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United Federation Marine Corps Books in Order

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Browse Jonathan P Brazee's United Federation Marine Corps books in order, with summaries, background, and help choosing the best place to start.

Last updated: July 12, 2026

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United Federation Marine Corps books in publication order

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19 books

1

Lieutenant

by Jonathan P Brazee

2014

Offered a commission after becoming a hero, Ryck has to learn how to lead as an officer. First contact with aliens and a crushing combat setback push him toward a personal crisis.

2

Recruit

by Jonathan P Brazee

2014

Trapped by poverty on a failing world, Ryck Lysander joins the Marines to build a better life. Boot camp is only the beginning of how much the Corps will demand from him.

3

Sergeant

by Jonathan P Brazee

2014

Ryck has survived training and combat, but becoming a squad leader is a different test. Now other Marines live or die by the choices he makes under fire.

4

Captain

by Jonathan P Brazee

2015

Ryck Lysander steps into company command and learns that rank changes every problem. Leading Marines in battle is hard enough, but command makes every loss feel personal.

5

Colonel

by Jonathan P Brazee

2015

Now operating at a high level of command, Ryck has to think beyond immediate survival and toward whole campaigns. Leadership at this level means winning without losing who you are.

6

Commandant

by Jonathan P Brazee

2015

The long Ryck Lysander arc reaches its highest office and hardest reckoning. A life spent in the Corps comes down to one final look at leadership, service, and legacy.

7

Lieutenant Colonel

by Jonathan P Brazee

2015

Ryck's rise through the Corps continues as command grows broader and the stakes grow uglier. Strategy, politics, and battlefield reality all start colliding at once.

8

Major

by Jonathan P Brazee

2015

Promotion brings Ryck more authority and even more weight on his shoulders. The war is bigger now, and the choices in front of him reach far beyond one unit.

9

Rebel

by Jonathan P Brazee

2015

A side story in the Federation universe that turns on defiance, divided loyalties, and the cost of choosing a side. Short, sharp, and built around pressure from every direction.

10

Legacy Marines

by Jonathan P Brazee

2016

After the death of their parents, Esther and Noah Lysander both enlist in the Corps for reasons of their own. Living up to a famous name proves harder than either expects.

11

Behind Enemy Lines

by Jonathan P Brazee

2017

Cut off in hostile territory, a Marine has to survive without backup and keep the mission alive. It is a tight, dangerous look at what happens when help is not coming soon.

12

Blood United

by Jonathan P Brazee

2017

The Lysander twins are forced back onto the same field when family, service, and crisis collide. Separate careers are one thing, but blood still binds them when everything starts breaking.

13

Coda

by Jonathan P Brazee

2017

A short closing piece that looks at what comes after the main arc of the Lysander twins. It works as an epilogue, quieter than the firefights but still shaped by service and loss.

14

Esther's Story: Recon Marine

by Jonathan P Brazee

2017

Esther Lysander chooses one of the Corps' toughest paths and finds that family legacy counts for very little in recon. Skill, nerve, and endurance have to be earned the hard way.

15

Esther's Story: Special Duty

by Jonathan P Brazee

2017

Esther's career takes another turn as new orders pull her into unfamiliar territory. Special duty means fresh pressure, sharper politics, and little room to rely on old habits.

16

Noah's Story: Marine Tanker

by Jonathan P Brazee

2017

Noah Lysander takes a different road from his sister and learns the war from inside armored steel. Tanker life gives him his own chance to step out of the family shadow.

17

The Accidental War

by Jonathan P Brazee

2019

A conflict that should never have started begins spiraling beyond anyone's control. Brazee leans into the dangerous way misunderstanding and momentum can create a real war.

18

None Left Behind

by Jonathan P Brazee

2022

Rescue and loyalty drive this military SF story, where leaving people behind is not an option. That principle sounds noble until it has to be paid for under fire.

19
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Currahee

by Jonathan P Brazee

2026

Borrowing the famous airborne cry, this story turns toward soldiers bound together by training, hardship, and mutual trust. The climb is brutal, but the fall would be worse.

United Federation Marine Corps books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Recruit"

    Recruit

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2014United Federation Marine Corps, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Sergeant"

    Sergeant

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2014United Federation Marine Corps, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Lieutenant"

    Lieutenant

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2014United Federation Marine Corps, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Rebel"

    Rebel

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2015United Federation Marine Corps, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Captain"

    Captain

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2015United Federation Marine Corps, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Major"

    Major

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2015United Federation Marine Corps, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Lieutenant Colonel"

    Lieutenant Colonel

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2015United Federation Marine Corps, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Colonel"

    Colonel

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2015United Federation Marine Corps, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Commandant"

    Commandant

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2015United Federation Marine Corps, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Behind Enemy Lines"

    Behind Enemy Lines

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2017United Federation Marine Corps, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "The Accidental War"

    The Accidental War

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2019United Federation Marine Corps, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "None Left Behind"

    None Left Behind

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2022United Federation Marine Corps, Book 12
  13. Book cover for "Legacy Marines"

    Legacy Marines

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2016United Federation Marine Corps' Lysander Twins, Book 1
  14. Book cover for "Esther's Story: Recon Marine"

    Esther's Story: Recon Marine

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2017United Federation Marine Corps' Lysander Twins, Book 2
  15. Book cover for "Noah's Story: Marine Tanker"

    Noah's Story: Marine Tanker

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2017United Federation Marine Corps' Lysander Twins, Book 3
  16. Book cover for "Esther's Story: Special Duty"

    Esther's Story: Special Duty

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2017United Federation Marine Corps' Lysander Twins, Book 4
  17. Book cover for "Blood United"

    Blood United

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2017United Federation Marine Corps' Lysander Twins, Book 5
  18. Book cover for "Coda"

    Coda

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2017United Federation Marine Corps' Lysander Twins, Book 6
  19. Book cover for "Currahee"

    Currahee

    by Jonathan P Brazee

    2026United Federation Marine Corps, Book 19

Series background & context

This is the center of Brazee's military science fiction. If you only read one branch of his work, this is the one most likely to give you the full picture of what he does well.

The series follows Ryck Lysander, who starts Recruit as a young man trying to escape a poor, limited future. Enlisting in the Marines looks like a way out. Brazee then does something smart and very bingeable, he lets Ryck grow one step at a time. Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, and Commandant track not just bigger battles but bigger responsibility.

That climb is the point.

A lot of military SF likes combat more than command. Brazee likes both. Ryck has to survive firefights, training, alien threats, and political messes, but he also has to become the kind of leader other people trust with their lives. The books keep returning to that question. What changes when you stop being the person pulling the trigger and become the person responsible for everyone else?

The setting is broad enough for space opera, first contact, and future technology, but the feel stays grounded. Brazee pays attention to unit life, rank, recovery, duty, and the emotional wear of long service. Even when the action gets larger, the stories still care about the daily burden of being a Marine.

There are side roads too. Stories like Rebel and later spin-offs expand the world, and once you know Ryck's arc you can move naturally into pages like Women of the United Federation Marines, Grub Wars, or Lysander Twins. But this is the foundation.

So if you want the Brazee series readers most often treat as home base, start here. It is a long career story, a future-war saga, and a character-driven climb through one soldier's whole life in uniform.

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