There are 12 books in the The System Apocalypse series. The newest book is System Finale which came out in 2022.

What happens when the apocalypse arrives, not via nuclear weapons or a comet but as Levels and monsters? What if you were camping in the Yukon when the world ended?

All John wanted to do was get away from his life in Kluane National Park for a weekend. Hike, camp…

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Redeemer of the Dead

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When all is lost, what makes you go on?

His life a wasteland post-System integration, John Lee struggles to deal with the weight of a world irrevocably changed.

Given great power by chance, his Levels a by-product of a rage that he finds unable to quench, John struggles to find…

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The Cost of Survival

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What cost survival in a post-apocalyptic world?

How much will you sacrifice to survive in a world turned game? When friends and family fall to monsters and aliens everyday, will you choose safety over freedom?

These are the questions the survivors in the Yukon must ask themselves. New alien masters…

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Cities in Chains

Book cover of Cities in Chains

The aliens have won, or so they thought.

System-integrated aliens, arriving onto the Dungeon World that is Earth have taken control over multiple Canadian cities. Their greater knowledge of the System, their higher Levels make them believe they have full control.

But humanity refuses to be chained, and John Lee…

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Coast on Fire

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The Flames of Freedom Consume All, Serf & Owners Alike

Reluctant ruler of the settlements in British Columbia, John and his friends are the spearhead of the human forces on the West Coast of North America. However, his enemies have taken notice of the burgeoning power and bring in external…

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World Unbound

Book cover of World Unbound

One last push for freedom

Four years ago, John Lee disappeared. His return is to a changed world, one where a new balance between human and aliens have been achieved.

Now, John has to find a way to free Earth from Galactic control while battling stronger, more powerful enemies. And…

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Stars Awoken

Book cover of Stars Awoken

New world, old assholes. One good ass-kicking

The Galactic capital of Irvina is a place of deep politics and old, entrenched power structures. If there’s one thing John doesn’t do, it’s injustice and bureaucracy.

Arriving in the capital, John finds a world just as unfair to its citizens as it…

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Rebel Star

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Questions and answers abound in the Rebel Star

Weary and tired from playing Galactic bounty hunter and assassin, John and his crew of intrepid human survivors find themselves in Spaks after their latest escapade bring more heat than ever. In the outcast station of rebels and pirates, John is caught…

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Stars Asunder

Book cover of Stars Asunder
All debts come due, eventually.

To gain his Master Class, John Lee made a deal with the Erethran Empire. Now, the Empire has come to collect on the debt, forcing him to appear in their capital after his last fight. Thrown into Galactic politics of a militarised, System-based society; John…

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Broken Council

Book cover of Broken Council
All actions have consequences

John Lee has come far from his time as a struggling survivor of the System Apocalypse. But now, his actions have gone too far and he has drawn the ire of the Galactic Council.

Not only himself and his friends, but Earth itself, are faced with…

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Forbidden Zone

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They can run, but hiding isn't in their forte

After revealing the deception spread by the Galactic Council and the hidden aspects of the System, John Lee and his friends flee the council building on Irvina.

Just escaping the capital planet will tax them to their utmost. Evading the full…

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System Finale

Book cover of System Finale
There's No Way Home

Not for John Lee. His search for answers for the System Quest has taken him deep into the Forbidden Zone, into the very arms of his enemies. He's betrayed family and friends and been betrayed in turn. The most powerful human in the System has come…