There is nothing like having a happy dog in the house

Greetings from the Sub-Arctic!

Stanley is finally here. He’s settling in and enjoying the great outdoors. How about a few pictures?   

Stanley riding in Comfort Class on the final leg to Alaska. He’s wearing his official gear as a trained Service Animal. He’s also half-stoned from a dog-safe sedative.

He had the window seat and got to watch the takeoff.

He’s making himself right at home rolling around on the floor with Wendy. His tongue is longer than she allowed for, and he licked her face.

He’s in my spot. I guess I’ll move…

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Star Empires Book 5 in the Ascension Gate series – Books 1&2 FREE and Books 3-5 only 99 cents. Celebrate the release of the newest in the series.

A gateway to the stars. A colonization mission gone wrong. New powers found in dark corners of space.

The Marines hold the fate of our universe in their hands.

It was supposed to be a peaceful exploration, Earth’s first step in expanding to the stars. But, no plan survives first contact. Thrown into a battle for survival against the deadliest threats imaginable, the Marines must contend with ice and desert planets with mysterious creatures, along with a history of turmoil that threatens to spill over to Earth if not checked.

Meanwhile, a genetically-engineered threat rises on Earth—one that holds the secret to this intergalactic war.

Will our heroes in space survive long enough to make a difference? Can Earth’s forces solve the mystery and put the pieces together in time?

They damn well better hurry, or an ancient, long-forgotten enemy will gain an unassailable foothold in their control of the universe and all within.

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Galaxy Run – Book 1 is only 99 cents in the new Gunn & Salvo space opera series

Shoot first. Get paid. Save the galaxy… 2 out of 3 ain’t bad.

When deep space bounty hunters Gunn and Salvo chase down a teenager linked to the catastrophic loss of a space station, everything about the job feels off. They’re used to greedy people lying to them. But honest people who should know better? That’s new.

So they do the one thing you don’t do in their line of work: Ask questions.

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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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What else am I working on? 

Nothing new over last week except I’ll be dialing up a bunch of giveaways coming soon :). I have so much stuff in my garage that a friend of mine, Alex Bates, came over last week and organized it all for me and took eBay quality photos of it all for me. Knives, survival things, memento coins, and so much more…

Leviathan’s War (Battleship: Leviathan Book 2) is almost finished 🙂 

I’m also rewriting Shadow Vanguard #6 – Family Reunion, the last book in Tommy D’s Shadow Vanguard series. This book is one third of the way rewritten. Shooting for a September release.

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 #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