The Last Hunter Books in Order
Part ofTerry Mixon Books in OrderExplore 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
17 books
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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

The Last Hunter
by Terry Mixon
2022The Last Hunter, Book 1
Bonds of Blood
by Terry Mixon
2022The Last Hunter, Book 2
Allies of Convenience
by Terry Mixon
2022The Last Hunter, Book 3
Alpha Strike
by Terry Mixon
2022The Last Hunter, Book 4
The Enemy Revealed
by Terry Mixon
2022The Last Hunter, Book 5
Command Authority
by Terry Mixon
2022The Last Hunter, Book 6
The Grand Conspiracy
by Terry Mixon
2022The Last Hunter, Book 7
Shield of Humanity
by Terry Mixon
2023The Last Hunter, Book 8
Fog of War
by Terry Mixon
2023The Last Hunter, Book 9
Ships on the Line
by Terry Mixon
2023The Last Hunter, Book 10
Operation Liberty
by Terry Mixon
2023The Last Hunter, Book 11
Under Siege
by Terry Mixon
2023The Last Hunter, Book 12
Implacable Resolve
by Terry Mixon
2024The Last Hunter, Book 13
No Retreat
by Terry Mixon
2024The Last Hunter, Book 14
Lighting Strike
by Terry Mixon
2024The Last Hunter, Book 15
Shell Game
by Terry Mixon
2024The Last Hunter, Book 16
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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