Craig Martelle

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## About the Author

* **Other Names**:
* **Genres**: Science Fantasy, Space Opera, Military, Paramilitary
* **Writing Style**:
* **Books:** Craig Martelle Books

### Biography

I grew up in Iowa, joined the Marine Corps and got to see the best and the worst that the world had to offer. Then earned a law degree. No matter where I went, I always had a book with me.

Thanks to 21st Century technology, I now have hundreds of books loaded on my phone and always with me. This breakthrough allows me to binge read my favorites. How many books would I have read on deployments had I not had to have a physical book with me? I paced myself so I wouldn’t finish too quickly. We aren’t encumbered like that now.

I love the works of Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey, JRR Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, and so many more. I have been compared to Andre Norton and that is humbling – she was an incredible author with a huge list of novels to her credit. With every new book, I aspire to live up to those that you, the readers, have compared me to.

Through a bizarre series of events, I ended up in Fairbanks, Alaska. I never expected to retire to a place where golf courses are only open for four months out of the year. But that’s the way it is. It is off the beaten path. My wife and I get to watch the northern lights from our driveway. Our dog has lots of room to run. And temperatures reach fifty below zero. We have from three and a half hours of daylight in the winter to twenty-four hours in the summer. It’s all part of the give and take of life. If we didn’t have those extremes, then everyone would live in the sub-arctic.

## Series

### Kurtherian Gambit Universe series contribution

1. ​​World's Worst Day Ever (Aside #1) (2017)

#### The Terry Henry Walton Chronicles

* Genres: Space Fantasy, Post Apocalyptic
* Theme: Setting in the Kurtherian Gambit Universe, *Age of Earth*

(*For more information, see The Terry Henry Walton Chronicles article*)

#### The Bad Company series

* Genres: Space Fantasy,
* Theme: Setting in the Kurtherian Gambit Universe, *Age of Expansion*

(*For more information, see The Bad Company series article*)

#### Judge, Jury and Executioner series

* Genres: Space Fantasy,
* Theme: Setting in the Kurtherian Gambit Universe, *Age of Expansion*

(*For more information, see Judge, Jury and Executioner series article*)

#### Superdreadnought series

* Genres: Space Fantasy,
* Theme: Setting in the Kurtherian Gambit Universe, *Age of Expansion*

(*For more information, see Superdreadnought series article*)

#### Fans Write for Fans

* 2. Tales from the Kurtherian Universe 2 (2018)

### End Times Alaska series

* Genres: Post Apocalyptic
	1. Endure (End Times Alaska Book 1) (2016)
	2. Run (End Times Alaska Book 2) (2016)
	3. Return (End Times Alaska Book 3) (2016)
	4. Fury (End Times Alaska Book 4) (2017)

### Assignment Darklanding series

* Genres: Sci Fi Colonization
* Theme: A frontier world. One Sheriff. And all the action one Spaceport can't hold. Darklanding is the wild, wild west of known space.
* Co-Author: Scott Moon
* Series list:
	1. Assignment Darklanding (Assignment Darklanding Book 1) (2017)
	2. Ike Shot the Sheriff (Assignment Darklanding Book 2) (2018)
	3. Outlaws (Assignment Darklanding Book 3) (2018)
	4. Runaway (Assignment Darklanding Book 4) (2018)
	5. An Unglok Murder (Assignment Darklanding Book 51) (2018)
	6. Sagcon (Assignment Darklanding Book 6) (2018)
	7. Race to the Finish (Assignment Darklanding Book 7) (2018)
	8. Boom Town (Assignment Darklanding Book 8) (2018)
	9. A Warrior's Home (Assignment Darklanding Book 9) (2018)
	10. Hunter (Assignment Darklanding Book 10) (2018)
	11. Diver Down (Assignment Darklanding Book 11) (2018)
	12. Empire (Assignment Darklanding Book 12) (2018)

### Mystically Engineered

* Genres: Space Fantasy, Space Exploration
* Theme: Dragons in outerspace
* Co-Author: Valerie Emerson
* Series list:
	1. Dragon Invasion (Mystically Engineered Book 1) (2019)
	2. Dragon Wave (Mystically Engineered Book 2) (2019)
	3. Dragon Redemption (Mystically Engineered Book 3) (2019)

### End Days

* Genres: Post-Apocalyptic Adventure
	1. Blue Apocalypse (End Days Book 1) (2019)
	2. Broken Arrow (End Days Book 2) (2019)
	3. Broad America (End Days Book 3) (2019)
	4. Begin Again (End Days Book 4) (2019)
	5. Beyond Alpha (End Days Book 5) (2021)
	6. Bold Action (End Days Book 6) (2022)

### Krimson Empire

* Genres: Space Opera, SciFi Romance
* Theme:
* Co-Author: Julia Huni
* Series list:
	1. Krimson Run (Krimson Empire Book 1) (2020)
	2. Krimson Spark (Krimson Empire Book 2) (2020)
	3. Krimson Surge (Krimson Empire Book 3) (2020)
	4. Krimson Flare (Krimson Empire Book 4) (2020)

### Monster Case Files

* Co-Author: Kathryn Hearst
* Series list:
	1. Monster Case Files Complete: Books 0-8 (omnibus) (2020)

### Goranth the Mighty

* Co-Author: Jean Rabe
* Series list:
	1. Black Heart of the Dragon God (2021)

### Nightwalker Series

* Genres: Post Apocalyptic
* Theme: A Post Apocalyptic, Western Adventure Novella series
* Co-Author: Frank Roderus
* Series list:
	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)

### Free Trader Series

* Genres: Sci Fi Colonization
	1. The Free Trader of Warren Deep (Free Trader Book 1) (2016)
	2. The Free Trader of Planet Vii (Free Trader Book 2) (2016)
	3. Adventures On Rv Traveler (Free Trader Book 3) (2016)
	4. Battle for the Amazon (Free Trader Book 4) (2016)
	5. Free the North! (Free Trader Book 5) (2016)
	6. Free Trader On the High Seas (Free Trader Book 6) (2016)
	7. Southern Discontent (Free Trader Book 7) (2018)
	8. The Great Cat Rebellion (Free Trader Book 8) (2018)
	9. Return to the Traveler (Free Trader Book 9) (2018)

### Cygnus Space Opera

* Genres: Space Opera, Space Exploration
* Theme: Setting in the Free Trader Universe
* Series list:
	1. Cygnus Rising (Cygnus Space Opera Book 1) (Sep 2016)
	2. Cygnus Expanding (Cygnus Space Opera Book 2) (Nov 2016)
	3. Cygnus Arrives (Cygnus Space Opera Book 3) (2017)

### Battleship: Leviathan

* Genres: Military Sci Fi
	1. Battleship Leviathan (Battleship: Leviathan Book 1) (2021)
	2. Leviathan's War (Battleship: Leviathan Book 2) (2021)
	3. Leviathan's Last Battle (Battleship: Leviathan Book 3) (2021)
	4. Leviathan's Trial (Battleship: Leviathan Book 4) (2022)
	5. Leviathan Rises (Battleship: Leviathan Book 5) (2022)

### Not Enough

* Genres: YA, Paranormal
* Theme:
* Co-Author: Eden Wolf
* Series list:
	1. Echo Breaker (Not Enough Book 1) (2021)
	2. Echo Chaser (Not Enough Book 2) (2021)
	3. Echo Ender (Not Enough Book 3) (2021)

### Glory series

* Genres: Military Sci Fi
* Theme:
* Co-Author: Ira Heinichen
* Series list:
	1. Glory (Glory Book 1) (2021)
	2. Humanity Fights Back (Glory Book 2) (2022)

### The Zenophobia Saga

* Genres: SciFi Adventure
* Theme: A Military Archaeological Space Adventure
* Co-Author: Brad R Torgersen
* Series list:
	1. Heretic (The Zenophobia Saga Book 1) (2021)
	2. Messenger (The Zenophobia Saga Book 2) (2021)
	3. Extremist (The Zenophobia Saga Book 3) (2022)

## Other works

### Collections

* Free Trader, Cygnus, & People Raged: Craig Martelle Starter Library (2017)
* Close to the Bones (2017) (with Mixi J Applebottom, David Berens, Stephen Campbell, Martha Carr, A C Fuller, Lee Hayton, Ethan Jones, John Ling, Erika Mitchell and Basil Sands)
* Tales from the Void (2017) (with Chris Fox, J J Green, Trevor Gregg, Alec Hutson, J S Morin, Saul Roberts, Izzy Shows, Justin Sloan and Sam Witt)
* Apocalyptic Space Anthology (2019) (with Eddie Jonas, Stephen A Lee, Scott Neil, James M Ward, Moses Wildermuth and Chris Williams)
* Craig Martelle Starter Pack (2019) (with Michael Anderle, Tom Dublin, Tim Marquitz, Frank Roderus and Caleb Wachter)
* Space: 1975 (2021) (with Barbara Bain, Ron Collins, Peter David, Ian Douglas, Robert T Jeschonek, Cat Rambo, Annie Reed, Dean Wesley Smith and Marc Scott Zicree)

### Novellas

* 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)
* A Builder's Angst (2020)
* The Tide Changes (2020)