Exiles War · #1

Fleet of the Forgotten

Dan Thornton

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An unlikely hero. An unfinished ship. Humanity's last hope.

Ryan Anders has spent his life fighting for a place in a world that doesn’t want him.
Chosen by lottery to attend the Fleet Academy, he learned quickly that survival means knowing when to keep your head down.

Until the day the sky fills with fire.

Without warning, an alien armada descends, shattering Earth’s defenses and scattering its fleet in a storm of confusion and retreat. Amid the chaos, Ryan seizes an unfinished warship.

The plan is simple: get his friends clear of the slaughter. But the moment they break orbit, the plan is gone. Now they are cut off, flying blind, forgotten.

Their enemy does not speak. Does not negotiate.
And they will not stop until humanity is dust.

Published
November 6, 2025
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Dan Thornton

Dan Thornton writes science fiction with the precision of someone who has lived the discipline and danger he puts on the page. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served aboard the USS America during the Gulf War, guiding fighter jets across the heat-shimmering decks of an aircraft carrier. Those years left him with a deep respect for structure, chaos, and the small human moments that exist between orders, elements that now shape his writing. His debut novel, Fleet of the Forgotten, begins the Exile’s War saga, a military science fiction series that explores duty, sacrifice, and the quiet cost of command. Thornton builds his worlds with a…