John Thornton

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John Thornton will just write this autobiography.

Hi everyone,

Updated as of August 31, 2025.
Thanks for reading this page. For a smoother way to contact me, look for the Colony Ship Eschaton series page on Facebook.

I am getting excellent feedback about the audio versions of my books. And over 3 million page reads through Kindle unlimited. Thank you so much for being readers and listeners to my books. I truly appreciate you.

The Colony Ship Eschaton 10 books), the Colony Ship Vanguard (8 books), the Colony Ship Conestoga (8 books), and the Colony Ship Trailblazer (8 books) are all complete and out in kindle, paperback, and AUDIOBOOKS!
The Colony Ship Warren series (7 books) is complete and all are available as kindle, paperback, and audiobo
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Books I have authored

Hi Goodreads people.

Here is the list of my books as of March 2024.

Sci fi books:

Battle on the Marathon

The Colony Ship Eschaton with ten books. Complete and all on audible.

The Colony Ship Vanguard with eight books. Complete and on all on audible.

The Colony Ship Conestoga with eight books. Complete and all on audible.

The Colony Ship Trailblazer with eight books. Complete and all on audible.

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Published on January 08, 2021 09:14 Tags: books-by-john-thornton
Average rating: 3.98 · 1,258 ratings · 152 reviews · 203 distinct worksSimilar authors
Recovery of a Colony Ship (...

3.56 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions
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Finding the Vanguard (Colon...

3.66 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
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Quest for the Conestoga (Co...

3.78 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions
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Battle on the Marathon

4.38 avg rating — 45 ratings4 editions
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Exploring the Colony Ship (...

3.91 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions
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The Colony Ship Eschaton #1-10

4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions
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Tracking the Trailblazer (C...

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Unknowns of the Colony Ship...

3.91 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions
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Marooned on the Conestoga (...

4.03 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions
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Fate of the Vanguard (Colon...

4.29 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions
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Recovery of a Colony Ship Exploring the Colony Ship Unknowns of the Colony Ship Hunting on the Colony Ship Mysteries on the Colony Ship Discoveries on the Colony Ship Building the Colony Ship
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Finding the Vanguard Trapped on the Vanguard Danger on the Vanguard Searching the Vanguard Enemy on the Vanguard Escaping the Vanguard Defending the Vanguard
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Quest for the Conestoga Marooned on the Conestoga Repairing the Conestoga Alone on the Conestoga Reconnoiter of the Conestoga Conflict on the Conestoga Ascent of the Conestoga
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3.97 avg rating — 227 ratings

Tracking the Trailblazer Tragedy on the Trailblazer Terror on the Trailblazer Tants on the Trailblazer Time on the Trailblazer
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Finding the Vanguard by John Thornton
"Interesting characters and decent action. Good fast read."
Recovery of a Colony Ship by John Thornton
"Good story.

Definitely a good read. The attention of some decent proofreaders and an editor would be beneficial. Far too many typos and unnecessary repetitions."
Orphia and Eurydicius by Elyse John
"I'm having sort of a hard time rating this book because for the first half, I just really wasn't into it. I love a Greek myth retelling, and I thought the genderbent idea was super interesting, but the execution just didn't really work for me. The pr" Read more of this review »
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The Garden of Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
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Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
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The High Crusade by Poul Anderson
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The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A.E. van Vogt
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