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ⓘ About Terry Maggert
Terry Maggert is a reputed American writer of fantasy, paranormal, and science fiction stories. He has written several wonderful books and series in his career. Some of his most popular works include the Halfway Witchy series, Fearless series, Shattered series, Veil series, Messenger series, and the Starcaster series. To write the last two series, he collaborated with author J.N. Chaney. Author Maggert has also penned a couple of standalone books and short story collections. Over the years of his writing career, he has teamed up with a few fellow authors for doing collaborative work. They include Joshua Robertson, Allyson Brooks, Rob Howell, Brett A. Brooks, J. Fitzpatrick Mauldin, and Jeremy Hicks. Maggert was born and brought up in Hollywood, Florida, United States.
All Book Series by Terry Maggert
Backyard Starship / Destiny is Calling
Series opener · book 1 of 43 · published 2021
Backyard Starship: Origins 2
Book 11 of 43 · published 2022 Anthology · J.N. Chaney
Backyard Starship: Origins 3
Latest in the series · book 43 of 43 · published 2024
Halfway Holiday: A Halfway Witchy Holiday Short
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2019
Cartwright's Cavaliers
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 2016 Anthology · Mark Wandrey
A Fistful of Credits
Book 3 of 12 · published 2017 Anthology · Charles E. Gannon,Brad R. Torgersen,Kacey Ezell,Kevin Ikenberry,Doug Dandridge,Jason Cordova,Chris Kennedy,Mark Wandrey,Terry Mixon,Jon Del Arroz,Christopher G. Nuttall,P.P. Corcoran,Christopher Woods,Jon R. Osborne
For a Few Credits More
Book 7 of 12 · published 2017 Anthology · Josh Hayes,Peter Cawdron,Chris Kennedy,Mark Wandrey,Terry Mixon,Rob Howell,Scott Moon,Tim C. Taylor,J.R. Handley,Thomas A. Mays,Corey Truax
Alpha Contracts
Book 9 of 12 · published 2018 Anthology · Chris Kennedy,Mark Wandrey
CASPer Alamo
Book 10 of 12 · published 2018 Anthology · Eric S. Brown,Jason Brannon
Honor the Threat
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2018 Anthology · Kevin Ikenberry
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Terry Maggert?
Terry Maggert is a reputed American writer of fantasy, paranormal, and science fiction stories. He has written several wonderful books and series in his career. Some of his most popular works include the Halfway Witchy series, Fearless series, Shattered series, Veil series, Messenger series, and the Starcaster series.
Which Terry Maggert series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Fearless series, the earliest of Terry Maggert's multi-book series: it opens with The Forest Bull (2013) and runs to 5 books across 2013–2014, ending with Call of Shadows (2014). Terry Maggert's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Terry Maggert written?
Terry Maggert has 121 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2013 and 2027. 116 of them belong to 12 named series — the largest being the Backyard Starship series with 43 books — and 5 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Terry Maggert's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Terry Maggert's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Fearless (2013–2014, 5 books), Halfway Witchy (2015–2019, 6 books) and Heartborn (2016–2018, 2 books), plus 8 more.
How are Terry Maggert's books organised into series?
This guide splits Terry Maggert's 121 books into 12 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Backyard Starship (43 books, 2021–2026); The Messenger (15 books, 2019–2021); First Peacemaker (9 books, 2025–2026); Gold Medal Marine (6 books, 2025–2027); Halfway Witchy (6 books, 2015–2019), plus 7 further series.