Craig Martelle Reading Order

17 books (2016–2025)

Start with Thru the Darkness, the first of 17 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Thru the Darkness 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Close to the Bones 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Metamorphosis Alpha 2017Buy 🇺🇸
4	Metamorphosis Alpha 2 2017Buy 🇺🇸
5	Tales from the Void 2017Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Expanding Universe 3 2017Buy 🇺🇸
7	Bob's Bar: Tales From the Multiverse, Volume 2 2018Buy 🇺🇸
8	Bob's Bar: Tales from the Multiverse, Volume 1 2018Buy 🇺🇸
9	Bridge Across the Stars 2018Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Expanding Universe 5 2019Buy 🇺🇸
11	Fantastic Realms 2020Buy 🇺🇸
12	Space: 1975 2021Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Expanding Universe 7 2021Buy 🇺🇸
14	No Game for Knights 2022Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Expanding Universe 8 2022Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Expanding Universe 10 2024Buy 🇺🇸
17	Running with Sharp Objects 2025Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2021–2022)

Start with Battleship Leviathan, the first of 6 books in the Battleship: Leviathan series.

6 books (2020–2023)

Start with Mt Rushmore and the Black Hills, the first of 6 books in the Couple's Travels series.

#	Title
1	Mt Rushmore and the Black Hills 2020Buy 🇺🇸
2	Yellowstone 2020Buy 🇺🇸
3	Egypt 2021Buy 🇺🇸
4	Iceland 2023Buy 🇺🇸
5	Rhine River 2023Buy 🇺🇸
6	Scotland 2023Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2016–2024)

Start with Cygnus Expanding: Humanity Fights for Freedom, the first of 4 books in the Cygnus series.

#	Title
1	Cygnus Expanding: Humanity Fights for Freedom 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cygnus Rising: Humanity Returns to Space 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	Cygnus Arrives: Humanity Returns Home 2017Buy 🇺🇸
4	Cygnus Returns: Humanity Refuses to Surrender 2024Buy 🇺🇸

12 books (2017–2018)

Start with Assignment Darklanding, the first of 12 books in the Darklanding series.

2 books (2025–2025)

Start with Defiance and read in order.

6 books (2019–2022)

Start with Begin Again, the first of 6 books in the End Days series.

#	Title
1	Begin Again 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	Blue Apocalypse 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	Broad America 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	Broken Arrow 2019Buy 🇺🇸
5	Beyond Alpha 2021Buy 🇺🇸
6	Bold Action(By: E.E. Isherwood) 2022Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2016–2018)

Start with Endure, the first of 4 books in the End Times Alaska series.

#	Title
1	Endure 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Return 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	Run 2016Buy 🇺🇸
4	Fury 2018Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2018–2018)

Start with Tales from the Kurtherian Universe 2(With: Michael Anderle,Tracey Byrnes,Dominic Novielli,Logan Caird,Micky Cocker,Tim Bischoff,C.R. Wood,Samantha Harmer,Virgel Mitchell) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Tales from the Kurtherian Universe 2(With: Michael Anderle,Tracey Byrnes,Dominic Novielli,Logan Caird,Micky Cocker,Tim Bischoff,C.R. Wood,Samantha Harmer,Virgel Mitchell) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Tales from the Kurtherian Universe 3(By: Michael Anderle,Lisa Frett,Dominic Novielli,Logan Caird,T.L. Gryfen,Lucinda Pebre,S.E. Weir) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Tales from the Kurtherian Universe(By: Michael Anderle,N.D. Roberts,Erika Everest,S.E. Weir,IanM.Nicholson,Micky Cocker,James Gartside) 2018Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (2016–2018)

Start with Adventures on RV Traveler, the first of 9 books in the Free Trader series.

#	Title
1	Adventures on RV Traveler 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Battle for the Amazon 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	Free Trader on the High Seas 2016Buy 🇺🇸
4	Free the North! 2016Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Free Trader of Planet Vii 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Free Trader of Warren Deep 2016Buy 🇺🇸
7	Return to the Traveler 2018Buy 🇺🇸
8	Southern Discontent 2018Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Great Cat Rebellion 2018Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (2021–2026)

Start with Humanity's Last Hope, the first of 7 books in the Glory series.

1 book (2021–2021)

3 books (2024–2024)

Start with Demon's Kiss(By: William Alan Webb,Larry Hoy) and read in order.

9 books (2025–2026)

Start with Antares Sector, the first of 9 books in the I, Soldier series.

8 books (2020–2025)

Start with A Clean Kill, the first of 8 books in the Ian Bragg Thriller series.

#	Title
1	A Clean Kill 2020Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Operator 2020Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Fatal Bragg 2021Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Replacement 2021Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Tower 2023Buy 🇺🇸
6	Live Fire 2024Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Spider and the Scorpion 2024Buy 🇺🇸
8	Contract on a Billionaire 2025Buy 🇺🇸

21 books (2018–2024)

Start with Destroy The Corrupt, the first of 21 books in the Judge, Jury, & Executioner series.

#	Title
1	Destroy The Corrupt 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	You Have Been Judged 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Fratricide 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	Serial Killer 2019Buy 🇺🇸
5	Slave Trade 2019Buy 🇺🇸
6	Your Life Is Forfeit 2019Buy 🇺🇸
7	Adverse Possession 2020Buy 🇺🇸
8	Dispute 2020Buy 🇺🇸
9	Rise of the AI 2020Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Art of Smuggling 2020Buy 🇺🇸
11	Blood Trade 2021Buy 🇺🇸
12	Deception 2021Buy 🇺🇸
13	Jack the Ripper 2021Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Interview 2021Buy 🇺🇸
15	Crime Spree 2022Buy 🇺🇸
16	Say My Name 2022Buy 🇺🇸
17	Succession 2022Buy 🇺🇸
18	Frenzik 2023Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Mob 2023Buy 🇺🇸
20	Torch the Sky 2023Buy 🇺🇸
21	Messiah 2024Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2020–2020)

Start with Krimson Flare, the first of 4 books in the Krimson Empire series.

23 books (2015–2020)

Start with Bite This(By: Michael Anderle), the first of 23 books in the Kurtherian Gambit series.

#	Title
1	Bite This(By: Michael Anderle) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
2	Death Becomes Her(By: Michael Anderle) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Love Lost(By: Michael Anderle) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
4	Queen Bitch(By: Michael Anderle) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
5	Don't Cross This Line(By: Michael Anderle) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	It's Hell To Choose(By: Michael Anderle) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
7	Kneel or Die(By: Michael Anderle) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
8	My Ride is a Bitch(By: Michael Anderle) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
9	Never Forsaken(By: Michael Anderle) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
10	Release The Dogs of War(By: Michael Anderle) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
11	Sued for Peace(By: Michael Anderle) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
12	Under My Heel(By: Michael Anderle) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
13	We Have Contact(By: Michael Anderle) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
14	We Will Build(By: Michael Anderle) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
15	Ahead Full(By: Michael Anderle) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
16	Forever Defend(By: Michael Anderle) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
17	Might Makes Right(By: Michael Anderle) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
18	Never Submit(By: Michael Anderle) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
19	Never Surrender(By: Michael Anderle) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
20	World's Worst Day Ever(With: Michael Anderle,Jeff Morris) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
21	Capture Death(By: Michael Anderle) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
22	Life Goes On(By: Michael Anderle) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Lone Ranger Returns(By: Michael Anderle) 2020Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (2018–2020)

Start with Blockade, the first of 8 books in the Kurtherian Gambit: Age Of Expansion: Bad Company series.

#	Title
1	Blockade 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Price of Freedom 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Bad Company 2018Buy 🇺🇸
4	Destroyer 2019Buy 🇺🇸
5	Liberation 2019Buy 🇺🇸
6	Discovery 2020Buy 🇺🇸
7	Gateway to the Universe 2020Buy 🇺🇸
8	Overwhelming Force 2020Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (2017–2020)

Start with Nomad Avenged, the first of 11 books in the Kurtherian Gambit: Terry Henry Walton series.

#	Title
1	Nomad Avenged 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Nomad Found 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Nomad Mortis 2017Buy 🇺🇸
4	Nomad Redeemed 2017Buy 🇺🇸
5	Nomad Supreme 2017Buy 🇺🇸
6	Nomad Unleashed 2017Buy 🇺🇸
7	Nomad's Force 2017Buy 🇺🇸
8	Nomad's Fury 2017Buy 🇺🇸
9	Nomad's Galaxy 2017Buy 🇺🇸
10	Nomad's Justice 2017Buy 🇺🇸
11	Nomad's Journal 2020Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2019–2019)

Start with Dragon Invasion and read in order.

8 books (2019–2020)

Start with Nightwalker, the first of 8 books in the Nightwalker series.

#	Title
1	Nightwalker 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	Nightwalker 2 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	Nightwalker 3 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	Nightwalker 4 2019Buy 🇺🇸
5	Nightwalker 5 2020Buy 🇺🇸
6	Nightwalker 6 2020Buy 🇺🇸
7	Nightwalker 7 2020Buy 🇺🇸
8	Nightwalker 8 2020Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2025–2025)

3 books (2021–2021)

Start with Echo Breaker and read in order.

#	Title
1	Echo Breaker 2021Buy 🇺🇸
2	Echo Chaser 2021Buy 🇺🇸
3	Echo Ender 2021Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2016–2022)

Start with People Raged: And the Sky Was on Fire-Compendium and read in order.

#	Title
1	People Raged: And the Sky Was on Fire-Compendium 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Loss of Power 2022Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (2016–2020)

Start with Just One More Fight, the first of 8 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

6 books (2016–2026)

Start with It's Not Enough to Just Exist, the first of 6 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	It's Not Enough to Just Exist 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Red Is the Android: Legend from the Starship Warden(With: James M. Ward) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Human Experiment(With: Kevin McLaughlin) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	Veracity of Failure: The Race to Mars(With: Scott Sakatch) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
5	A Surgeon's Dilemma(With: James Toouli) 2026Buy 🇺🇸
6	A Surgeon's Peril(With: James Toouli) 2026Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2023–2024)

Start with Primacy, the first of 6 books in the Starship Lost series.

5 books (2008–2019)

Start with Write Compelling Fiction: Tips, Tricks, & Hints with Examples to Strengthen Your Prose(With: L.J. Martin), the first of 5 books in the Successful Indie Author Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	Write Compelling Fiction: Tips, Tricks, & Hints with Examples to Strengthen Your Prose(With: L.J. Martin) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	Become a Successful Indie Author: Work Toward Your Writing Dream 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Collaborations: When the whole is greater than the sum of the parts 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	Pricing Strategies: Maximize your bottom line for long-term financial health 2019Buy 🇺🇸
5	Release Strategies: Plan your self-publishing schedule for maximum benefit 2019Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2018–2019)

Start with Superdreadnought 1, the first of 6 books in the Superdreadnought series.

6 books (2021–2023)

Start with Heretic, the first of 6 books in the The Zenophobia Saga series.

#	Title
1	Heretic 2021Buy 🇺🇸
2	Messenger 2021Buy 🇺🇸
3	Conflagration 2022Buy 🇺🇸
4	Exodus 2022Buy 🇺🇸
5	Extremist 2022Buy 🇺🇸
6	Emancipation 2023Buy 🇺🇸