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Browse Timothy Ellis books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and help choosing where to start across the Hunter Imperium universe.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

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Accrued Karma

by Timothy Ellis

2014

A short spiritual work looking at karma through everyday choices, consequences, and the habits people keep carrying with them.

Healing the Indigo

by Timothy Ellis

2014

A nonfiction spiritual guide that turns toward healing, sensitivity, and the challenges of living with unusual inner pressure.

I Want to Go Home

by Timothy Ellis

2014

A reflective spiritual title about longing, belonging, and the pull toward a place, or state of being, that feels truly like home.

The Wisdom of the Ages

by Timothy Ellis

2014

A practical spiritual Q and A collection built from real questions. Ellis writes plainly about healing, energy, karma, and everyday life.

The Wisdom of the Ages 2

by Timothy Ellis

2014

The second volume continues the question-and-answer approach, gathering more reflections on spiritual practice, balance, healing, and personal growth.

The Wisdom of the Ages 3

by Timothy Ellis

2014

More collected guidance on spiritual questions, with a conversational tone and an emphasis on useful answers rather than formal doctrine.

The Wisdom of the Ages 4

by Timothy Ellis

2014

This volume expands the series with more responses on life, spiritual development, and the practical side of inner work.

The Wisdom of the Ages 5

by Timothy Ellis

2014

Another collection of spiritual answers and reflections, continuing Ellis's straightforward approach to questions readers actually ask.

1969

by Timothy Ellis

2015

A short prequel tale reaching back to 1969, hinting at older threads and earlier mysteries behind the larger Hunter universe.

Burnside's Killer

by Timothy Ellis

2015

Detective Burnside hunts a killer moving through human space. The trail is grim, the stakes are personal, and the case refuses to stay small.

Hail the Hero

by Timothy Ellis

2015

Being the hero looks impressive from a distance. Up close, Jonathon finds it mostly means more danger, more duty, and less room to fail.

Hero at Large

by Timothy Ellis

2015

Jonathon Hunter is eighteen, alive, and suddenly very important to people who scare him. Pirates, prophecy, and survival turn his ordinary life inside out.

Hire a Hero

by Timothy Ellis

2015

When the problem is too large for the authorities, they hire Jon Hunter. He gets another mission that could go wrong in every possible way.

Hunted Hero Hunting

by Timothy Ellis

2015

Jonathon is tired of being prey. With hunters closing in from every side, he may have to become far more dangerous than anyone expects.

Jane's Christmas

by Timothy Ellis

2015

The Hunter family has reasons not to celebrate. This short holiday story lets Jane and the people around her face memory, loss, and a little hope.

Make or Break the Hero

by Timothy Ellis

2015

Jonathon's legend is growing faster than his comfort with it. The next crisis tests his judgment, his sanity, and the people standing beside him.

Send in the Hero

by Timothy Ellis

2015

Far from home and deep in trouble, Jonathon is pushed further into the role everybody else seems ready to give him. He is not ready, but the crisis is here anyway.

Hero at the Gates

by Timothy Ellis

2016

Some days call for staying in bed. Jon does not get that option when the threat reaches the gates and standing firm becomes the only answer.

Hero in Darkness

by Timothy Ellis

2016

The Darkness is no longer a distant threat. Jon has to keep moving when the future of far more than his own life is on the line.

Hero to the End

by Timothy Ellis

2016

The stakes are brutally simple: if Jon and his allies fail, humanity pays. This is the series driving straight toward its hardest stand.

Hero to the Rescue

by Timothy Ellis

2016

Jon says he is not in the rescue business, which naturally means he gets dragged into exactly that. The mission is risky and the clock is not kind.

Home is where the Hero is

by Timothy Ellis

2016

Jonathon finally gets home, or thinks he does. Home proves a lot less peaceful than the word suggests.

The Hero's Companion

by Timothy Ellis

2016

Told from Jane's side of things, this companion gathers background, perspective, and extra material around Jon Hunter and the wider series.

The Long Road to Gaia

by Timothy Ellis

2016

The journey to Gaia is long in every sense. Travel, danger, and the promise of a different future reshape the next phase of the saga.

Admiral of Gaia

by Timothy Ellis

2017

Hunter's Run has moved to the Gaia galaxy, but a new home brings fresh politics and danger. Building a future proves as hard as winning one.

Destiny Stone

by Timothy Ellis

2017

Everyone wants something, and too many people want the same thing. Snark's hunt for the Destiny Stone turns into a race full of conflicting motives.

Kingdom of Hunter's Run / Queen Jane

by Timothy Ellis

2017

Hunter's Run is growing into a kingdom under pressure. Pride, politics, and the Owl threat make Jane's leadership anything but ceremonial.

Snark's Quest

by Timothy Ellis

2017

The Owl war may be over, but Snark is nowhere near a quiet life. A new quest sends him across a galaxy still learning what humans and AIs can do.

Was that you?

by Timothy Ellis

2017

A brief side story built around one unsettling question. Memory, coincidence, and hidden magic do not line up as neatly as they should.

Crossover

by Timothy Ellis

2018

Jon Hunter is back, whether he likes it or not. This book opens a new phase where old threads start colliding in earnest.

Hunter's Terminus

by Timothy Ellis

2018

Technology and magic finally have to work together if anyone wants to survive. Jon is pushed to the edge of a very dangerous crossroads.

Today's Spacemage

by Timothy Ellis

2018

Thorn is back, and the guilty are not going to enjoy it. The second book doubles down on power, punishment, and fast-moving danger.

Tomorrow's Spacemage

by Timothy Ellis

2018

For Thorn, this kind of life may be the new normal. That only means more enemies are about to learn what a Spacemage can do.

Yesterday's Spacemage

by Timothy Ellis

2018

Pirates and slavers have reason to worry when Thorn appears. This pre-Imperium story follows a feared Spacemage with a very direct sense of justice.

Blind into the Breach

by Timothy Ellis

2019

Christopher Ecclestone has lived in darkness a long time. Now he is thrown straight into the breach with no safe way back.

Imperator

by Timothy Ellis

2019

What starts as survival becomes something like rulership when the jungle strips everything else away. Power here has a brutal price.

Imperium Knight Chaos Rising

by Timothy Ellis

2019

George Murdock has always been the tech mind. Chaos forces him into a much more dangerous kind of service.

Leader of Sector Ten / Leader Jane

by Timothy Ellis

2019

A hidden threat is rising in Sector Ten. Leadership falls heavily on Jane as politics and danger tighten together.

Legend of Dreamwalker

by Timothy Ellis

2019

Chris Ecclestone's world just got much larger and stranger. Dreamwalking opens the way to a role he never expected to carry.

One Last Battle

by Timothy Ellis

2019

A century before Jon Hunter's era, the Yorktown faces a desperate battle. This prequel shows how far back the universe's scars really go.

Reaper's Crossroad

by Timothy Ellis

2019

A grim crossing point awaits, and nobody gets through unchanged. The war grows stranger, deadlier, and far less containable.

Talisman of Tomorrow

by Timothy Ellis

2019

The hunt for the Destiny Stone becomes a straight race. Time, rivals, and shifting alliances turn every step into a gamble.

266 Squadron

by Timothy Ellis

2020

A once top pilot gets told the galaxy is not done with him yet. Returning to the fight is harder than leaving it ever was.

Commander Spacemage

by Timothy Ellis

2020

A bigger command means bigger consequences. Bud has to balance strategy, strange new problems, and the cost of staying ahead.

Ensign Spacemage

by Timothy Ellis

2020

Bud and his team become an official squadron, and new authority brings harder missions, sharper pressure, and more lives in his hands.

Fleet Captain Spacemage

by Timothy Ellis

2020

The war is already complicated, and Bud's promotion makes it even more so. Strategy, power, and responsibility all scale up at once.

Jane's Halloween

by Timothy Ellis

2020

Even an AI deserves a break. Jane's day off, naturally, turns into another strange and memorable piece of Hunter-universe chaos.

Lieutenant Commander Spacemage

by Timothy Ellis

2020

There is no clean version of war, and Bud learns that the hard way. Every decision leaves a mark on people and plans alike.

Lieutenant Spacemage

by Timothy Ellis

2020

For Bud, the war stops feeling distant and starts hitting close. Command gets heavier when the losses turn personal.

Midshipman Spacemage

by Timothy Ellis

2020

Bud returns to naval service in a war that badly needs a Spacemage. Starting over at the bottom proves anything but simple.

NPC PHQ

by Timothy Ellis

2020

A playful Gamelit short set before the Imperium, where headquarters life turns unexpectedly important when game logic meets real stakes.

Rogue Unit

by Timothy Ellis

2020

Even the best plans can be wrecked by an unpredictable unit acting on its own. This book turns a military problem into a much larger crisis.

Twice Three

by Timothy Ellis

2020

Two leaders, two fleets, and two wars all collide. The scale widens, and so does the cost of getting anything wrong.

Adrift

by Timothy Ellis

2021

After becoming Destiny's Spacemage, Bud is thrown somewhere far stranger than a normal next mission. He is cast loose in time and history.

Amulet of Truth

by Timothy Ellis

2021

After years of strain, Jon faces a new object with dangerous implications. Truth is powerful, but it rarely arrives gently.

Destiny's Spacemage

by Timothy Ellis

2021

Bud reaches a level of power no mage has held before. What he does next could change far more than one battle.

Ganesha's Spacemage

by Timothy Ellis

2021

Bud's rising rank and raw power are no longer enough when a higher calling pulls him into a wider, more dangerous phase of the war.

Legend

by Timothy Ellis

2021

They call Bud Merlin, but legend and identity are not quite the same thing. The past opens wider as history starts closing around him.

Shiva's Spacemage

by Timothy Ellis

2021

Bud's growing reputation makes him a target. Powerful enemies test his command, his magic, and the people who depend on him.

The Imperator's Companion

by Timothy Ellis

2021

A reference companion for the Hunter Imperium universe, with maps, ship material, character notes, art, and extra background.

Arthur

by Timothy Ellis

2022

Arthur comes home to find that home has changed. Old loyalties and new threats make return far more dangerous than departure.

Bonko's Club

by Timothy Ellis

2022

Bonko earned the Imperator's trust long ago. Now that trust puts him at the center of a dangerous new problem.

CAG

by Timothy Ellis

2022

James Bigglesworth is not young anymore, but command and flying still have claims on him. Age does not make the next mission easier.

Challenger

by Timothy Ellis

2022

Sometimes saving people goes wrong in ways nobody planned for. Bud has to keep moving when the rescue becomes its own crisis.

Mage King

by Timothy Ellis

2022

Haynes was not prepared to become a king. Unfortunately, the job arrives before he has time to refuse it properly.

Matriarch

by Timothy Ellis

2022

Gitte is not excited about becoming matriarch, but the role will not wait for her comfort. Power arrives with heavy obligations attached.

Merlin

by Timothy Ellis

2022

Bud is forced to live all the way into the Merlin story. Myth, empire, and sheer stubborn survival collide in a very old age.

More Old Magic

by Timothy Ellis

2022

Joe is no longer just discovering magic, he is becoming central to it. Greater power brings wider problems very quickly.

Old Magic

by Timothy Ellis

2022

Joe Vincent turns seventy and discovers the world has hidden rules. Modern suburban life opens onto a magical reality he never knew existed.

Rockmonster Rules

by Timothy Ellis

2022

Dianne Rockmonster Keaton has come a long way, and being formidable is now part of the problem. Command brings a fresh set of battles.

Soldiers of Fortune

by Timothy Ellis

2022

Out in the contested zone, money, loyalty, and survival rarely point the same way. Fortune favors the prepared, if anyone is.

Thorn

by Timothy Ellis

2022

Thorn has been dead for a thousand years, or should have been. His return changes the balance everywhere around him.

Unifier

by Timothy Ellis

2022

Merlin is now emperor, which solves almost nothing. Unifying a fractured empire may be harder than conquering one.

Angry Mage

by Timothy Ellis

2023

Testing the limits of a mage is a bad idea. Somebody does it anyway, and the result is predictably explosive.

Black Sheep

by Timothy Ellis

2023

Liza gets what she wanted, just not in the way she hoped. Command comes attached to pressure, politics, and a harder kind of loyalty.

Dawn Patrol

by Timothy Ellis

2023

They came from space, and nobody knows enough about them yet. First contact feels a lot like the opening move of a war.

Dragon

by Timothy Ellis

2023

The dragons are going to war, and the old balance cannot survive that unchanged. What follows is larger than a single campaign.

Dragon Heart

by Timothy Ellis

2023

War continues, but life does too. As politics shift and plans deepen, the future of dragon kind turns on what truly gives it a heart.

Dragon Homeworld

by Timothy Ellis

2023

Finding the dragons' true home changes what everybody thought they knew. Discovery opens the door to even bigger trouble.

Dragon Imperative

by Timothy Ellis

2023

The Dragon Host goes operational, and the new mission carries all the weight of a species trying to reclaim its place.

Dragon Nemesis

by Timothy Ellis

2023

The Dragon Homeworld was only the beginning. A stronger enemy and a larger reckoning arrive soon after the discovery.

Dragon Rider

by Timothy Ellis

2023

Bud enters the Keerah war with dragons at his side. Rebuilding dragon kind turns out to require more than raw power.

Dragon Squared

by Timothy Ellis

2023

The Dragon Host is now central to a new League order. Greater importance only means greater threats gathering around it.

Jon's War

by Timothy Ellis

2023

Jane thinks Jon has been coasting, and the next conflict makes that impossible. The war turns personal again.

Killer Bunny

by Timothy Ellis

2023

Liza Pound is a mystery in training and a terror in combat. Chasing command means accepting the nickname she hates and the job it implies.

Villain Support Discovers the Hunter Imperium

by Timothy Ellis

2023

What if the bad guys had a support hotline and suddenly learned about Jon Hunter's universe? This short parody has fun with that answer.

Villain Support has Finger Problems

by Timothy Ellis

2023

Villain Support is back, and the callers are somehow even less competent. Another very short parody turns Imperium chaos into customer-service comedy.

Fox Season

by Timothy Ellis

2024

Liza now has more than she ever planned for, and that only paints a brighter target on her back. The next move is not hers alone.

Nemesis Rising

by Timothy Ellis

2024

Liza can feel the bullseye settling in. This time the threat rising against her is personal, organized, and hard to dodge.

Tail Pulling

by Timothy Ellis

2024

Liza needs a solution to her fox problem. Pushing the wrong enemies too far may be unavoidable, but it is never cheap.

Tiger Poking

by Timothy Ellis

2024

Liza has yanked on one tail too many. The backlash is exactly as fierce as the title suggests.

Unbend

by Timothy Ellis

2024

Pressure mounts from every side, and yielding would be easier. Lyla decides easy is not the same thing as right.

Undead

by Timothy Ellis

2024

Truth, lies, myth, and reputation blur together as Lyla gets pulled into a fight with an almost legendary edge.

Undone

by Timothy Ellis

2024

A hard setback threatens the company and everything it has built. Lyla has to decide what can still be salvaged.

Uneven

by Timothy Ellis

2024

Old grudges and fresh jobs leave the company on unstable ground. Lyla has to keep everyone moving while the balance refuses to hold.

Unfair

by Timothy Ellis

2024

Lyla Cowan loses her command and gets dumped with a bunch of misfits. Building a mercenary life from that feels, quite reasonably, unfair.

Unkind

by Timothy Ellis

2024

A harsh assignment tests Lyla's patience and principles. The job gets harder when mercy and practicality point in different directions.

Unreal

by Timothy Ellis

2024

The Badlands problem grows stranger and more dangerous. Lyla finds herself dealing with a situation that feels almost unreal until it starts shooting back.

Unruly

by Timothy Ellis

2024

The Unbound crew is finally moving under its own flag. One rough job proves how fast mercenary work can turn a ship into a target.

Unseen

by Timothy Ellis

2024

As Lyla grows into leadership, the threats she cannot see become the ones that matter most. Mercenary life does not reward blind spots.

Untied

by Timothy Ellis

2024

Knots start coming loose in Lyla's world, but freedom is not the same as safety. What opens up also leaves room for trouble.

Unwary

by Timothy Ellis

2024

Lyla's new crew takes its first steps as mercenaries and learns how quickly a client, a sector, or an enemy can be underestimated.

Unwind

by Timothy Ellis

2024

A rare chance to breathe never lasts long for Lyla's crew. The moment they relax, the universe finds a new way to tighten the screws.

Broken Alliance

by Timothy Ellis

2025

The alliances holding the crisis together finally crack. Karen has to fight with fewer certainties and sharper risks.

Crumbling Alliance

by Timothy Ellis

2025

The coalition Karen depends on starts to splinter. A war this large only gets deadlier when trust begins to fail.

Emergency Mage

by Timothy Ellis

2025

Dennis is reinventing himself again, this time with magic involved. Everyday problems become urgent when a late-blooming mage is on the scene.

Fragile Alliance

by Timothy Ellis

2025

New partnerships might be Terra's best chance to survive. They might also break the moment real pressure hits.

Glass Ceiling

by Timothy Ellis

2025

Karen Drayson was a rising Terran officer until sexism and politics shoved her aside. Being recalled home shows her the ceiling can get even lower.

Hard Ceiling

by Timothy Ellis

2025

Karen is still trying to hold the line for Terra while her own side keeps doubting her. Above the glass ceiling is something harder and meaner.

Hybrid Eclipse

by Timothy Ellis

2025

Karen's war enters a dangerous middle phase where mixed loyalties and half-seen threats make every decision feel unstable.

Imagedit

by Timothy Ellis

2025

Dennis Block's magic arrives late and awkwardly at seventy. Starting a new life as a mage turns out to require actual training.

Partial Eclipse

by Timothy Ellis

2025

Karen has a reasonable fleet at last, just in time to be recalled and second-guessed. The enemy ahead worries her less than the superiors behind her.

Soft Ceiling

by Timothy Ellis

2025

Karen gets two shocks at once, one professional and one personal. Defending home gets harder when the limits above her keep shifting.

Total Eclipse

by Timothy Ellis

2025

The shadow over Terra deepens. Karen faces the full weight of invasion, command pressure, and the cost of holding the line.

Totality's End

by Timothy Ellis

2025

Karen has a fleet, but not peace of mind. The long-built threat she feared is finally ready to come due.

Unbind

by Timothy Ellis

2025

The latest crisis forces Lyla to let go of old restraints. What comes next may be freedom, or a whole new kind of trouble.

Unfold

by Timothy Ellis

2025

Plans finally start revealing what they were always leading toward. Lyla watches the next layer of consequences unfold around her crew.

Unlock

by Timothy Ellis

2025

Lyla holds the key to a choice that locks and unlocks at the same time. However it goes, she will be the one living with the consequences.

New

Christmas Mage

by Timothy Ellis

2026

A seasonal adventure in the late-blooming mage world, where celebration, pressure, and practical magic all arrive at once.

New

Farmer Mage

by Timothy Ellis

2026

Magic meets practical work in a quieter, earthier adventure. Growing things may be simpler than fighting wars, but not by much.

Where should I start?

If you want the main entry point: Hero at LargeHunted Hero HuntingSend in the Hero
If you want AI politics and a new galaxy: Admiral of GaiaKingdom of Hunter's Run / Queen JaneSnark's Quest
If you want mage-heavy military sci-fi: Midshipman SpacemageEnsign SpacemageLieutenant Spacemage
If you want a clean prequel doorway: Yesterday's SpacemageToday's SpacemageTomorrow's Spacemage
If you want modern-day magic instead: Old MagicMore Old Magic

Author bio

Timothy Ellis is an Australian science fiction and fantasy writer who lives on the Gold Coast in Queensland. He writes the kind of stories you can see coming out of a lifetime spent loving space opera, fantasy, games, and big ongoing universes. He also shares his workspace, at least in theory, with a cat, plus a collection of science fiction toys and references that make it pretty clear where his head usually is.

That love of the genre came first.

He has said that he spent years reading and watching science fiction and fantasy, and even played an old text-based Star Trek game on a university mainframe before home computers became ordinary things. Later, starting in 2004, he wrote guides for the Egosoft X Universe games, including versions of the X3 Handbook. That background shows up all over his fiction. His books like ships, fleets, systems, tactics, and the practical side of space travel.

Before writing novels full time, he did a little bit of everything. Over the years he worked as a farm worker, an antique dealer, a computer programmer, a systems analyst, an operations manager, and a retail store owner. That mixed work history helps explain why his books often feel interested in how people actually do their jobs, whether they are fighter pilots, commanders, traders, healers, or the person stuck solving the problem nobody else wants.

There was another turn in his life, too. After leaving the business world, Ellis became deeply involved in spiritual practice and healing work. Feng Shui led him into Buddhism, Taoist ideas, karma, meditation, and wider forms of spiritual exploration. He also wrote nonfiction in that space, including the The Wisdom of the Ages books and other spiritual titles. That side of his life never stayed separate from the fiction for long.

It all came together in Hero at Large, the book that launched his long running Hunter universe in 2015. From there he kept building outward with series such as Admiral of Gaia, Yesterday's Spacemage, Midshipman Spacemage, Old Magic, and Dragon Rider. Readers tend to come to Ellis for the same mix again and again: fleet action, strong continuity, AIs with personality, mages in spaceships, dragons in wartime, and characters who keep taking on more responsibility than they ever planned.

He is also a very prolific writer.

That matters with Ellis, because his books are designed to talk to one another. A reader can start with Jon Hunter in The Hunter Legacy, jump to the AI and political storylines in A.I. Destiny, or go straight to the rank climbing military arc of Imperium Spacemage. The appeal is not just one hero or one trilogy. It is the feeling of entering a huge connected setting where different corners of the same universe keep lighting up.

He has also spoken openly about living with frequent migraines, which can make any sort of neat writing schedule difficult. Even so, he has kept producing books at an impressive rate, expanding his fiction while still writing spiritual nonfiction as well.

These days, he is best known for the ever-growing Hunter Imperium universe, but the same core interests run through almost everything he writes: duty, growth, hidden power, second chances, and what happens when ordinary routines suddenly open into something much bigger.

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