Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini Cell | 2015 | Myke Cole | Buy |
| 2 | Javelin Rain | 2016 | Myke Cole | Buy |
| 3 | Siege Line | 2017 | Myke Cole | Buy |
The Shadow Ops Reawakening Trilogy prequels Cole’s main Shadow Ops series, going back to the chaotic early days when magical abilities first emerged. Gemini Cell (2015), Javelin Rain (2016), and Siege Line (2017) follow military personnel confronting powers that existing doctrine has no playbook for. The trilogy shows the world before the magical-military infrastructure of the main series was built.
Gemini Cell centers on a Navy SEAL who is killed in action and then resurrected through dark magic, forced to share his body with a hostile spirit. Javelin Rain continues that story as the military tries to weaponize the same process. Siege Line shifts to a different conflict at the edge of civilization where the boundary between the real world and the magical one is breaking down.
Cole, a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, brings firsthand military experience to the writing. The trilogy can be read before or after the main Shadow Ops books, though it was published second. Readers new to Cole’s work may prefer to start with the original trilogy for context.