Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Burning Dark | 2014 | Adam Christopher | Buy |
| 2 | Cold War | 2014 | Adam Christopher | Buy |
| 3 | The Machine Awakes | 2015 | Adam Christopher | Buy |
| 4 | The Dead Stars | 2018 | Adam Christopher | Buy |
The Spider Wars series by Adam Christopher is a space opera set in a future where humanity fights an interstellar war against a machine intelligence known as the Spiders. The first book, The Burning Dark, was published in 2014 and introduces a decorated war hero stationed on a remote space station who begins picking up a strange radio signal that shouldn’t exist.
The series blends military science fiction with paranoia and horror elements. Cold War, released alongside the first novel, provides additional background on the conflict, while The Machine Awakes and The Dead Stars continue the main storyline through 2018. The books mix large-scale space battles with smaller, more claustrophobic settings where the real threat isn’t always obvious.