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The Portal wars series Step through the gateway into a saga where reality bends, loyalty fractures, and existence itself teeters on the edge.
In Part I: Simulation, the boundaries between truth and illusion blur, pulling readers into a cerebral mystery that challenges perception itself.
In Part II: Kaelen’s Treachery, betrayal strikes at the heart of trust, igniting a battle of wills that transforms allies into enemies and tests the resilience of every bond.
In Part III: The Oblivion Core, the conflict escalates to cosmic proportions, where survival hinges not only on strength but on sacrifice, and the fate of worlds hangs in the balance.Together, these volumes weave a gripping journey of mind and heart — a trilogy that dares readers to question what is real, who can be trusted, and how far one will go to save everything from annihilation.
About the Author
Hi, I'm John Newton. I was born in 1952. Amateur folk singer and guitarist, I worked thirty something years in the printing industry, took a couple of years off, to go live on a narrowboat, ran out of money, then spent ten years working in social care.
I retired in 2015. Ten years later, at the age of 72, I've decided that I want to be a Science fiction author. Go figure.
The Portal Wars
What if the world you knew was only a simulation—an illusion crafted by an alien intelligence?
The Portal Wars is a gripping science fiction series about survival, deception, and the fight against an enemy who doesn’t just conquer worlds—they rewrite them.
In Book One: Simulation, Samantha, a former soldier, wakes to find humanity replaced by grey, shifting creatures and a barrier that traps her inside a dying town. With the help of unlikely allies, she uncovers the horrifying truth: Earth is gone, and she’s trapped inside an Overlord construct. The only way out is through the portal.
The Portal Wars Book II Kaelen's Treachery
In Book Two, the battle escalates. Samantha finds herself on Jupiter Alpha One, the massive space station, where humanity has clung to survival, in orbit above a ravaged Earth. General Marcus Kaelen, the station’s commanding officer has treacherous plans, and Maz and George are still lost in the nightmare of the simulation. The fight is no longer about escape—it’s about rewriting the future before the Overlords erase it completely
The Portal Wars Book III The Oblivion Core
In Book III, after Kaelen's escape to the planet and the arrival of the mothership, there are more questions than answers. Samantha, now Commander of the station , discovers what the Array really is, and why the Overlords have not destroyed Jupiter Alpha One.
The overlords are coming, and as the walls fall, and the enemy floods in, humanity faces its final hours. The choices made here, on one station, in one moment, will echo across every world and every dimension.
An explosive conclusion to the Portal Wars trilogy.
Daniel K. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved the slow burn tension; it felt real instead of forced.
Kyle Hudson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Powerful and beautifully written. Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2025. The emotion in this book is on another level. I wasn’t prepared for the compassion between characters who barely know each other but cling together anyway. Ryan is one of the most well-written, fragile, human characters I’ve read in a long time. The book is dark, yes, but incredibly meaningful.
Tracy R. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Couldn’t stop thinking about it afterward. Some books you enjoy and forget. This one sits in your mind for days. The emotional depth, the fear, the trust between the characters, it all felt so real. I still can’t shake the final chapter.
Available Now! Professor Lindsey Morgan doesn’t believe in ghosts. So when a television ghost hunt at an abandoned country house leaves her injured and unable to explain what she saw, she does what she has always done. She looks for a rational explanation. Then people begin to disappear. Hundreds of them. All at the same time. And witnesses begin reporting something else. Shadows. Dark, human shapes that move when nothing is there to cast them. Drawn into an investigation she barely understands, Lindsey finds herself confronting evidence that challenges everything she believes about the world around her. But it is the discovery of biological material left behind by one of the shadows that changes everything. The DNA belongs to Lindsey. And she is still very much alive
They arrived without warning. They took everything. Then they vanished. The world ended in a single night. Towering alien structures—The Blocks—rose across the planet, bringing with them an unstoppable invasion. Cities fell. Nations collapsed. Survivors were forced to live under the rule of an enemy they couldn’t understand. Then, just as suddenly as they came… the Oraxians disappeared. Now the Blocks stand silent. Jake Carter is one of the few still holding humanity together. As leader of a fragile settlement, he fights to protect what remains in a world stripped of order, where every decision means life or death. But something isn’t right.The creatures left behind are changing. The silence beyond the walls feels watched. And the truth about why the Oraxians really left may be far worse than anyone is prepared to face. Jake thought the war was over. He was wrong.