title: Rachel Aukes
text: # Rachel Aukes
  
  Rachel Aukes is an American horror / science fiction / fantasy novelist best known for the Deadland Saga. She is a Wattpad Star, her stories having over eight million reads. Aukes earliest five books and two short stories were released under the pen name Berinn Rae. Several of her books are self-published under Waypoint Books LLC, her publishing company. She was born in Manchester, Iowa, U.S.A. in 1972 and attended West Delaware high school. She received her undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems and Communications from University of Northern Iowa and a masters of public administration at Drake University. She is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and the International Thriller Writers. She lives in the Midwest.
  
  ## Selected works
  
  ### Guardians of the Seven Seals series
  
  Paranormal Romance, written as Berinn Rae
  
  * Knightfall (Crescent Moon Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-9828200-1-8)
  * Hellbound (Crescent Moon Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-937254-43-8)
  
  ### Colliding Worlds Trilogy
  
  Science Fiction Romance, written as Berinn Rae
  
  * Collision (Simon & Schuster, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4405-5239-7), (Waypoint Books, 2018)
  * Implosion (Simon & Schuster, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4405-6115-3), (Waypoint Books, 2018)
  * Explosion (Simon & Schuster, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4405-6113-9), (Waypoint Books, 2018)
  
  ### Deadland Saga
  
  Horror/Apocalyptic Science Fiction This three-book series is a modern remake of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy with a zombie apocalypse twist.
  
  * 100 Days in Deadland (Waypoint Books, 2013, ISBN 978-0989901802)
  * Deadland's Harvest (Waypoint Books, 2014, ISBN 978-0989901819)
  * Deadland Rising (Waypoint Books, 2014, ISBN 978-0989901826)
  
  ### Fringe Series
  
  Science Fiction
  
  * Fringe Runner (Waypoint Books, 2016, ISBN 978-0989901864)
  * Fringe Station (Waypoint Books, 2016, ISBN 978-0989901871)
  * Fringe Campaign (Waypoint Books, 2017, ISBN 978-0989901888)
  * Fringe War (Waypoint Books, 2018, ISBN 978-0989901895)
  * Fringe Legacy (Waypoint Books, 2019, ISBN 978-1732844902)
  
  ### Tidy Guides
  
  Non-Fiction
  
  * The Tidy Guide to Writing A Novel (Waypoint Books, 2018, ISBN 978-1-7328449-1-9)
  * The Tidy Guide to Self-Editing Your Novel (Waypoint Books, 2019, ISBN 978-1-7328449-2-6)
  * The Tidy Guide to Publishing Your Novel (Waypoint Books, 2019, ISBN 978-1-7328449-5-7)
  
  ### Bounty Hunter Series
  
  Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction
  
  * Bounty Hunter (Waypoint Books, 2020, ISBN 978-1732844964)
  * Bounty Hunter: Dig Two Graves (Waypoint Books, 2020, ISBN 978-1732844971)
  * Bounty Hunter: Nothing to Nobody (Waypoint Books, 2020, ISBN 978-1732844988)
  * Bounty Hunter: Rake and Scrape (Waypoint Books, 2020, ISBN 978-1732844995)
  
  ### Flight of the Javelin Series
  
  Science Fiction
  
  * Black Sheep (Aethon Books, 2020, ISBN 979-8645362140)
  * Free Station (Aethon Books, 2020, ISBN 979-8654918123)
  * Rogue Planet (Aethon Books, 2020, ISBN 979-8670040877)
  
  ### Space Troopers Series (co-written with Jamie McFarlane)
  
  Science Fiction
  
  * Rebel's Call (Aethon Books, 2021, ISBN 979-8509460630)
  * Rebel's Run (Aethon Books, 2021, ISBN 979-8472697088)
  * Rebel's Strike (Aethon Books, 2022, ISBN 979-8797093503)
  
  ### Waymaker Wars Series
  
  Science Fiction
  
  * Space Junk (Aethon Books, 2022, ISBN 979-8441749350)
  * Freezer Burn (Aethon Books, 2022, ISBN 979-8832946030)
  * Malfunction Junction (Aethon Books, 2022, ISBN 979-8839176317)
  
  ### Short fiction
  
  * Stealing Fate (Waypoint Books, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4762368-0-3)
  * Envy's Revenge, Tales from the SFR Brigade, Vol.1 anthology (2013, ISBN 978-1-3012091-9-4)
  * Beer, Bugs, and the End of the World, Stories On The Go (2014, ASIN B00R1GECO6)
  * Cracked, At Hells Gates, Vol. 1 anthology (2015, ISBN 978-1502545398)
  * Perfect, Fat Zombie anthology (Permuted Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1618684387)
  * Control+Alt+Delete, Never Fear anthology (13Thirty Books, 2015, ISBN 978-0692408469)
  * A Tale of Three Deaths, Out of Tune, Volume 2 anthology (Journalstone, 2016, ISBN 978-1942712732)
  * Sweeton's Shangri-La, Run anthology (Seaside Publications, 2016, ISBN 978-1539653936)
  * The Seeker, Imagines anthology (Gallery Books, 2016, ISBN 978-1501130809)
  * Bat Johnson, the Mad Mortician of Mars, Pew! Pew! anthology (Wooden Pen Press, 2017, ISBN 978-1546902126)
  * The Teardrop that became a Torrent, Galactic Frontiers anthology (Shatterhouse Press, 2017, ISBN 978-1618684387)
  * The Fall of Fort Bragg, Missions from the Extinction Cycle Volume 1 anthology (Great Wave Publishing, 2019, ISBN 978-1724159786)
  * Outpost 46: Deadwood, Missions from the Extinction Cycle Volume 2 anthology (Great Wave Publishing, 2019, ISBN 978-1092191715)
  * Golems of War, The Expanding Universe Volume 5 anthology (LMBPN Publishing, 2019, ISBN 978-1691851812)
  * Ragged Old Golem, We Dare: No Man's Land anthology (Theogony Books, 2021, ISBN 978-1648551727)
  * The Bounty Hunter's Creed, We Dare: Wanted, Dead or Alive anthology (Theogony Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1648553813)
  * Heavy Metal Night at the Met, Mega Metal Attack audio anthology (Soundbooth Audio, 2023)
  
  ## Awards and honors
  
  * Named "Best of 2013" by Suspense Magazine (100 Days in Deadland)
  * Named "Best Zombie Books" by Huffington Post (100 Days in Deadland)
  * 2013 RWA Silken Sands Star Award for Best Short Story (Stealing Fate)
  * 2012 Stealing Fate listed as a Recommended Read by USA Today
  * 2012 EPIC Award finalist for Best Fantasy Romance (Knightfall)
  * 2012 Bookie Award nominee for Best Fantasy Romance (Knightfall)
  