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.
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
Free Trader
1. The Free Trader of Warren Deep (2016)
2. The Free Trader of Planet Vii (2016)
3. Adventures On Rv Traveler (2016)
4. Battle for the Amazon (2016)
5. Free the North! (2016)
6. Free Trader On the High Seas (2016)
7. Southern Discontent (2018)
8. The Great Cat Rebellion (2018)
9. Return to the Traveler (2018)
1. The Free Trader of Warren Deep (2016)
2. The Free Trader of Planet Vii (2016)
3. Adventures On Rv Traveler (2016)
4. Battle for the Amazon (2016)
5. Free the North! (2016)
6. Free Trader On the High Seas (2016)
7. Southern Discontent (2018)
8. The Great Cat Rebellion (2018)
9. Return to the Traveler (2018)
Cygnus Space Opera
1. Cygnus Rising: Humanity Returns to Space (2016)
2. Cygnus Expanding: Humanity Fights for Freedom (2016)
3. Cygnus Arrives: Humanity Returns Home (2017)
4. Cygnus Returns (2024)
1. Cygnus Rising: Humanity Returns to Space (2016)
2. Cygnus Expanding: Humanity Fights for Freedom (2016)
3. Cygnus Arrives: Humanity Returns Home (2017)
4. Cygnus Returns (2024)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
2. Tales from the Kurtherian Universe 2 (2018)
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)
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)
Mystically Engineered (with Valerie Emerson)
1. Dragon Invasion (2019)
2. Dragon Wave (2019)
3. Dragon Redemption (2019)
1. Dragon Invasion (2019)
2. Dragon Wave (2019)
3. Dragon Redemption (2019)
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)
1. Blue Apocalypse (2019)
2. Broken Arrow (2019)
3. Broad America (2019)
4. Begin Again (2019)
5. Beyond Alpha (2021)
6. Bold Action (2022)
Krimson Empire (with Julia Huni)
1. Krimson Run (2020)
2. Krimson Spark (2020)
3. Krimson Surge (2020)
4. Krimson Flare (2020)
1. Krimson Run (2020)
2. Krimson Spark (2020)
3. Krimson Surge (2020)
4. Krimson Flare (2020)
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)
1. Yellowstone (2020)
2. Mt Rushmore and the Black Hills (2020)
3. Egypt (2021)
4. Rhine River (2023)
5. Iceland (2023)
6. Scotland (2023)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Zenophobia (with Brad R Torgersen)
1. Heretic (2021)
2. Messenger (2021)
3. Extremist (2022)
4. Exodus (2022)
5. Conflagration (2022)
6. Emancipation (2022)
1. Heretic (2021)
2. Messenger (2021)
3. Extremist (2022)
4. Exodus (2022)
5. Conflagration (2022)
6. Emancipation (2022)
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)
1. Starship Lost (2023)
2. Starship Lost: The Return (2023)
3. Starship Lost: Primacy (2023)
4. Confrontation (2024)
5. Fallacy (2024)
6. Engagement (2024)
Novels
It's Not Enough To Just Exist (2016)
The Human Experiment (2018) (with Kevin McLaughlin)
Red Is the Android: Legend from the Starship Warden (2019) (with James M Ward)
Veracity of Failure (2023) (with Scott Sakatch)
Defiant (2024)
The Human Experiment (2018) (with Kevin McLaughlin)
Red Is the Android: Legend from the Starship Warden (2019) (with James M Ward)
Veracity of Failure (2023) (with Scott Sakatch)
Defiant (2024)
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)
Tales from the Void (2017) (with others)
Apocalyptic Space Anthology (2019) (with others)
Space: 1975 (2021) (with others)
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)
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)
Anthologies edited
Anthology series
Expanding Universe
1. The Expanding Universe (2016)
2. The Expanding Universe 2 (2017)
3. The Expanding Universe 3 (2017)
4. The Expanding Universe 4 (2018)
5. The Expanding Universe 5 (2019)
6. The Expanding Universe 6 (2020)
7. The Expanding Universe 7 (2021)
8. The Expanding Universe 8 (2022)
9. The Expanding Universe 9 (2023)
10. The Expanding Universe 10 (2024)
1. The Expanding Universe (2016)
2. The Expanding Universe 2 (2017)
3. The Expanding Universe 3 (2017)
4. The Expanding Universe 4 (2018)
5. The Expanding Universe 5 (2019)
6. The Expanding Universe 6 (2020)
7. The Expanding Universe 7 (2021)
8. The Expanding Universe 8 (2022)
9. The Expanding Universe 9 (2023)
10. The Expanding Universe 10 (2024)
Chronicles from the Warden
1. Metamorphosis Alpha (2017)
2. Metamorphosis Alpha 2 (2017)
3. Metamorphosis Alpha 3 (2019)
1. Metamorphosis Alpha (2017)
2. Metamorphosis Alpha 2 (2017)
3. Metamorphosis Alpha 3 (2019)
Series contributed to
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Books containing stories by Craig Martelle
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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