Author guide
Jack Campbell Books in Order
Jack Campbell is the pen name of John G. Hemry, a retired U.S. Navy officer and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. His bibliography includes military science-fiction series such as The Lost Fleet, Lost Stars, Genesis Fleet, Stark's War, and JAG in Space, as well as the Pillars of Reality science-fantasy series, standalone fiction, novellas, short-fiction collections, and graphic works.
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Jack Campbell's Newest Book
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The Lost Fleet: Dauntless
The first novel in Campbell's flagship Lost Fleet series.
Stark's War
The first novel in his earliest military-science-fiction series.
A Just Determination
The first novel in the JAG in Space series.
The Dragons of Dorcastle
The first novel in the Pillars of Reality science-fantasy setting.
In Our Stars
The opening novel of the standalone Doomed Earth duology.
Read in order
Books by series
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Stark's War
A military science-fiction trilogy about ground combat and command during an interplanetary war.
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JAG in Space
A military-legal science-fiction series following an officer in a space-based Judge Advocate General's Corps.
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The Lost Fleet
A military space-opera series following Admiral John 'Black Jack' Geary and the Alliance fleet.
- 1 The Lost Fleet: DauntlessAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2006
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The Lost Fleet: FearlessAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2007
- 3 The Lost Fleet: CourageousAmazon ↗
Book 3 · novel · 2007
- 4 The Lost Fleet: ValiantAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novel · 2008
- 5 The Lost Fleet: RelentlessAmazon ↗
Book 5 · novel · 2009
- 6 The Lost Fleet: VictoriousAmazon ↗
Book 6 · novel · 2010
- 1 The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: DreadnaughtAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2011
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The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: InvincibleAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2012
- 3 The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: GuardianAmazon ↗
Book 3 · novel · 2013
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The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: SteadfastAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2014
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The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: LeviathanAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2015
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The Lost Stars
A companion series set in the Lost Fleet universe and focused on the Syndicate Worlds.
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The Genesis Fleet
A prequel trilogy depicting the early formation of the Alliance in the Lost Fleet universe.
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The Pillars of Reality
A six-book science-fantasy series set on Dematr, a world divided between rival guilds of Mechanics and Mages.
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The Lost Fleet: Corsair, Volume 1Amazon ↗Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2017
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The Lost Fleet: Corsair, Volume 2Amazon ↗Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2017
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The Lost Fleet: Corsair, Volume 3Amazon ↗Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2017
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The Lost Fleet: Corsair, Volume 4Amazon ↗Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2017
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The Lost Fleet: Corsair, Volume 5Amazon ↗Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2017
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Empress of the Endless Sea
A trilogy set in the world of Dematr and centered on the legendary pirate Jules.
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The Doomed Earth
A duology about officers attempting to alter Earth's destruction across time.
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Ad Astra
A collection of Jack Campbell's short fiction about humanity's expanding horizons.
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Ad AstraAmazon ↗Book 1 · collection · 2015
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Borrowed Time
A collection of Jack Campbell's short fiction exploring journeys through time.
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Borrowed TimeAmazon ↗Book 1 · collection · 2015
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Swords and SaddlesAmazon ↗Book 1 · collection · 2016
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The Lost Fleet Collection
A Lost Fleet short-fiction collection containing four previously published stories and the new novella Corsair.
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Rendezvous with CorsairAmazon ↗Book 1 · collection · 2024
Outside the series
