Remnant – First Colony Book 20 Audiobook Is Here

Remnant – First Colony Book 20 is now available in audio!

The Vemus don’t just conquer worlds. They corrupt them from within.

When intelligence reveals evidence of a Vemus Star Probe on the alien world of Edolus, Major Ethan Gates leads a covert strike team to capture it. They must act fast. If the Vemus harness the probe, they can create a new Alpha—an elite commander capable of crushing the Kevoryn’s decade-long resistance in one catastrophic blow.

Nothing on Edolus is what it seems. The Kevoryn are closer to extinction than their own leaders will admit, and every advantage Ethan brings—his team, his hybrid soldiers, even the captive Vemus construct he’s kept in chains—has already been accounted for by the enemy. The Vemus are smarter, more coordinated, and always one step ahead.

The Star Probe is within reach. The Alpha can be stopped.

But some prices, once paid, can never be undone.


Scott Aiello never fails to deliver a masterful performance bringing these beloved characters to life. I’m so thankful that he narrates this series.


The wait is finally over. Thank you for your patience. It really was out of my hands.

As always, thank you for reading and listening to my books.

Until next time.

~Ken

Forsaken Outpost Audiobook Out Now

Forsaken Outpost – First Colony Book 18 is now available in audio!

Every Discovery Comes with a Price…

Stranded thousands of light-years from home after a hyperspace experiment goes catastrophically wrong, General Connor Gates faces a brutal reality: their ship is failing, supplies are dwindling, and home is an impossible distance away.

Their only hope lies with a manipulative alien prisoner who offers a dangerous bargain. Freedom in exchange for guidance to an ancient outpost with technology that could save them all… or doom the galaxy if weaponized.

Every step deeper into uncharted space reveals new perils. The massive alien station they discover—a relic adrift in the void—hints at a universe far grander and more treacherous than humanity ever imagined.

Meanwhile, across the stars, a dormant threat awakens—silently calls to those who can hear it. The Vemus nearly exterminated humanity once. Their return could mean the end of everything.

As Connor races to unlock the station’s secrets before time runs out, he realizes the true danger may not be the vast emptiness of space, but what followed them into it. Some enemies are too dangerous to leave behind, even five thousand light-years from home.

In this gripping space epic, betrayal is almost certain, but survival demands risk. Ancient technologies beckon with salvation and ruin in equal measure.

Can humanity’s scattered defenders outsmart beings who think in centuries rather than moments?

Forsaken Outpost is the 18th book in the bestselling military science fiction series, First Colony. Read the 18th book in this sprawling space opera today!


Narrated by the talented Scott Aiello, who continues to deliver a masterful performance bringing these beloved characters to life.


As always, thank you for reading my books.

Until next time.

~Ken

Pathfinder Audiobook is Out Now!

Pathfinder – First Colony Book 17 is now available in audio!

Being blindsided is never easy, even when you’re on the right track.

Experimenting with technology that stretches our understanding of the universe, Connor and a small group of survivors find themselves stranded on a ship far beyond known space.

The answers they seek may lie in a distant star system, but Connor is about to find out that not all encounters are by chance.

With a crew size too small on a ship that is barely holding together, can Connor find a way to bring them home safe?

Pathfinder is the 17th book in the bestselling military science fiction series, First Colony. Read the 17th book in this sprawling space opera today!


Narrated by the talented Scott Aiello, who continues to deliver a masterful performance bringing these beloved characters to life.


As always, thank you for reading my books.

Until next time.

~Ken

2024 – What a year it’s been.

Status Update: What’s going on?

Pathfinder Audiobook should be out in the next week or so. Scott Aiello has never missed a deadline for me and I have no reason to believe that this will be any different. 

I’m currently working on Book 18 of the First Colony series, and I’m planning for it to be released by the end of March 2025. I plan to write and release two more books in 2025, and I’m leaning toward beginning a new science fiction series. I’m not ready to talk much about that, other than to say it’s been an idea I’ve been kicking around for a while. 

Does this mean the First Colony series is over with Book 18? NO! I plan to write more stories in that series, explore new characters, and revisit some older ones. Writing a long series like First Colony has been rewarding and challenging, and I’m grateful for all your support for it. I’ve been writing in this series for seven years. 

What’s next? I’ve been kicking around an idea for a new science fiction series that I’m going to pursue after I finish First Colony – Book 18. The new series is a fun concept I’ve been playing with and fits nicely into the kinds of stories that I like to write. At the heart of the series I write, I strive to write interesting characters, a clearly defined villain, and exploration that manifests in new technology, locations, or a combination of both. Intertwined in these types of books are the interpersonal relationships that the characters have.

That’s my plan for 2025. Another First Colony book, and two more books in a new series. My schedule for the next six months is as locked in as I can make it. Beyond that is the possibility for change. I never know when a story idea will show up and won’t go away, be it for an existing series or for something new. 

2024 has been a wonderful year, both for me personally and in writing books. I’m so thankful and blessed to be able to write stories for a living. Thank you for reading my work, and for reaching out to me with words of encouragement. I appreciate it. 

Happy New Year!

Ken Lozito

Listen to Resurgence on audio today!

Resurgence – First Colony Book 16 is now available in audio!

Dark secrets lurk among the stars. Are they ready for them?

General Connor Gates is leading a task force on the most ambitious exploration initiative to date. The crew aboard the ships are mix of military and civilian, and include his son, Ethan, who has grown into a well respected leader.

While exploring a strange alien world, the team investigating the wreckage of an alien ship is brutally attacked. The survivors barely escape and are now fighting for their lives and their sanity…including Ethan. They’ve been exposed to a dangerous contagion, and it’s going to spread.

Evidence surfaces that there are prisoners on the planet, and their fates are somehow linked to the survivors on the ship.

For Connor Gates, it’s all or nothing: rescue the people left behind and find a way to heal his son, or lose everything. But when a mysterious alien encounter presents an unthinkable choice, Connor’s decision will affect the future of humanity’s place in the galaxy.

They knew they weren’t alone in the galaxy, but no one could’ve predicted an encounter that would change all the rules.


Narrated by the talented Scott Aiello, who incidentally, was able to deliver this audiobook a month ahead of schedule. Thank you, Scott!

If you haven’t listened to Scott Aiello narrate the First Colony series, give it a try. Scott continues to deliver amasterful performance bringing these beloved characters to life.


As always, thank you for reading my books.

Until next time.

~Ken