MEET JAY ALLAN
A lifetime northeasterner, Jay currently lives in New York City, where he writes from his apartment…and continues to fill small notebooks with ideas for future books.
He has been a voracious reader of science fiction and fantasy for many years, a writer of the same far more recently. His tastes are varied and eclectic, but most often he will be found reading military and dystopian science fiction, space opera, alternate history, and epic fantasy. He is also an avid historian, and is as likely to be reading non-fiction as a novel.
Jay writes a lot of science fiction with military themes, but also other SF and some fantasy as well. His works tend to feature complex characters and lots of backstory and action, always with an emphasis on world-building and extensive detail.
Jay was an investor and real estate developer for many years before becoming a full-time author. When not writing, he enjoys traveling, running, hiking, and reading. Jay loves hearing from readers and always answers emails.
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BLOOD ON THE STARS SERIES
DUEL IN THE DARK: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 1
The Confederation battleship Dauntless has spent ten months patrolling the border, alone, watching for an attack from the enemy Union. Her crew is exhausted and the aging vessel needs repairs.With the fleet mobilized, and the forward bases overloaded beyond capacity, she is sent clear across the Confederation, to a base along the peaceful and sleepy sector known as the Rim.
Duel in the Dark is available as an ebook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
CALL TO ARMS: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 2
War. The word spreads like wildfire.
The long-expected invasion is here. The Union force is even stronger than feared, their fleets larger and more powerful than intelligence reports had predicted. They have broken through the forward defenses, and sent the Confederation’s proud fleets into an ignominious retreat.
Call to Arms is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
RUINS OF EMPIRE: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 3
War rages between the Confederation and the Union. Shattered fleets watch each other warily across a war torn frontier. Both sides are licking their wounds, gathering strength to continue the fight.
Captain Tyler Barron and the crew of Dauntless are finally enjoying the rest they’ve earned while their aging battleship Dauntless gets the repairs and refit it desperately needs. But their respite will be short-lived. In the Badlands, deep in the haunted vastness of pre-Cataclysmic space, a new discovery threatens to upset the balance of power.
Ruins of Empire is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
ECHOES OF GLORY: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 4
A Fight to the End…
The Confederation and the Union have fought each other to a standstill. Battered, exhausted fleets eye each other warily across a border that has been a battlefield for three bloody years. Neither side has the strength to attack, and both wait for reinforcements that will allow them to resume the fight.
Echos of Glory is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
CAULDRON OF FIRE: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 5
A Deadly Fight to the Finish…
The warrior culture of the Alliance has fragmented, and comrade fights comrade, brother kills brother. The Red Alliance forces, backed by the Union and its propaganda machine, have the advantage in numbers and position, and they are pushing forward, driving relentlessly toward the final attack, the one that will destroy their enemies.
Cauldron of Fire is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
DAUNTLESS: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 6
The pulsar…an ancient weapon of unimaginable power, one that threatens the Confederation with total destruction. The Union is preparing for the final invasion, one that cannot fail with the great artifact at the head of their fleet. The clock is ticking quickly toward midnight.
Dauntless is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE WHITE FLEET: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 7
The White Fleet is a vast force, powerful and crewed by the toughest veterans from the war. Barron and his people know the future of the Confederation, even its survival, depends on recovering the scientific secrets of the empire before the enemy can do the same.
The White Fleet is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
BLACK DAWN: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 8
A new enemy. A vast domain, one with advanced technology, massive fleets, and a genetically-ordered society and hierarchy it intends to impose on all humanity everywhere. The Hegemony is like nothing Tyler Barron and his comrades have ever encountered…but the veteran admiral must find a way to fight the far superior enemy, to rally the Confederation’s forces, and those of the other Rim nations, for what may well be the final war.
Black Dawn is available as an eBook,
INVASION: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 9
War…like none that has come before.The Hegemony has launched the invasion Tyler Barron and his Confederation comrades have feared, and all the Rim is ablaze with the fires of war and destruction.The Hegemony has brought its vast fleets, its advanced technology, and its endless legions of grim cyborg warriors to impose its system of rigid genetic hierarchy over all humanity on the Rim.
Invasion is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
NIGHTFALL: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 10
Night is falling. The unstoppable Hegemony invasion has reached the very heart of the Confederation. Battle after desperate battle has been fought, and each time, the Confeds have been pushed back, columns of battered and blasted ship retreating from system to system. Now, they prepare to grimly defend the capital world of Megara, the very center of the Confederation.
Nightfall is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE GRAND ALLIANCE: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 11
Hell is Unleashed. The Hegemony controls Megara, the Confederation’s capital. War has raged for five years. Millions are dead, vast fleets of ships have been destroyed. But in the stronghold where Tyler Barron and his comrades have gathered their allies and the last of their strength, a plan is being devised.
The Grand Alliance is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE COLOSSUS: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 12
The Hegemony strikes again. The Confederation and its allies have won their first victory, retaken their capital from he forces of the Hegemony. But the enemy is not beaten, far from it, and they are back, with an unstoppable weapon, a vast superbattleship, a deadly hybrid of imperial and Hegemony technology, called the Colossus.
The Colossus is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE OTHERS: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 13
From the deepest darks of unknown space, evil comes. Admiral Tyler Barron and the Confederation navy face a new threat, darker and deadlier than any that have come before. The Confederation has just concluded its war with the Hegemony, but now that power, so long the hated enemy, is calling for help, for the Confederation to join it to face a deadly invasion, one likely to subjugate all humanity.
The Others is available as an eBook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE LAST STAND: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 14
The Invasion of the Highborn.
The mysterious enemy has come, and Tyler Barron and his allies prepare for the final battle, the desperate struggle to save the Rim. Barron’s spacers are ready to fight, as always, but this time they know little of the enemy, and they face technology far beyond their own.
They will fight to the end if necessary, battle with their final breaths to hold back the deadly enemy. They will stand alongside their old enemies, the Hegemony, united for one massive battle, one all out effort to stop the Highborn.
The Last Stand is available as an
EMPIRE'S ASHES: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 15
Tyler Barron is about to lead his fleet into a trap. He is sure the enemy is laying in wait, but he has no choice. After four years of unexpected calm along the front line, the Senate and the Hegemonic Council are demanding action, and the Pact’s commanding admiral has no choice but to set out on a mission to liberate the enemy-held regions of the Hegemony.
Empire's Ashes is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
ATTACK PLAN ALPHA: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 16
A battle is coming, the greatest the Rim has seen in ten thousand years, a fight for freedom, for the future, for the very survival of all humanity holds dear.
Tyler Barron and his comrades are ready for their greatest test, but even as they prepare to hold the line at Fortress Striker, to turn back the Highborn’s imminent attack, the enemy have opened another front, one far to the rear. Before Barron and his spacers can face their own ordeal, a ragtag force must hold another fortress, an older one that has seen many battles, but has long been neglected and allowed to fall into decay. If they fail, Barron and his vast fleet will face enemies to their front and to the rear…and any chance of victory will be lost.
Attack Plan Alpha is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
DESCENT INTO DARKNESS: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 17
Tyler Barron and his associates are divided, split between two courses of action. Barron doesn't believe in the desperate plan to eradicate the Highborn, the strange virus that has been created for that purpose, but may or may not be the exact formula used by the empire three hundred years ago. There are too many possible problems…a small difference in the virus, a cure created by the enemy…for him to accept the plan. Barron commits instead to a traditional defense, even though he knows the chances of ultimate success are almost zero.
Descent into Darkness is available as an eBook - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
EMPIRE REBORN: The Blood on the Stars Series Book 18
The Final Book in the Blood on the Stars Series...
The human powers have been pushed to the brink, battered and almost destroyed. Their sole possibility for victory, the virus they have invented and deployed seems to be too little, too late. It's usage has only spurred the enemy to quicker action, to finish the war before they have to deal with its effects.
Empire Reborn is available as an eBook
& paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE FAR STARS SERIES
SHADOW OF EMPIRE (The Far Stars Series Book 1)
The first installment in the Far Star series, a swashbuckling space saga that introduces the daring pirate Blackhawk and the loyal crew of the Wolf’s Claw, from Jay Allan, the author of the bestselling Crimson Worlds saga.
Shadow of Empire is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
ENEMY IN THE DARK (The Far Stars Series Book 2)
The second book in the Far Star series follows Blackhawk and the crew of the Wolf’s Claw as they are gradually (and unwillingly) drawn more deeply into Marshal Lucerne’s campaign to form a united power bloc in the Far Stars to resist imperial encroachment.
Enemy in the Dark is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
FUNERAL GAMES (The Far Stars Series Book 3)
The battle for the unification and rule of the Far Stars Confederation will be decided in this exhilarating third and final book in the swashbuckling space saga begun with Shadow of Empire and Enemy in the Dark.
Funeral Games is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE EMPEROR'S FIST (The Far Stars Series Book 4)
In this thrilling new installment in the Far Stars saga, a reluctant hero with a bloody past must reunite with an old love to battle an evil emperor willing to destroy all their worlds if he cannot control them.
The Emperor's Fist is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE CRIMSON WORLDS SERIES
MARINES (The Crimson Worlds Series Book 1)
Erik Cain joined the Marines to get off death row. The deal was simple; enlist to fight in space and he would be pardoned for all his crimes.
In the 23rd Century, assault troops go to war wearing AI-assisted, nuclear-powered armor, but it is still warriors and blood that win battles. From one brutal campaign to the next, Erik and his comrades fight an increasingly desperate war over the resource rich colony worlds that have become vital to the economies of Earth's exhausted and despotic Superpowers.
Marines is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE COST OF VICTORY (The Crimson Worlds Series Book 2)
The Third Frontier War is raging, and all across human-occupied space worlds are burning. Massive fleets struggle for dominance and kilometer-long war ships exchange thermonuclear barrages.
Battered in the early years of the war, the Western Alliance is resurgent. The brilliant Admiral Augustus Garret leads the Alliance fleet from victory to victory, taking the war to the very heart of the enemy empires. And on the ground, Colonel Erik Cain, hero of the Marine Corps, leads his crack troops again into combat, seeking the final battle.
The Cost of Victory is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
A LITTLE REBELLION (The Crimson Worlds Series Book 3)
The Third Frontier War is over, and the Western Alliance is triumphant. All across human-occupied space, colony worlds celebrate the coming of peace. But peace is an elusive dream, and more trouble is brewing. The war was expensive, and the economies of the Superpowers, always fragile, are on the verge of total collapse.
A Little Rebellion is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE FIRST IMPERIUM (The Crimson Worlds Series Book 4)
From the depths of space, a nightmare is coming.
The Alliance and its colonies have reached an uneasy peace, ending the destructive rebellion that had raged on a dozen worlds. No one expects the deal to last, and both sides are preparing for the next showdown.
The First Imperium is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE LINE MUST HOLD (The Crimson Worlds Series Book 5)
Darkness has come.
The robotic legions of the First Imperium burst into human space, destroying everything in their path. Their antimatter-powered fleets drove back the desperately defending human forces, seizing world after world. Directed by the maniacal Regent, the enemy pressed forward with one goal – the destruction of mankind.
The Line Must Hold is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
TO HELL'S HEART (The Crimson Worlds Series Book 6)
The combined forces of humanity have beaten back the First Imperium invasion. For the first time, the enemy has been checked in battle. The cost was high in blood and suffering, but the Line held. The core of human-occupied space has been saved from annihilation. For now.
To Hell's Heart is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE SHADOW LEGIONS (The Crimson Worlds Series Book 7)
A new threat, an unknown enemy in the shadows….
The war with the First Imperium is over, and the shattered Grand Fleet is limping home from the frontier. Erik Cain, Augustus Garret, and the rest of the high command are grimly satisfied that humanity has been saved from the First Imperium menace. There is no joy, however…no elation at the “victory.” The losses this time were too heavy…too personal…to bear. They did what had to be done to drive back the enemy and save the human worlds from certain destruction. Now they are left to find a way to live with the gut wrenching sacrifices that victory had required.
The Shadow Legions is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
EVEN LEGENDS DIE (The Crimson Worlds Series Book 8)
The final battle has begun.
Gavin Stark, the former head of Alliance Intelligence and the bitter nemesis of the Marine Corps, has made his bid for power. The manufactured clone soldiers of his Shadow Legions have seized control of dozens of colony worlds, imposing his brutal rule over millions of colonists. His plan is no less than to subjugate all mankind under his iron fist.
Even Legends Die is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE FALL (The Crimson Worlds Series Book 9)
Vengeance or death…
Erik Cain is the hero of the Marine Corps, a celebrated warrior who has led his grim veterans into every war the Alliance and mankind have faced. But now he has left the Corps, driven to near madness by an overwhelming need for vengeance. He has sworn to kill Gavin Stark, the madman responsible for his mentor’s death and, with a small band of dedicated followers, he is pursuing his prey across occupied space.
The Fall is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
CRIMSON WORLDS REFUGEES SERIES
INTO THE DARKNESS (The Crimson Worlds Refugees Series Book 1)
Terrence Compton is one of Earth’s greatest admirals, a warrior almost without equal. Alongside his oldest friend and brilliant colleague, Augustus Garret, he and his forces saved Earth from invasion by the robotic legions of the First Imperium’s insane computer Regent.
Into the Darkness is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
SHADOWS OF THE GODS (The Crimson Worlds Refugees Series Book 2)
The Fleet Fights On…
Deeper. Farther into the black unknown of space. There is no other path, no way for the lost to go, save forward. Admiral Terrance Compton’s fleet is cut off from Earth, deep in the heart of the enemy First Imperium. A third of his people have died in the year his force had been fleeing from its enemies, but he is as determined as ever to find a new home for his people, a way to save his wartorn fleet
Shadows of the Gods is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
REVENGE OF THE ANCIENTS (The Crimson Worlds Refugees Series Book 3)
A Desperate Struggle…
A battered group of human ships, fighting for survival, fleeing deeper into the far unknown, pursued by the deadly forces of the genocidal artificial intelligence known as the Regent.
Revenge of the ancients is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
WINDS OF VENGEANCE (The Crimson Worlds Refugees Series Book 4)
Earth Two. A new home for the survivors of the fleet, the men and women who battled against seemingly insurmountable odds to survive the assault of the First Imperium and to destroy the homicidal Regent, the artificial intelligence committed to their destruction.
Wings of Vengeance is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
STORM OF VENGEANCE (The Crimson Worlds Refugees Series Book 5)
The Refugees Fight On. Earth Two is a world beset by dangers, inside and out. It’s genetic groupings, the cloned “Tanks,” the “Natural Borns” and the hybrid “Mules” exist uneasily, each wary of the others, even as they rally to face the deadly threat of the First Imperium’s robot warriors.
Storm of Vengeance is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
CRUSADE OF VENGEANCE (The Crimson Worlds Refugees Series Book 6)
Earth Two is a world almost consumed by dangers, on the brink of civil war between the cloned “Tanks,” the “Natural Borns” and the hybrid “Mules.” The only thing that has prevented actual fighting, a conflict that may destroy the young planet, is the existence of an even worse enemy, one that sees the three groupings as part of the same infection. The Regent and the deadly threat of the First Imperium’s robot warriors has provided sufficient fear and incentive to force the human groupings together, to hold off their own contest.
For over thirty years, President Max Harmon and his inner circle have struggled to find the enemy’s location, all while keeping their own planet a secret. But as with all such things, an end must come. Sooner or later, the enemy will discover them…or they it.
Or both.
Crusade of Vengeance is available as an eBook - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
CRIMSON WORLDS SUCCESSORS SERIES
MERCS (The Crimson Worlds Successors Series Book 1)
Earth has been a scarred ruin for three decades, its scattered people struggling to endure amid the poisoned and radioactive wreckage of the final war between its despotic Superpowers. While the people of Earth fight to survive, out on the frontier, on a thousand worlds, mankind thrives and grows, building new civilizations and looking boldly to the future. But man has never been able to live in peace, and even Earth’s sad fate has failed to slow the call to war.
MERCS is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE PRISONER OF ELDARON (The Crimson Worlds Successors Series Book 2)
The Search for Erik Cain…
The Superpowers of Earth have fought their final war, leaving Earth a devastated ruin, populated only by scattered groups of survivors living in primitive squalor. Out in space, however, humanity moves forward, and the former colonies of Earth’s dead nations are now free from the yoke of the despotic governments that had long ruled over them. For many, it is their first taste of liberty. But a thousand free worlds, varying enormously in wealth and power, cannot long exist in peace, and soon they begin to fight, to seek to bend their neighbors to their wills.
The Prisoner of Eldaron is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE BLACK FLAG (The Crimson Worlds Successors Series Book 3)
The Triumvirate. Three clones of Gavin Stark who survived their evil master’s destruction. Now they have cheated death again, downloading their minds into an alien intelligence, a relic of the First Imperium. For three decades they have worked, silently, diligently, preparing their forces for the day that would launch the final assault.
The Black Flag is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
FAR STARS LEGENDS SERIES
BLACKHAWK (The Far Stars Legends Series Book 1)
Blackhawk. A wanderer, a man running from a dark and sinister past. A genetically-engineered warrior, a capable and accomplished killer, he is also a lost soul, a man who has fled to the deepest reaches of space seeking his true identity.
Blackhawk is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE FLAMES OF REBELLION SERIES
FLAMES OF REBELLION (The Flames of Rebellion Series Book 1)
In Flames of Rebellion, a group of rebels fighting for independence sows the seeds of revolution across the galaxy in this blockbuster military sci-fi adventure from Jay Allan, the author of the Crimson Worlds and Far Stars series.
Flames of Rebellion is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
REBELLION'S FURY (The Flames of Rebellion Series Book 2)
Damian Ward thought he was done fighting. But the retired veteran and war hero is now leading the revolution against the oppressive Federal America—a bloody battle for the future of his adopted planet that will cost brave rebel lives. But failure means living under the yoke of tyranny—a price Ward and the people of Haven refuse to pay.
Rebellion's Fury is available as an eBook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
PORTAL WARS SERIES
GEHENNA DAWN (The Portal Wars Series Book 1)
Erastus. An unimaginable nightmare. A searing hot world, covered with cracked, burning deserts and sweltering jungles. A hostile planet far from Earth, it was the most hellish place men have ever tried to survive. Called Gehenna by the condemned men sent to fight there, it forged the few who survived its murderous battles into the strongest soldiers in history.
Gehenna Dawn is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
HOMEFRONT (The Portal Wars Series Book 3)
Jake Taylor and his cyborg soldiers have fought their way from one Portal planet to another, moving steadily homeward with one thought in mind. The utter destruction of the corrupt rulers who sent them to hell to fight and die as pawns in a dishonest war, one started not by the alien enemy, but by Earth’s own UNGov, as a tool in it plot to seize total power.
Homefront is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
THE TEN THOUSAND (The Portal Wars Series Book 2)
General Jake Taylor and his army of cyborg soldiers are veterans of Erastus, a planet so brutal, so hellish, it is called Gehenna by the men sent to fight and die there. He and his comrades battled for years in the most appalling conditions human beings have ever endured, believing the entire time they were protecting Earth from bloodthirsty alien monsters. But it was all a lie, the cynical propaganda of the totalitarian regime that rules over all mankind.
The Ten Thousand is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
STAND ALONES
INVASION
The future. It holds all sorts of positive potential…technological advances, increased life expectancy, improvements in society. But there are negative possibilities too, and perhaps the worst of these is the arrival of an alien race…not just anyone, but a hostile one, intent on conquering humankind.
Hugh McDaniel lives in Queens, New York. He is a genius, and he has been struggling to pick one area to focus his life’s work on. His brother and best friend, Travis, is a Marine officer. They get along very well, despite the differences in their lives, but when the aliens suddenly invade and destroy their entire culture, they are forced to struggle in the ruins, at first just to survive, just to find basic food and medicine. But soon, they set their sights on more…on resistance, and on reclaiming their planet from the invaders.
Invasion is available as an eBook, audiobook & paperback - and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program.
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