A hard science fiction series inspired by the science of chaos. Follow the beleaguered John Bandicut as his life is transformed by the alien quarx on Neptune's largest moon. Saving the Earth is only the beginning. His adventures will take him to the edge of the galaxy and into companionship with an unlikely assortment of alien beings, all of them torn from their homeworlds by the enigmatic Masters of Shipworld. But they have been brought to Shipworld for a purpose, and that purpose could cost them their lives.
The Chaos Chronicles
Neptune Crossing
by Jeffrey A. Carver
Series: The Chaos Chronicles, Book 1.
Price:
Free!
Words: 102,160.
Language:
English.
Published: September 9, 2010
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
When John Bandicut encounters an alien intelligence on Neptune's moon Triton, his life changes irrevocably. Urged by the alien quarx now sharing his mind, he accepts an audacious mission—to steal a ship and hurtle across the solar system in a desperate bid for Earth's survival. Book 1 of The Chaos Chronicles, by the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity's End—with a new Afterword by the author.
Sunborn
by Jeffrey A. Carver
Series: The Chaos Chronicles, Book 4.
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 143,460.
Language:
English.
Published: August 22, 2011
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Stars are dying. Bandicut and his friends must learn what threatens the Starmaker Nebula and confront a billion-year-old adversary of life as they know it. Whatever chance they have of stopping the Mindaru may be found only in the fiery heart of an intelligent sun. Vol 4 of The Chaos Chronicles, from the author of Eternity's End.
Strange Attractors
by Jeffrey A. Carver
Series: The Chaos Chronicles, Book 2.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 101,910.
Language:
English.
Published: September 18, 2010
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
(5.00 from 1 review)
For John Bandicut, Earth is but a memory. Stranded outside the galaxy in a vast structure peopled by a thousand races, Bandicut finds unexpected friends—only to be caught up in a cascade of irresistible forces. Confronting an entity known as the boojum, Bandicut discovers that the Shipworld itself is in peril, and only he can intervene. Book 2 of The Chaos Chronicles—with an all-new Afterword.
The Chaos Chronicles (Books 1-3)
by Jeffrey A. Carver
Series: The Chaos Chronicles.
Price:
$8.99 USD.
Words: 321,780.
Language:
English.
Published: December 16, 2010
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
(3.50 from 4 reviews)
An omnibus of three novels: Neptune Crossing, Strange Attractors, and The Infinite Sea. When John Bandicut encounters alien sentience on Triton, his life changes forever—from sacrificing everything to save Earth, to confronting a malicious entity at the edge of the galaxy, to fathoming the abyss of an alien ocean. A major hard-SF adventure from the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity's End.
The Infinite Sea
by Jeffrey A. Carver
Series: The Chaos Chronicles, Book 3.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 124,100.
Language:
English.
Published: October 16, 2010
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Flung to an alien ocean world, John Bandicut and his companions find themselves plunged into the deepsea realm of the Neri. What will they find in the Neri's failing undersea city, or in the terrifying object of the deep abyss? Book 3 of The Chaos Chronicles continues the hard-SF saga inspired by chaos theory—with an all-new Afterword by the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity's End.
The Reefs of Time: Part One of the "Out of Time" Sequence
by Jeffrey A. Carver
Series: The Chaos Chronicles, Book 5.
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 147,090.
Language:
English.
Published: July 23, 2019
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
The starstream is beautiful. But beauty turns deadly when an ancient AI bent on destruction uses it to travel uptime, to humanity’s future.
The Chaos Chronicles returns at last with its growing cast of characters in The Reefs of Time, part one of a two-part adventure. Concluded in Crucible of Time—available now from Nebula-nominated Jeffrey A. Carver!
Crucible of Time: Part Two of the "Out of Time" Sequence
by Jeffrey A. Carver
Series: The Chaos Chronicles.
Price:
$6.99 USD.
Words: 131,500.
Language:
English.
Published: September 10, 2019
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
Picks up the story from The Reefs of Time. Bandicut and his company must find a way to stop the timestream along which the malicious Mindaru AI are swarming out of the deep past to threaten not just Karellia and Uduon, but all of the galaxy. However, there is more to the Mindaru than meets the eye. Conclusion of the unmissable two-part “Out of Time” sequence, and Book 6 of The Chaos Chronicles!