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Craig Martelle


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Craig has taken his more than twenty years of experience in the Marine Corps, his legal education, and his business consulting career to write believable characters living in a real world.
Although Craig has written in multiple genres, what he believes most compelling are in-depth characters dealing with real-world issues. Just like Star Trek, the original series used a back drop of space, the themes related to modern day America. Life lessons of a great story can be applied now or fifty years in the future. Some things are universal.
Through a bizarre series of events, Craig ended up in Fairbanks, Alaska. He never expected to retire to a place where golf courses are only open for four months out of the year. But he love it there. It is off the beaten path. He and his wife watch the northern lights from their driveway. Their dog has lots of room to run. And temperatures reach forty below zero. They have from three and a half hours of daylight in the winter to twenty four hours in the summer.

Its all part of the give and take of life. If they didn't have those extremes, then everyone would live there.
 


Genres: Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Thriller, Young Adult Fantasy, Fantasy
 
New and upcoming books
October 2024

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Live Fire
(Ian Bragg Thriller, book 7)
December 2024

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Defiant
 
December 2024

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SgtMaj Smith
(Glory )
Series
Nightwalker (with Frank Roderus)
   1. Nightwalker (2015)
   2. Nightwalker 2 (2019)
   3. Nightwalker 3 (2019)
   4. Nightwalker 4 (2019)
   5. Nightwalker 5 (2019)
   6. Nightwalker 6 (2019)
   7. Nightwalker 7 (2020)
   8. Nightwalker 8 (2020)
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Kurtherian Gambit: Terry Henry Walton (with Michael Anderle)
   1. Nomad Found (2016)
   2. Nomad Redeemed (2017)
   3. Nomad Unleashed (2017)
   4. Nomad Supreme (2017)
   5. Nomad's Fury (2017)
   6. Nomad's Justice (2017)
   7. Nomad Avenged (2017)
   8. Nomad Mortis (2017)
   9. Nomad's Force (2017)
   10. Nomad's Galaxy (2017)
   Nomad's Journal (2017)
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End Times Alaska
   1. Endure (2016)
   2. Run (2016)
   3. Return (2016)
   4. Fury (2017)
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Kurtherian Gambit (with Michael Anderle and Jeff Morris)
   World's Worst Day Ever (2017)
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Age of Expansion : Bad Company
   0. Gateway To The Universe: In Bad Company (2017) (with Michael Anderle and Justin Sloan)
   1. The Bad Company (2017) (with Michael Anderle)
   2. Blockade (2017) (with Michael Anderle)
   3. Price of Freedom (2018) (with Michael Anderle)
   4. Liberation (2018) (with Michael Anderle)
   5. Destroyer (2019) (with Michael Anderle)
   6. Discovery (2019) (with Michael Anderle)
   7. Overwhelming Force (2020) (with Michael Anderle)
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Darklanding (with Scott Moon)
   1. Assignment Darklanding (2017)
   2. Ike Shot the Sheriff (2018)
   3. Outlaws (2018)
   4. Runaway (2018)
   5. An Unglok Murder (2018)
   6. Sagcon (2018)
   7. Race to the Finish (2018)
   8. Boom Town (2018)
   9. A Warrior's Home (2018)
   10. Hunter (2018)
   11. Diver Down (2018)
   12. Empire (2018)
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Fans Write For The Fans (with Michael Anderle, Tim Bischoff, Tracey Byrnes, Logan Caird, Micky Cocker, Samantha Harmer, Virgel Mitchell, Dominic Novielli and C R Wood)
   2. Tales from the Kurtherian Universe 2 (2018)
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Age of Expansion: Judge, Jury, & Executioner
   1. You Have Been Judged (2018)
   2. Destroy The Corrupt (2018)
   3. Serial Killer (2018)
   4. Your Life Is Forfeit (2018)
   5. Slave Trade (2019)
   6. Fratricide (2019)
   7. The Art of Smuggling (2019)
   8. Dispute (2020)
   9. Rise of the AI (2020)
   10. Adverse Possession (2020)
   11. Deception (2021)
   12. Blood Trade (2021)
   13. The Interview (2021)
   14. Jack the Ripper (2021)
   15. Say My Name (2022)
   16. Succession (2022)
   17. Crime Spree (2022)
   18. The Mob (2023)
   19. Torch the Sky (2023)
   20. Frenzik (2023)
   21. Messiah (2024)
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Mystically Engineered (with Valerie Emerson)
   1. Dragon Invasion (2019)
   2. Dragon Wave (2019)
   3. Dragon Redemption (2019)
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End Days (with E E Isherwood)
   1. Blue Apocalypse (2019)
   2. Broken Arrow (2019)
   3. Broad America (2019)
   4. Begin Again (2019)
   5. Beyond Alpha (2021)
   6. Bold Action (2022)
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Krimson Empire (with Julia Huni)
   1. Krimson Run (2020)
   2. Krimson Spark (2020)
   3. Krimson Surge (2020)
   4. Krimson Flare (2020)
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Monster Case Files (with Kathryn Hearst)
   Monster Case Files Complete: Books 0-8 (omnibus) (2020)
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Couple's Travels
   1. Yellowstone (2020)
   2. Mt Rushmore and the Black Hills (2020)
   3. Egypt (2021)
   4. Rhine River (2023)
   5. Iceland (2023)
   6. Scotland (2023)
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Ian Bragg Thriller
   1. The Operator (2020)
   2. A Clean Kill (2020)
   3. The Replacement (2021)
   4. A Fatal Bragg (2021)
   5. The Tower (2023)
   6. The Spider and the Scorpion (2024)
   7. Live Fire (2024)
   8. Contract on a Billionaire (2025)
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Battleship: Leviathan
   1. Battleship Leviathan (2021)
   2. Leviathan's War (2021)
   3. Leviathan's Last Battle (2021)
   4. Leviathan's Trial (2022)
   5. Leviathan Rises (2022)
   6. Leviathan's Fear (2022)
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Not Enough (with Eden Wolfe)
   1. Echo Breaker (2021)
   2. Echo Chaser (2021)
   3. Echo Ender (2021)
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Glory (with Ira Heinichen)
   1. Glory (2021)
   2. Humanity Fights Back (2022)
   3. Humanity's Warriors (2023)
   4. Glory - Humanity's Retribution Part 1 (2024)
   SgtMaj Smith (2024)
   5. Glory - Humanity's Retribution Part 2 (2025)
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Zenophobia (with Brad R Torgersen)
   1. Heretic (2021)
   2. Messenger (2021)
   3. Extremist (2022)
   4. Exodus (2022)
   5. Conflagration (2022)
   6. Emancipation (2022)
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Starship Lost
   1. Starship Lost (2023)
   2. Starship Lost: The Return (2023)
   3. Starship Lost: Primacy (2023)
   4. Confrontation (2024)
   5. Fallacy (2024)
   6. Engagement (2024)
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Novels
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Collections
   Close to the Bones (2017) (with others)
   Tales from the Void (2017) (with others)
   Apocalyptic Space Anthology (2019) (with others)
   Space: 1975 (2021) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Wisdom's Journey (2016)
   Just One More Fight (2016)
   Defense of the Deep Space Denali (2017)
   The Outcast (2018)
   Mystically Engineered (2018)
   Cruiseliner Hades 7 (2018) (with David Arellano, Paul Bachleda, Eddie Jonas, Stephen A Lee, Guy Martelle, Nathaniel Y Sims, Jamie L Soule and James M Ward)
   A Language Barrier (2018)
   A Galactic Affair (2019)
   Information War (2019)
   A Builder's Angst (2020)
   The Tide Changes (2020)
   Green Door of Fate (2023)
   For the World Is Hollow (2023)
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Anthologies edited
   Fantastic Realms (2020)
   Make Them Pay (2021)
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Anthology series
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Series contributed to
Tales From The Multiverse
   1. BOB's Bar (2018) (with others)
   2. BOB's Bar 2 (2018) (with others)
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Bayonet Books Anthology
   10. Clash of Steel (2023) (with others)
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Hit World: Kisses and Chaos
   3. Wendigo (2024) (with Larry Hoy)
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Non fiction
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Omnibus editions show
 
Books containing stories by Craig Martelle
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The Expanding Universe 10 (2024)
(Expanding Universe, book 10)
edited by
Craig Martelle
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Titans Rising (2022)
The Business of Writing Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in the 21st Century
edited by
Chris Kennedy and William Alan Webb

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Award nominations
2018 Dragon Award for Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Price of Freedom


Craig Martelle recommends
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Hell's Horizon (2020)
Jonathan P Brazee and Richard Fox
"As real as combat is and can get without having to be there. Brazee and Fox have crafted the perfect blend of military science-fiction and hyper-reality. You can smell the gunpowder of old mixed with the energy from weapons yet to be."
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The Bone Shroud (2018)
Jean Rabe
"Jean Rabe uses her mastery of flowing prose to immerse you in a world of archaeological intrigue. From the art world to the underworld, keep your mind sharp as the bread crumbs she leaves are there to find if you read with your eyes wide open. With an intrigue reminiscent of Michael Crichton, I expect you'll like this book as much as I did."

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