The Quiet Order

The Quiet Order is a Top-10 finalist of the 2025 Books Shelf's book of the year, and a highlighted "Must-read" book from Reedsy Discovery. The awards have only just begun for this unique and exciting tale.

The six-book Quiet Order series will propel you into the life of Captain Kelly Rittenaugh and the crew of the Kronos as they come to terms with being stranded in the sixteenth century. Survival is the least of their concerns as a philosophical struggle splits the crew into two distinct groups over the question: Is history worth protecting, or can we repair what's broken?

This divide will compel not only the Kronos crew but also the reader to choose a side as two secret societies form. Kelly is the visionary for The Quiet Order, a group devoted to protecting the history that they know, while Wilson Ryken leads the Order of the Guardian Bees. Wilson's group is determined to 'fix' the problems in history, for the benefit of a new and uncharted future.

Follow this exciting story as its ramifications creep back into the modern day, where archaeologists discover items 500 years old made by a contemporary company, and the mystery of what happened to the crew of the Kronos unfolds. In searching for answers, a plan far greater than a simple accident is uncovered, thrusting Colton Shaw and his colleagues into a firestorm.

Protect or fix history?

Choose your side!