotion, and the kind of mission that only exists when somebody high up is either desperate or hiding something.

That ship matters. So does the crew.

Jack's command is not a polished elite unit. He gets rejects, trainees, rescued personnel, odd specialists, and people who were never supposed to be the tip of the spear. The heart of the series is watching that rough collection become something dangerous aboard the Delta Orionis, a massive old battleship that still has teeth if its people can get it running. Terry Mixon and J.N. Chaney are very good at that kind of team-building story. Every repair, every shortage, and every ugly compromise helps turn the ship into a character of its own.

The early books focus on the Locust threat and the immediate problem of survival. Jack has to rescue civilians, secure weapons, hold systems, and learn what is really driving the invasion. But the series does not stay with one enemy. As it grows, other forces step into view, including the Novarites and the human conspirators of the Poseidon Group. That shift is important because it stops the books from becoming a simple humans-versus-robots war. There are traitors, politics, coups, and strategic choices that hurt even when they work.

Jack is the anchor through all of it. He is stubborn, competent, and usually one bad day away from having to improvise something reckless. The series likes that pressure. It keeps putting him in situations where brute force is not enough and honor is expensive. Sometimes he needs to outfight the enemy. Sometimes he needs to outthink them. Sometimes he just needs the ship to hold together one more hour.

It keeps escalating.

By the time the series reaches books like Under Siege, No Retreat, Shell Game, and Operation Endgame, the war has widened to the point where whole worlds and the future of the Confederation are in play. Even then, the books keep coming back to the same pleasures: old warships, high-stakes maneuvers, crew loyalty, and the grim fun of watching clever people solve impossible problems under fire.

If you want military space opera with a classic feel, The Last Hunter delivers that in a big way. It has fleet action, alien menace, political rot, and just enough mystery threaded through the war to keep the momentum from feeling repetitive. Above all, it is a series about making a fighting force out of whatever is left and refusing to quit even when history looks ready to repeat itself.

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