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“Yes, sir!” Sergeant Buckholz grinned from ear to ear. “Jeffe, Aires? You heard the captain. Suit up. I’ll get on the horn with Klysgaard.”

“Come with me, Recruit Tavi.” The captain turned and walked towards the three flags on the poles behind Sergeant Buckholz’s desk. Unsure, Diego followed, and stopped a few feet away from him. The captain coughed and shook his head. “Normally we have a little more pomp and circumstance with these, but time is precious. Since everything in this room...

Coming January 2026 from Baen Books

“Good.” Sergeant Buckholz leaned forward, and his voice changed subtly. “This isn’t an easy life, Diego. We go where the Protectorate needs us to go. We’ve had peace for many years, which is why most people think they want to join. Free education, land, money, glory . . . whatever drives kids these days. But the truth of the matter is, training can be just as dangerous as real combat. You could die in an accident, in combat, in school—”

“Or in an all...

Coming January 2026

The chair was comfortable, far more so than anything Diego was used to. For the first time his eyes darted around the room, taking it all in and understanding very little of it. It wasn’t decorated like any room he’d been in before. There were three flags hanging on poles behind the sergeant’s desk. Off to the right of the flags there was a single digital photo of a much younger-looking Sergeant Buckholz in some sort of armor. Around him were a group of similarly dres...

Good news! Since the eARC for To Tread Obsidian Shores is out, we can do snippets! What are snippets, you ask? Well, it’s basically sneak peaks into the book, given away for free, to entice the reader to buy the book later. I’ll be posting snippets 2-3 times per week from here until release day on January 6, 2026.

Let’s go, shall we?

Release Day is January 6, 2026 TO TREAD OBSIDIAN SHORES Jason Cordova & Melissa OlthoffBOOK 1 OF THE BRONZE LEGIONPROLOGUE

The Lost Bo...

That’s right, the audiobook of the first book in the Quintus Fox series, Bounty Hunter, is LIVE over on Audible. Narrated by the talented Talon Beeson, it’s got that good old western vibe in space that will remind people why Firefly was so popular years later.

There’s a download sample available I would highly recommend if you’re on the fence. Otherwise, mosey on over and get your copy here.

The electronic Advance Reader Copy of To Tread Obsidian Shores by myself and Melissa Olthoff is now available for early access readers over at Baen’s website!

If you’re a booktuber or reviewer who wants a review copy, let me know. I’ll see if we can get Baen to send some out.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A WARRIOR?

The Protectorate of Mars Foreign Legion: A path to citizenship. A fresh start. Defending the Protectorate of Mars against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

HOPE

With itc...

There is something in the human psyche that seems to crave subjugation.

Oh, don’t roll your eyes at me. Give me a chance to explain before you get all huffy. Besides, people pay good money to be told what to do, how to do it, and when to. Throughout history people simply did what they were told, no questions asked. From local warlords to princes and kings, historically speaking, people believed that they were worth less than those who rules over them. The way things are now are, historically ...

I survived!

Yeah, that was a little melodramatic, but considering I was headed to an event where it is rather common for everyone to get some sort of plague, the fact that I was able to dodge the concrud despite being immunocompromised is very impressive indeed and, if I may say so myself, a crowning achievement to an awesome weekend!

Highlights: 500 people showed up to my signing with Matt Dinniman, D.J. Butler, Lucienne Driver, and Jonathan Maberry. Granted, 499 or so were there for ...

This year’s Dragoncon schedule has me busier than ever! But you can still find me on their app.

Friday, August 2910:00AM (Hyatt Embassy AB) — Defining Genre — What is science fiction? What is fantasy? What is urban fantasy? What is LitRPG? What is… pick a genre. Our panelists will attempt to define it for you. A signing featuring these authors will take place in the Westin Overlook following the panel. Featuring D.J. Butler, Jason Cordova, Matt Dinniman, Lucienne Diver, AJ Hartley, a...

My bestest buddy Casper crossed the rainbow bridge today.

His first day home.

I’ve known it was coming but it still hurts. He never really recovered from his tooth extraction back in June and his kidneys decided that it was time to go. I had him on kidney diet and everything to help, but he hated the food and was starving himself, so I let him eat what he wanted and focused on a quality of life thing for as much time as I could get from him.

Wednesday was a really good day for him. He wa...