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Visit Craig's web page, craigmartelle.com for the latest posts and updates or find him on Facebook, Author Craig Martelle. Send an email to craig@craigmartelle.com to join his mailing list for the latest on new releases, information on old releases, and anything related to his books.

I see my other lives, a career in the Marines, those damn hand-written tests in law school, a business consultant, as if they're stories from a book. I see my books as if I lived there, as if I were friends with the characters. All things we remember are behind us, only those we imagine lie before.

I'm not sure which place I prefer, but I don't have to choose. They live together in my mind. My books have some award nominations, they have bestseller tags across mu Visit Craig's web page, craigmartelle.com for the latest posts and updates or find him on Facebook, Author Craig Martelle. Send an email to craig@craigmartelle.com to join his mailing list for the latest on new releases, information on old releases, and anything related to his books.

I see my other lives, a career in the Marines, those damn hand-written tests in law school, a business consultant, as if they're stories from a book. I see my books as if I lived there, as if I were friends with the characters. All things we remember are behind us, only those we imagine lie before.

I'm not sure which place I prefer, but I don't have to choose. They live together in my mind. My books have some award nominations, they have bestseller tags across multiple countries. I write about justice, honor, and loyalty because that's what I care about. My stories are mostly set within worlds that haven't been, but could be. We have to be ready for when those times come.

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. ...more

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	Battleship Leviathan (Battleship: Leviathan, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 2,450 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nomad Found (Kurtherian Gambit: Terry Henry Walton Chronicles, #1) by Craig Martelle (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 1,598 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Have Been Judged (Judge, Jury, & Executioner, #1) by Craig Martelle (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 1,364 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nomad Redeemed (Kurtherian Gambit: Terry Henry Walton Chronicles #2) by Craig Martelle (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 1,303 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leviathan's War (Battleship: Leviathan, #2) 4.44 avg rating — 1,255 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nomad Unleashed (Kurtherian Gambit: Terry Henry Walton Chronicles #3) by Craig Martelle (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 1,195 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leviathan's Last Battle (Battleship: Leviathan, #3) 4.52 avg rating — 1,164 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nomad Supreme (Kurtherian Gambit: Terry Henry Walton Chronicles, #4) by Craig Martelle (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 1,168 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nomad's Fury (Kurtherian Gambit: Terry Henry Walton Chronicles #5) by Craig Martelle (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 1,143 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nomad's Justice (Kurtherian Gambit: Terry Henry Walton Chronicles, #6) by Craig Martelle (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 1,089 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kurtherian Gambit: Terry Henry Walton Chronicles (11 books)
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Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author)

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Judge, Jury, & Executioner (20 books)
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Battleship Leviathan (6 books)
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Age of Expansion: The Bad Company (7 books)
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Less Than a Treason (Kate Shugak, #21)

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Craig Martelle answered Katy's question: Hi there Craig, I had one of your books, as an ebook that I think you sent me, on my Kindle. I just clicked on it, and it's actually disappeared from my Kindle, which is strange. Anyhoo, it's called The Green Door of Fate but, when I searched for it online, hoping to buy a copy, I couldn't find it anywhere - does it actually exist, Craig, or am I imagining seeing it? If it does exist, where can I buy it, please? Green Door of Fate is only available at no cost via BookFunnel - https://BookHip.com/HKCAFH or you can listen to it at no cost on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qezh...
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“Being deeply loved brings you strength, while loving deeply gives you courage.”
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“Being ready for war is not the same as making war, or liking it, young human. Make war as a last resort.”
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“You will never be able to push a button and kill people. You will not avoid the horrors. War must be so terrible that people will do almost anything to avoid it. It must be the last resort and in this case, it is, but that decision can only be made by the ones with the most to lose, not someone sitting safely in an underground facility, watching it on the monitors."
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“When the dust settles and we look back,
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End Times Alaska by Craig Martelle”
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“It's the young who will lead us to the future."
Free Trader 4 - Battle for the Amazon”
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