There’s nothing more exciting than a combat drop.
Greetings from the Sub-Arctic!
Did you ever get the feeling that someone was watching you? With their big brown eyes…
The moose have been hanging around our place for the past week. We’ve let our willow grow up so they have their usual food source. They are hungry after a hard winter – the massive amount of snow kept them from grazing on the slim tree branches. They are making up for lost time. This cow is packing on the weight fast. Her calf is nearby, so she’s not eating for two. She’s only eating like a hungry moose…
Stanley will be here on Saturday 🙂 It’ll make for a long week while we’re waiting. He’s oblivious of the epic adventure before him. I expect he’ll sleep just fine when he’s up here, since he’ll get a lot of exercise. There is no limit on how far he’ll get to go.
End Times Alaska is coming soon in a complete edition – all four books under one cover. Here’s an excerpt from Book 4, Fury where Chuck is going through a little self-reflection in a scene where he thinks he’s going to die.
The Marines – we join to show what we’re made of
Do more with less, harder, faster, better
Protect the freedoms of those who would spit on us
Sacrifice by being away
Being there so you don’t have to
Returning to an empty home
Time and again, but we’re Marines
And overseas we go, to a new, exotic place
Finally our bodies fail us and we retire
The accomplishments of a lifetime quickly forgotten
Friends made are left behind. They go their own way
The heart and soul of the warrior become buried
In the deeds and tasks of the day to day
After the dust has settled and we’ve moved away
For us, memories, the sparkle in your eyes
That last hug and kiss goodbye
We search a lifetime for what we once had
Before giving our all for honor and glory
No peace without war
No peace for the warrior
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Metal Legion and more military science fiction!
Scorpion’s Fury is leading the parade into a massive mil SF Story Bundle with books from a number of my friends. It’s great to get together around a fire, enjoy a beer, some barbecue, and talk about warfare in the stars!
The Danger Zone Military SF Bundle, curated by Kevin J. Anderson:
Suit up, grab your blaster and your environment suit, and respond to a galactic call to arms—or at least a call to reading. Fire up your e-reader for this fast-paced Storybundle of Military SF adventures, 19 titles curated by New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson. Name your own price and get them all for as little as $15, with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit the Challenger Learning Centers.
Read more about the NINETEEN books (13 titles, which include two boxed sets) in the bundle here, and make sure to click on each cover for a synopsis, reviews and preview of each book!
Get it right here – https://storybundle.com/scifi
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Cerberus Box Set 1-3 for just 99 cents?
Nolan Garrett is Cerberus. A government assassin, tasked with fixing the galaxy’s darkest, ugliest problems.
3 thrilling novels. 1,000+ pages of fearless heroes, non-stop futuristic action, and neck-breaking plot twists.
Armed with cutting-edge weapons and an AI-run cybernetic suit that controls his paralyzed legs, he is the fist in the shadows, the dagger to the heart of the Nyzarian Empire’s enemies.
Then he found Bex on his doorstep…
A junkie, high on the drug he’d fought for years to avoid, and a former elite soldier like him. So he takes her in to help her get clean—Silverguards never leave their own behind.
If only he’d known his actions would put him in the crosshairs of the most powerful cartel in New Avalon.
Facing an army of gangbangers, drug pushers, and thugs, Nolan must fight to not only carry out his mission, but to prevent the escalating violence from destroying everything he loves.
This Special Edition Omnibus contains the first three books in the thrilling Cerberus military space opera series. It’s perfect for fans of JN Chaney, Jay Allan, and Rick Partlow. Grab your copy today!
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08W9THS7C
Amazon Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08W9THS7C
Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08W9THS7C
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What else am I working on?
Leviathan’s War (Battleship: Leviathan Book 2) is well under way. My target is to get it finished by May 27, then I’ll immediately begin Leviathan’s Final Battle (Book 3). I want to have this trilogy finished by June 15th so I can get it turned in to Aethon Books to get into their system for publication this fall. I’m not sure I’ll get the third and final book done by mid June. I’ll see where I am and turn in what I have so they can get rolling in trying to bid out the audiobooks.
I’m also rewriting Shadow Vanguard 6 – Family Reunion, the last book in Tommy D’s Shadow Vanguard series. I’m trying to commit just 30 minutes a day to this project. I expect it will still take me until August to get it done. We have a cover and once I can get the metadata put together for the product page, we’ll put it up for pre-order.
And then what? I’m starting to waffle. I was looking at Ian Bragg 4, but with the runaway success of Blood Trade, I’m thinking the next installment of Judge, Jury, and Executioner will be what keeps the fans happiest. I’ve ordered the covers for both JJE13 and JJE14 plus I have an initial concept for JJE15:) I’ll make a decision before I finish the Battleship: Leviathan series.
And then Ian Bragg 4 – A Fatal Bragg. That cover is under contract and we should have it in a few weeks. I could use a few more reviews on Ian Bragg (each book’s numbers tell a story). If you read the books and liked them, I’d appreciate a few kind words. We’ll see how book 4 does later this summer. If you’d like to review the books, the series link for the US store is here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FMJKJ69
After that, I’ll be writing Rick Banik’s second book. Let’s dig back into the three-letter agencies and cesspool that is politics in Washington D.C. Or I may be writing Judge, Jury, & Executioner book 14 – Jack the Ripper. The jury is still out…
Love – Haight is a book about a paranormal court, where everyone’s rights are protected, and justice comes for the lawbreakers. A little humor, romance, horror, and mystery. I have the two books for that series to be published, but we decided to hold off on the summer. We’ll publish the first book in August and the second book one month later.
A new coming-of-age fantasy series that I am co-authoring. We are nearly at the end of book one. We need to think up a title and series name.
A military sci-fi series that I’m working on as a co-author. This one is plodding along, but we’ll get there. It’ll be called Old Glory.
I’m sure there’s more…
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Craig Martelle Stories available for free!
- The Green Door of Fate (an audiobook) – https://dl.bookfunnel.com/sjzsmyj5nr or get it as an ebook – https://dl.bookfunnel.com/m4p4psj0t9
- Fear Peace – https://dl.bookfunnel.com/nzhwlsdy1w (a story of galactic betrayal)
- The Tide Changes – https://dl.bookfunnel.com/efxi5f4kjw (A tale from the Four Horsemen Universe)
- Fall Before the Spring – https://BookHip.com/VFBKFS (a Marine’s second chance)
- The Outcast – https://BookHip.com/RDPFHQ (when punishment requires service)
- Information War – https://BookHip.com/GPQBFZ (there’s more than one way to meet aliens)
- Jacob Wild McKilljoy – https://BookHip.com/MFWNLH (a ridiculous comedy romp)
- Just One More Fight – https://BookHip.com/GPLSVB (who is the alien?)
- A Galactic Affair – https://BookHip.com/QADTF (what if the aliens choose who represents humanity?)
- The Human Experiment – https://dl.bookfunnel.com/8g82o72oju (a full-length Sci-Fi novel, in case you haven’t downloaded it yet)
- A Builder’s Angst – https://dl.bookfunnel.com/jm2lqbgxlb (building a megastructure to replace Earth)
- A Language Barrier – https://dl.bookfunnel.com/wmue1fwjqz (communication is not a given)
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Craig Martelle’s Other Books (listed by series, also available in audio)
- Terry Henry Walton Chronicles* (co-written with Michael Anderle) – a post-apocalyptic paranormal adventure
- Gateway to the Universe* (co-written with Justin Sloan & Michael Anderle) – this book transitions the characters from the Terry Henry Walton Chronicles to The Bad Company
- The Bad Company* (co-written with Michael Anderle) – a military science fiction space opera
- Judge, Jury, & Executioner* – a space opera adventure legal thriller with Bad Company cameos
- Shadow Vanguard – a Tom Dublin series
- Superdreadnought* (co-written with Tim Marquitz)– an AI military space opera
- Metal Legion* (co-written with Caleb Wachter) – a military space opera
- The Free Trader* – a young adult science fiction action adventure
- Cygnus Space Opera* – A young adult space opera (set in the Free Trader universe)
- Zenophobia – an alien archaeological space adventure, coming late 2021
- Battleship: Leviathan – a military sci-fi adventure, coming late 2021
- Old Glory (co-written with Ira Heinichen) – pure military sci-fi, coming late 2021
- Darklanding* (co-written with Scott Moon) – a space western
- Mystically Engineered (co-written with Valerie Emerson) – Mystics, dragons, & spaceships
- End Times Alaska* – a Permuted Press publication – a post-apocalyptic survivalist adventure
- Nightwalker (a Frank Roderus series) with Craig Martelle – A post-apocalyptic western adventure
- End Days* (co-written with E.E. Isherwood) – a post-apocalyptic adventure
- Krimson Empire (co-written with Julia Huni) – a galactic adventure
- Successful Indie Author* – a non-fiction series to help self-published authors
- Leader Within – a standalone non-fiction book about leadership
- Metamorphosis Alpha – stories from the world’s first science fiction RPG
- The Expanding Universe – science fiction anthologies
- Monster Case Files (co-written with Kathryn Hearst) – A Warner twins mystery adventure
- Rick Banik* – Spy & terrorism action adventure
- Ian Bragg* – A hitman with a conscience
Books published by Craig Martelle, Inc
- The Dragon’s Call by Angelique Anderson & Craig A. Price, Jr. – an epic fantasy quest
- A Couple’s Travels – a non-fiction travel adventure series
- Mischief Maker by Bruce Nesmith – contemporary fiction on Norse mythology
- Love-Haight by Jean Rabe and Donald J. Bingle – a mystery, horror, humorous, paranormal legal drama
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