Books
Currently, there are two book series by J. J. Mathews, one completed with the final volume published 1 March 2023, and another currently under development, (however it is fully drafted and is currently in edit).
- [Sci-Fi Space Opera/Action-Adventure, 16+] The Taylor Neeran Chronicles
- [YA Dystopian, 18+] The Recycled Earth Trilogy
The Taylor Neeran Chronicles
The Taylor Neeran Chronicles are an exploration into this interesting galaxy that we inhabit, and the possibilities that currently lie just beyond our reach in a not-too-distant future. If you ever wondered what kind of influence one human female could possibly have on this unsuspecting galaxy of ours and its future history, read on… 
Praise for the Taylor Neeran Chronicles
★★★★★ “I fell in love with this story of outer space.” – Suzee H.
★★★★★ “I just couldn’t put it down.” – Karen L.
★★★★★ “This is an author we all should be reading and following.” – Paul C.
★★★★★ “This series gets better and better, can’t wait for the next one.” – Margaret H.
★★★★★ “A great series with great characters.” – Fiona R.
A.D. 3485
When it comes to First Contact, there are no second chances.
Now, she may never get that chance.
Taylor went along for the ride to help her mother survey a new planet, and the offer of a few extra course credits for doing field work certainly didn’t hurt.
A planet on the edge of disputed territory, sure, but the war with the Xathen had ended thirty years ago, and the Commonwealth had won. It didn’t matter that the first survey ship failed to return, things like that happen during wartime.
But this was just term break, with two whole months to work alongside her mother and get to know her better while she sharpened her Xenobiology skills in a verdant paradise.
With any luck, she would graduate early.
Then Taylor messed up, big-time.
Now she was lost, alone and struggling to survive, stranded ten thousand light-years from home.
The Recycled Earth Trilogy
Year 998 P.E. (Post Earth)
Miya is just like any other teenager on Ark Three – school, weekend job, and spending time with friends until she turns eighteen. Then she, along with thousands of other young women and men of the same age, will face Selection. In the blink of an eye, Oversight will assign her a job for life – and a husband, tasked to produce a child in their first year of marriage, and exactly one more after that.
She knew why she had to do it. Few people liked Selection, but the alternative was far worse.
Because a thousand years ago humans destroyed the Earth. Dead. No life. Gone. We now live in thirteen Arks orbiting the dead planet, hoping it will someday recover and support life once more. One point three million people are all that is left of the human race, one hundred thousand per Ark. No more, no less, closed loop, until the Searchers find us a new home.
However, what should have been a standard Selection was anything but, and Miya soon fears for her life when she discovers that people are disappearing...
Read more about The Recycled Earth trilogy here.