This row of paperbacks is my collected output for novels since 2013. That does not include the novel I just delivered, titled CITADEL, because that one obviously doesn’t exist yet in paper form. It also doesn’t represent my total output because I also managed to write four novellas and novelettes for Wild Cards (“Stripes” for our mosaic novel LOW CHICAGO, “Probationary” for KNAVES OVER QUEENS, and the stand-alone stories “How To Move Spheres And Influence People” and “Berlin is Never Berlin” for Tor.com.)
By the way, that’s the correct order of publication, for those of you just getting onto the Frontlines train. The first one is Terms of Enlistment, and the rest follow just as they are sorted in the picture. (The Palladium Wars order is super easy to figure out because the titles are in alphabetical sequence. I stole that trick from Sue Grafton.)
As much as 2020 is a near-total write-off, it’s also going to be my first year with more than one novel release. BALLISTIC, second novel in the Palladium Wars series, was released on May 26th, and ORDERS OF BATTLE, seventh novel in the Frontlines series, will be out on December 8th. (That’s only a little more than a week away! Holy carp.) I’m hoping to keep the two-a-year pace going from now on, but that’s only going to work if 2021 turns out better than the dumpster fire that was 2020.
very sad about the delay in release…..
I just got an email from Audible that my pre-order of Orders of Battle has been delayed until February 9. 🙁
I just got the same email, first Luke Daniels can’t narrate, now this, ouch. Still worth the wait though.
Audible is behind on two books from an author I like that were released this year. And the same has happened to another author I liked who released a book back in February. Amazon company is not doing a good job at running audible.
I was hoping Luke Daniels was going to take the Narration back but I’m not surprised they’re behind.
Any news on why it was delayed?
It seems the book got delayed to February?
Well done, Marko!
As someone who writes after work and family responsibilities are through, I envy your output. But I’ll call it a win that I wrote anything at all in 2020. You continue to inspire 🙂
I would say “2021 would HAVE to be better than 2020,” but I’m afraid even something that trite might jinx us.
My disappointment at lightning not striking twice and giving me a second autographed hardcopy is more than sufficiently salved by the fact the “Orders of Battle” electronic version will be here soon, after being on pre-order since 4-30-20. Of course, it is still 2020.
Not only does that look cool prominently displayed, but it must give you a feeling of accomplishment.