Earthers’ Saga  ·  20 books

The Silver Ships

Where the saga begins. An ice-hauler captain finds a derelict alien ship and everything changes.

About the series

The Silver Ships

Where the saga begins. An ice-hauler captain finds a derelict alien ship and everything changes.

Part of the Earthers’ saga, S. H. Jucha’s forty-four novel future history. The four series share a universe, a timeline and a cast that keeps reappearing generations later. See the full reading order.

Every book in order

All 20 The Silver Ships books, in order.

The Silver Ships cover Book 1 The Silver Ships An explorer-tug captain, Alex Racine spends years in space, harvesting ice asteroids for New Terran’s water-hungry outposts. Libre cover Book 2 Libre The saga of the Rêveur continues in this second novel in The Silver Ships series. Meridien cover Book 3 Meridien The Méridiens are fleeing to their far colonies—and they have reason to run. Haraken cover Book 4 Haraken Nine years of tranquility came to an abrupt end when a Méridien starship entered the Hellébore system, sounding a dire warning for Alex Racine, the Haraken president. Sol cover Book 5 Sol Sol’s warships paid the ultimate price for threatening the Haraken and New Terran worlds. Espero cover Book 6 Espero Trouble infiltrated the Harakens’ capital city of Espero, in the form of New Terra criminal gangs who grew wealthy and powerful on the moons of Ganymede, hiding behind the cover of an ill-conceived mining charter. Allora cover Book 7 Allora Until the Confederation created Allora, it had produced SADEs (self-aware digital entities) for hundreds of years with enormous consistency and harnessed their capabilities to power the society. Celus-5 cover Book 8 Celus-5 For the Sojourn’s initial mission, the Haraken explorer ship undertakes the investigation of Celus-5, a world identified by Willem, a SADE (self-aware digital entity), and his team of scientists, as the best prospect for a new colony. Omnia cover Book 9 Omnia Alex Racine, who led an elite group of humans and SADEs (self-ware digital entities), left the newly discovered planet of Celus-5 under difficult circumstances. Vinium cover Book 10 Vinium After the passage of two decades, the Omnians discovered a second, critical clue about the Nua’ll, humankind’s enemy, while investigating Celus-4, the home world of the intelligent, canine-like aliens, the Dischnya. Nua'll cover Book 11 Nua'll The Omnian expeditionary fleet sails for the faraway place they called “the wall.” The worlds of humankind have consolidated their resources to create a powerful armada to confront the alien federation. Artifice cover Book 12 Artifice The great spheres and probes of Artifice, humankind’s enemy, haunt every inhabited world near and far. Sojourn cover Book 13 Sojourn Artifice, the great enemy, has been defeated. Alliance cover Book 14 Alliance Olawale Wombo and a small contingent of Omnians are sent to assist Earth to uplift its technological prowess. SADEs cover Book 15 SADEs Dangerous forces are at work across galactic space that the Omnians are attempting to stabilize, but their resources are severely strained. Earthers cover Book 16 Earthers Omnians, Earthers, and alliance members are fighting the Colony, the horde of sentient insectoids that threaten alliance space. Talus cover Book 17 Talus Talus, the system comprised of Toralians and the Sisterhood, is under siege. Elvians cover Book 18 Elvians Two crises challenge the Omnians. Q-Gates cover Book 19 Q-Gates Outpost One: Resistance, the peacekeeping station in alliance space, is mired in political turmoil and dangerous conditions from the Colony, a race of giant devouring insectoids. Conclave cover Book 20 Conclave The time is opportune for Alex Racine.

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FAQ

The Silver Ships: questions readers ask

How many books are in the Silver Ships series?

20. They run from The Silver Ships to Conclave.

What order should I read the Silver Ships series in?

In published order, starting at book one. The series is a continuous story rather than a set of standalones. The reading order page covers how this series fits with the other three.

Do I need to read the other series before Silver Ships?

All four series share one universe and timeline, and characters cross between them. Readers usually start with The Silver Ships and read the saga in order, but each series opens a new thread and can be started on its own.

Is the Silver Ships series available on audio?

Most of the saga is narrated. Every book in this series has an audiobook edition. Availability is listed on each book page.