An epic, atmospheric story that begins with twenty three genetically superior orphans being groomed to become elite spies in Chicago's Pedemont Orphanage and concludes with a political assassination deep in the Amazon jungle.

The Orphan Factory, a coming-of-age spy thriller novel, is book two in The Orphan Trilogy and a prequel to The Ninth Orphan. Go on another frenetic journey with the ninth-born orphan as he busts out of the clandestine orphanage he knew as home and goes on the run across America.

In the late 1970's, in Chicago, Illinois, the secretive Omega Agency initiates the Pedemont Project - a radical experiment utilizing genetic engineering technologies - to create twenty three orphan babies with the plan to turn them into the world's most effective assassins.

One of the prodigies will rebel: meet Number Nine, an orphan with a mind of his own.

In 1998, when Nine reaches adulthood and graduates with honors from the Pedemont Orphanage, he is already an adept of the deadly espionage arts. Ordered by his Omega masters to assassinate a survivor of the Jonestown tragedy in Guyana's Amazon rainforest, Nine is forced to draw upon all of his advanced training just to stay alive.

Written by father-and-son writing team Lance & James Morcan (authors of The Ninth Orphan and The World Duology), The Orphan Factory is the second book in The Orphan Trilogy. A feature film adaptation of The Ninth Orphan is also currently being developed.

In

Prince of Kragdon-ah

, Alex Hawk and the intrepid crew of

The Senta-eh

sailed into a mysterious fog. When they emerged, some of the crew was missing or dead, two strangers were on board, and they were all nearly starved. The only two people who knew what had happened in the fog were not talking.

Mists of Kragdon-ah

tells the story of what happened to Alex, Monda-ak, Amy and Sanda, and everyone aboard

The Senta-eh

inside the fog.Mysterious airships, strange creatures never seen on Earth, and dangerous quests will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Mists of Kragdon-ah

is the sixth book in the Alex Hawk Time Travel Adventure series. A seventh volume,

Tribes of Kragdon-ah

, is also available.Also available as an audio book from Podium Publishing, narrated by Johnathan McClain.

Nebula Award Nominee
A saga of a young man's odyssey of self-discovery on an eerily alien Earth thirteen centuries in the future.

Rich in detail and filled with beings brought to life with intense energy, this strange and beautiful world reveals its secrets as Sumner Kagan changes from an adolescent outcast to a warrior with god-like powers. In the process, we accompany Sumner on an epic and transcendent journey.

How can a colony on Mars survive when the greatest danger on the planet is humanity itself.

All contact is lost with the first human colony on Mars during a long, intense sandstorm. Satellite imagery of the aftermath shows extensive damage to the facility, and the fifty-four colonists who called it home are presumed dead. Three years later, a new mission sets down on the planet surface to investigate what remains of the derelict site.But, it’s not long before they realize the colony is not as lifeless as everyone thought. Someone is still alive -- hiding out somewhere. Yet, before they can find the elusive colonist a strange illness starts to affect the crew. Pressure now mounts on Biologist, Dr. Jann Malbec, to locate the source and find a way to fight it.However, as she investigates she begins to suspect a dark and deadly secret lurking within the facility. A secret that threatens not just the crew but the entire population of Earth. With limited resources and time running out, she must find some answers and find them fast. Because if she doesn't, none of them will be going home.

What Amazon readers are saying:

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About Colony One Mars:

This is the first book in a Sci-Fi series set in a human colony on Mars. The science depicted is, for the most part, plausible. In other words, what’s technically possible with either current technology or taking experimental research a step or two further. That said, you won’t need a calculator or a slide-rule to enjoy the story.

Reading Order:

Book 1: Colony One MarsBook 2: Colony Two MarsBook 3: Colony Three Mars

(Completes the trilogy)

Book 4: Jezero City, Colony Four Mars

(Can be read as a stand-alone novel)

Book 5: Surface Tension, Colony Five Mars

(Can be read as a stand-alone novel)

Book 6: Plains of Utopia, Colony Six Mars

The Belt Series:

Book 1: EntanglementBook 2: EntropyBook 3: EvolutionBook 4: EnigmaBook 5: ExodusBook 6: Emergence

Moon Base Delta Series:

Book 1: Solar StormBook 2: Resource ControlBook 3: Power Vacuum

When Van Tudor returns to his childhood home, he inherits more than the family farm.

His grandfather used to tell him fantastic stories of spacemen and monsters, princesses and galactic knights. Little did Van realize, the old man's tales were more than fiction. They were real.

Hidden beneath the old barn, Van’s legacy is waiting: a starship, not of this world.

With his combat AI, an android bird named Perry, Van takes his first steps into the wider galaxy. He soon finds that space is far busier and more dangerous than he could have ever conceived.

Destiny is calling. His grandfather's legacy awaits.

Embark on the adventure of a lifetime with USA Today Bestselling Author J.N. Chaney and Terry Maggert in this brand new science fiction series. If you're a fan of found spaceships and galactic quests for glory, this might just be the story you've been waiting for.

~2022 Dragon Award Nominee for Best Military Science Fiction~