Nathan Hystad

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About Nathan Hystad

Nathan Hystad is the best-selling author of The Event. He writes about alien invasion, first contact, colonization, and everything else he devoured growing up. He's had hundreds of thousands of copies sold and read, and loves the fact he's been able to reach so many amazing readers with his stories.

Nathan's written over twenty novels, including The Survivors, Baldwin's Legacy, and The Resistance.

He's also done mystery/thrillers with Red Creek, Return to Red Creek, and Lights Over Cloud Lake.

All of Nathan's books are available in audio.

Get Constantine, a free story set in the Baldwin's Legacy universe by signing up for his newsletter at www.nathanhystad.com

The Survivors

The Event
New Threat
New World
The Ancients
The Theos
Old Enemy
New Alliance
The Gatekeepers
The Academy
Old World

Baldwin's Legacy

Confrontation
Unification
Culmination

The Resistance

Rift
Revenge
Return

Red Creek
Return to Red Creek

Lights Over Cloud Lake

The Manuscript

Jasper T. Scott

JN Chaney

Ken Lozito

Scott Bartlett

M.R. Forbes

Craig A. Falconer

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Space Race (Space Race 1) Feb 16, 2021

by Nathan Hystad

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Ten teams. One grand prize. The Race is on.

Arlo Lewis was resigned to his station in life as a supply hauler for one of the Primary Corporations ruling Earth, until an acquisition forces him to re-evaluate his situation.

When he’s hand selected to lead SeaTech’s Race team, he struggles to return to the competitive field he abandoned as a teenager.

With an eager team, and the promise of a better future, Arlo takes on the challenge, only to find more at stake than the rights to Proxima.

Under the threat of a revolution brewing at the finish line, things don’t go as expected.

The galaxy will never be the same. But that may be exactly what Arlo needs.

Join Space Race today!

From the author of The Survivors and Baldwin's Legacy comes a thrilling new series.

Other Formats: Audible Audiobook , Paperback

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

Space Battle (Space Race 2) Mar 30, 2021

by Nathan Hystad

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The race has ended. The new prize is survival.

In the aftermath of the thwarted alien invasion, Arlo teams up with his old nemesis to seek a potential ally. With the creation of FTL outfitted Racers, they’re finally able to cross great distances in a short period of time.

What they find at Refuge is shocking. Aided by their new friends, Arlo must fight his way home, bringing information vital to Earth’s continued existence.

At least now it’s two against one.

The Space Battle is on.

From the author of The Survivors and Baldwin's Legacy comes the stunning sequel to Space Race

Other Formats: Audible Audiobook

New Lies (The Survivors Book Sixteen) Mar 2, 2021

by Nathan Hystad

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A kidnapped friend. A mission of grave importance.

The Alliance Institute is in full swing, with Jules assisting Magnus as students arrive from across the galaxy.

After Dean’s discovery that someone close to him has been abducted, he sets out in search of Regnig. The library has been ransacked, and Suma inadvertently finds what the Academy librarian has been digging his beak into.

When they gain a trail, Dean learns he may not have known Regnig as well as he’d thought.

New lies are as harmful as old ones.

New Lies continues the sweeping Survivors series, with Dean Parker and his daughter at the helm.

Final Days: Escape Aug 4, 2020

by Jasper T. Scott , Nathan Hystad

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The secret of their new home has been revealed.
Now there’s only one thing left to do…
Escape.
Andrew and Kendra have learned what’s on the other side of the ridge, but it leaves them with more questions than answers. Their colony has turned into a dictatorship under the thumb of its delusional self-appointed leader, the Reverend, making their lives a living nightmare.

With a plan in place, and help from their new allies, the group plans to sneak out of the colony and make contact with their new neighbors.

But nothing in Eden is ever as simple as it seems.

Join Earth’s remaining survivors as they struggle for freedom and learn the truth of why they were really saved.

Final Days: Escape is the stunning conclusion to the epic new series by Jasper T. Scott and Nathan Hystad.

Also available on Audible, narrated by the award-winning Ray Porter (We Are Legion, Galaxy's Edge, 14).

Other Formats: Audible Audiobook , Paperback , Audio CD

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

Final Days: Colony Jul 7, 2020

by Jasper T. Scott , Nathan Hystad

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Earth is gone. Eden promises a new start for mankind.
Kendra, Andrew, and the other survivors arrive with Lewis Hound’s chosen people at an unfamiliar planet with more questions than answers: how did they get there? Where did all of the advanced technology come from? And is this really Proxima B Centauri?

The colony ship breaks into sections and makes an emergency landing amidst a meteor shower, and Lewis Hound, Eden’s enigmatic leader, goes missing.

Despite their misgivings and the initial chaos, people soon settle into a routine in the fledgling colony. But a growing number of suspicious circumstances lead Andrew and Kendra to doubt what they’re being told, and they begin to think that there might be more dangerous predators about than the ones on four legs.

With new friends and old adversaries, they struggle to find the truth behind a growing web of deceit.

What is beyond the forbidden mountain ranges that surround the valley where they landed? And where is Lewis Hound?

Final Days: Colony is the second book in an epic new series by Jasper T. Scott and Nathan Hystad.

Also available on Audible, narrated by the award-winning Ray Porter (We Are Legion, Galaxy's Edge, 14).

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Final Days Jun 9, 2020

by Jasper T. Scott , Nathan Hystad

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The countdown to the end of the world has begun.
A mysterious convergence of natural disasters threatens to destroy life as we know it, and people across the United States are going missing. With no one left to investigate, Special Agent Kendra Baker takes the case, trying to solve the disappearances before she’s out of time.

Among those abducted is Valeria Miller, the daughter of ex-Marine Corporal Andrew Miller, and he’ll stop at nothing to find her.

With the help of an unstable conspiracy theorist, they find themselves on the trail of a reclusive billionaire who just might have all the answers.

As the natural catastrophes escalate and the evacuations commence, it becomes a race against the clock to find the abductees before it’s too late.

Final Days is a doomsday science fiction thriller, written by Jasper T. Scott and Nathan Hystad.

Also available on Audible, narrated by the award-winning Ray Porter (We Are Legion, Galaxy's Edge, 14).

Other Formats: Audible Audiobook , Paperback , Audio CD

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

The Resistance: The Complete Series (Books 1-3) Jul 24, 2020

by Nathan Hystad

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The Watchers are done waiting. Invasion is inevitable.

THE RESISTANCE series is together in a single box set for the first time.

The Earth Fleet has known of the Watchers for years, unwilling to share the knowledge. Now it might be too late.

Hidden away from the Fleet, one man is creating a new colony ship destined for the other side of the Rift, but he’s missing a few pieces.

Ace goes from the streets of Earth to the Fleet training facility on the moon. Flint, an ex-Fleet pilot, must decide if a job is worth his life, and Wren, imprisoned for a secret project years ago, is given hope as an unlikely ally whispers words of escape in her ear.

Their journeys lead to Councilman Jarden Fairbanks, who knows of the impending invasion, and has prepared. All they can do is wait for the Rift to open once again.

The Resistance joins an ensemble cast facing immeasurable obstacles. If you enjoy space battles, prison breaks, androids, and aliens, buried under a shroud of mystery, this book is for you. Try it today!

Included Inside:

Rift (The Resistance Book One)
Revenge (The Resistance Book Two)
Return (The Resistance Book Three)

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

The Survivors (Box Set of Books 7-12) (The Survivors Collection Book 2) Nov 6, 2020

by Nathan Hystad

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It all began with The Event, and now the Survivors has become a global best-selling series. For the first time, get books 7-12 together in one box set. Over 1500 pages filled with adventure, friendship, mystery, and or course… aliens.

Included Inside:

New Alliance (The Survivors Book Seven)
The Gatekeepers (The Survivors Book Eight)
New Horizon (The Survivors Book Nine)
The Academy (The Survivors Book Ten)
Old World (The Survivors Book Eleven)
New Discovery (The Survivors Book Twelve)

Continue the epic adventure today!

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New Beginning (The Survivors Book Fifteen) Oct 20, 2020

by Nathan Hystad

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With their old enemy defeated, Dean and Jules can finally look ahead…

Jules is back from an alternate dimension, having tied off all loose ends. She didn’t return alone. Together with this new ally, the Alliance of Worlds begins training a new fleet to defend against inevitable future threats.

With the revelation something alien may be residing within Slate, Dean and the team must follow a trail of clues to determine just where it hails from, and how dangerous it truly is.

Can Slate survive long enough to fight the invader? And will Jules learn to cope with being a normal teenage girl?

Find out as The Survivors starts a riveting sequence with New Beginning.

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Old Secrets (The Survivors Book Thirteen) May 28, 2020

by Nathan Hystad

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The Zan’ra have returned. A Deity demands to be freed from his prison cell.

Under the guidance of Fontem, Dean Parker heads to a distant planet, where he hopes one of the Terellion’s hidden treasures will help him stop an old enemy.

Jules’ loyalty is tested as she’s drawn to others of her own kind, but a secret might be what causes her eventual decision on which side to stand.

In an effort to thwart Lom of Pleva's disastrous plans, a world must be destroyed. Will it be enough?

Find out in Old Secrets, the thirteenth book in the Survivors series.

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The Survivors (Box Set of Books 1-6) (The Survivors Collection Book 1) Jul 30, 2019

by Nathan Hystad

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Get the first six books of the epic space adventure in one collection. Over 1500 pages together for the first time.

Included inside:

The Event (The Survivors Book One)
New Threat (The Survivors Book Two)
New World (The Survivors Book Three)
The Ancients (The Survivors Book Four)
The Theos (The Survivors Book Five)
Old Enemy (The Survivors Book Six)

From The Event

The ships came at dawn.

Dean’s wife is dead. Her last words: When the ships come...wear the necklace.

Then the ships arrived.

Cities all around the world reported strange alien vessels descending. Some saw them as the heralds of a new age; others fired everything they had at them. All were taken as the beams lashed down and drew them into the sky.

Dean was left behind, seemingly the last man on Earth.

A trail of clues left by his dead wife guide Dean on a perilous journey across America and beyond, to learn the truth behind the mysterious ships and save humanity from its doom.

But not everything is as it seems.

Begin the epic Survivors series by best-selling author Nathan Hystad today

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The Deities (The Survivors Book Fourteen) Aug 20, 2020

by Nathan Hystad

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The Zan’ra are disbanded. Jules has vanished to an unknown future.

After a shocking betrayal, Dean Parker regroups, only to discover his daughter is missing.

Jules meets an unexpected ally, and together they seek to eradicate the biggest threat to her family: Lom of Pleva. Jules is torn as she grapples with the recent news of her birthright, but all is revealed in a truly epic showdown.

With ancient gods, and trouble brewing in the Alliance, the crew of Light has their hands full.

The Deities is a tale of hope, adventure, family, and trust. Continue the Survivors series today!

Other Formats: Paperback

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

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