A Battleship called Leviathan – bring the Payne

Greetings from the Sub-Arctic!

That’s Stanley way down there. I was trying to walk him, but he hates the rain. He just stopped and looked at me while I kept going. He wasn’t going any farther. This is the trail into the big woods. We’ve worn it down with four walks a day. It looks like a well-kept nature trail. 

And there he is up close – looking at me like I’m a psycho. Such a sad face. All because of a few drops of rain.

Look below for the giveaway of a Kindle Fire HD 8 Plus with a $100 Amazon gift card. This is an effort to build my newsletter (since you’re already subscribed, it’ll look like you’re resubscribing, but my email server only sends one email per address so you might as well enter for a chance to win). I’m advertising this giveaway far and wide, but you guys deserve a chance to win, too.

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The Tyr 

A new alien-invasion series by Richard Fox is on sale for only 99 cents

Can one family save a world?

Daniel Clay fought across the galaxy as a corporate soldier. He left the violence behind for a life of science, raising a family far from the bloodshed of the Corporation. With his wife, Sarah, and son, Michael, he studied the alien Tyr for years, hidden among their complex societies. Their mission should have ended with the arrival of a replacement team. Instead, the Clays’ corporate overlords choose a death sentence: an invasion fleet to conquer the Tyr.

Audio by RC Bray

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Kindle Fire HD8 Plus giveaway with an added bonus of a $100 Amazon gift card 

US Only because of shipping restrictions and the gift card limitations. 

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A giveaway that’s not just for new customers!

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What else am I working on? So much stuff…

Battleship: Leviathan Book 3 – is done and with the editor. Oorah! This series weighed in at 245k words. My beta readers tell me that you’re going to love it. The first book is available for pre-order for only 99 cents! ONLY 99 CENTS! And you’ll be reading it on October 5th when it publishes.

Do you want to read this series before anyone else? I’ve posted all three books on my Patreon. You can read them there along with a metric butt ton of other stuff that has not yet published. 

https://www.patreon.com/craigmartelle

The Expanding Universe 7 – Pre-order is up because DAMN! This is shaping up to be one fine collection with a critical mass of all-star authors. My story, A Deadly Game, is a nice piece of work (I hope you think so, too).

Zenophobia – the trilogy. Anthropomorphic space opera: Think Island of Dr. Moreau in space without the horror, just the search for truth. 

Glory – An epic military science fiction tale, Book 1. We’ll get that published this year. Books 2 and 3 will probably push to next year, but did I tell you that it’s epic? One old ship, barely out of mothballs, little better than scrap, challenged with nothing less than defeating a superior alien enemy. But it carries a secret the aliens don’t know and may not be ready for. Only one shot to save humanity. 

Not Enough Book #1, Echo Breaker, a coming of age fantasy. This balances well for readers of all ages, but especially for those who are growing up and wondering what their place is. A little something for every reader. Book #2 is written and ready to go to the editor along with Book #1. Here’s the near-final cover for Book #1. I’m 58 and I thought this was a great story (I’m sure I”m biased but a good story is a good story).

I have a short story in a Baen anthology coming this fall – a little Sci-Fi Noir. 

And Ian Bragg #4, A Fatal Bragg is being written right now. I’m already past the first 10,000 words. It’s rolling right along. Shooting for 70k-80k words total, and then I’ll probably publish in November once the audiobook is ready and the German translation is underway.

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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 (audio available exclusively from BookFunnel)
• 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