Science Fiction is the way to enlightened entertainment
Greetings from the Sub-Arctic!
I made up that title. You can find enlightened entertainment anywhere you look, as long as you’re looking. There’s deeper meaning everywhere. It’s like finding peace in a forest or along a rushing stream.Or in pictures of Stanley as he adventures across the Sub-Arctic!
Our property is bordered on one side by a horse pasture. The horses troop down to the fence to say ‘Hi’ to Stanley when we walk by. He is getting more and more comfortable with them. This tan one is a big boy. I don’t know any of their names. This is Alaska. We’ll do anything for our neighbors except get in their business.
Halloween. We bought four dark chocolate full-size candy bars just in case anyone came by. There are three little girls in the neighborhood and they love Stanley. But this is the Sub-Arctic and sometimes Halloween’s weather is brutal. So no one plans anything. Just in case, though, we bought candy bars that we’ll eat (that aren’t too bad for us). A win-win for us. Four candy bars. Zero given away. We win.
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I’m on my way to Las Vegas! I run the 20Booksto50k(R) author group and I run the conferences. We’ve been working on this one for two years now.
And keep reading to the bottom because there’s cool stuff, like always:)
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Leviathan’s War – Battleship Leviathan Book 2
Is now live! If you pre-ordered, it’s in your Kindle. If you want to read it as part of your Kindle Unlimited subscription, you can do that, too. Now available on Amazon.
One ship stood against many in a war that has lasted a thousand years…
The Blaze are getting their direction and technology from those who had driven the Progenitors from the galaxy.
The Vestrall.
Leviathan takes his select humans to the frontlines in Earth’s war with the Blaze Collective to collect intelligence on where to find the Vestrall. The Blaze aren’t forthcoming.
They go farther, a thousand light-years behind enemy lines to a planet that used to be important. It’s no longer the home of the Vestrall but of a biomechanical race that is little more than drones.
Payne is convinced that their information will lead Leviathan to the heart of the Vestrall for a final battle for primacy.
But they won’t give their knowledge easily. Their gods have commanded them to fight.
Because they carry a secret the Vestrall don’t want Leviathan to know.
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Shadow Vanguard 6 – Family Reunion
Tommy D’s (God rest his soul) final book. We’ve finished the rewrite, editing, quality control reviews, and it is now available! Get it today.
Werewolves running wild? That can’t be true. And a drug trade out of control.
The Shadows are sent in to investigate.
Who is Bloody Darling? Why are drug gangs using werewolves as watch dogs? That’s not how it works.
But that’s how it is in Hopefill City.
Eternity. A drug to take a person away. A little goes a long way to relieve the pain.
The pain of life. The shame of existence.
Jack, Tc’aarlat, and Adina arrive to look into the issues plaguing a station that has not called for help. The Shadows are there in an unofficial capacity, especially since Adina’s uncle has passed away. She has to deal with family.
Family Reunion is the sixth and final thrilling adventure in the Age of Expansion’s Shadow Vanguard series. Grab your copy and dive into the action today!
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Burning Mold
On sale for 99 cents and available in Kindle Unlimited
An interesting concept by a hard science fiction author.
When mold takes over life, what does it mean for mankind?
There has been an outbreak. A strange disease. Is this another pandemic? Few are willing to consider the possibility, fewer still willing to investigate. Humans are too busy to protect their lives. The number of those falling ill is increasing, but is it really an illness, or something else? A being unknown is growing in the dark, becoming ever more powerful. Is it something of man’s design, or is it God’s wrath? Is this the end?
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Next books coming…
Glory – An epic military science fiction tale. 130k words of hard-hitting military science fiction. Books #2 and #3 will push to next year, but did I tell you that it’s epic? One old ship, in mothballs, little better than scrap, challenged with nothing less than defeating a technologically superior alien enemy. But it carries a secret the aliens don’t know and may not be ready for. Drake has one shot to save humanity.
Coming November 22nd
Ian Bragg 4 – A Fatal Bragg
The Marines are under fire…
…and it takes someone outside the government to fix the problem.
Ian and Jenny Bragg return in this standalone suspense action adventure. It’s a race against both the clock and a group that’s been in place for years. And we have a guest in this volume by the name of Rick Banik… You’ll want to get caught up with Rick before you read A Fatal Bragg.
Coming November 26
Available NOW! Ian Bragg Omnibus Books 1-3
And you’ll see the first box omnibus edition is already live because you need a little time to re-read the whole series – might as well do it from this single volume. Read it in Kindle Unlimited at no additional cost to you. Easy peasy hi man breezy.
Heretic (Zenophobia #1)
Only 99 cents during the pre-order period!
An anthropomorphic space opera: Think Island of Dr. Moreau meets Indiana Jones in space. A ragtag band of enemies on a search for the Truth. It’s already on sale for good people to dive in early. Only 99 cents and it’ll be waiting for you at midnight on Nov 28, ready for Cyber Monday.
Coming November 29
Book 2 coming December 26
Book 3 coming January 24, 2022
I have a short story in a Baen anthology called No Time for Knights coming this fall – a little Sci-Fi Noir. A washed-up cop in an America taken over by AI.
After you’ve read this far… I am writing JJE14 – Jack the Ripper.
I’m at the pivot point. The pace is starting to pick up.Pick it up for pre-order right now.
Rivka will match wits with one attempting to bring back the terror of the infamous killer from the 1800s. I’m looking to finish this one by the end of October to publish on December 15th to coincide with the release of Rivka’s third box set with books 9-12.
And if you haven’t picked up any of the Judge, Jury, & Executioner books, then you’ll want to wait until December 20th, when the whole series goes on sale starting with the first book for free. You’ll get book 13 for 99 cents and I’m sorry, but the newest has to pay the bills, so that will remain full price until Book 15 comes out in February or March or maybe April. I’ll have more fidelity after I write Rick Banik 2 – Loss of Power, available for pre-order right now.
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How about Stanley in his Sergeant Stanley on guard pose. He climbs the little bump to get a better look at the horses next door. It’s a requirement every time we go out. Stanley and the four horses…
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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
- 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
- Not Enough (co-written with Eden Wolfe) – a coming of age contemporary fantasy
- Rick Banik* – Spy & terrorism action adventure
- Ian Bragg* – A hitman with a conscience
- Goranth the Mighty (co-written with Jean Rabe) – an epic sword & sorcery adventure
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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