Craig Martelle Books in Order
Explore EE Isherwood's Craig Martelle collaborations in order, with short summaries, series background, and an easy guide to where to start.
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Craig Martelle books in publication order
116 books
A Surgeon's Dilemma
by Craig Martelle
2026
Surgeon Chip McClure races to diagnose a dying patient who is not responding to treatment. Insurance resistance and an ex-partner’s determination to save her complicate the effort to get her into surgery before the opportunity for effective care disappears.
A Surgeon's Ordeal
by Craig Martelle
2026
Dangerous experimental operations are putting patients at risk while a charismatic surgeon’s apparent successes shield questionable practices. Pancreatitis expert Chip McClure confronts a medical situation in which shortcuts, unsupported claims and professional authority threaten the people who need treatment.
A Surgeon's Peril
by Craig Martelle
2026
A hospital quarantine leaves Chip McClure facing a deadly new infection and urgent operations few others can perform. As patients worsen, an old enemy seeking revenge turns a medical emergency into a struggle against threats both biological and human.
Airless Night
by Craig Martelle
2026
After the Skinnie armies withdraw, Boristani raiders occupy the buffer zone without following the usual rules of conflict. The Human Force for Peace deploys to Newman’s Planet and its moons to remove the new intruders.
Ares Unleashed
by Craig Martelle
2026
Ares leads four soldiers to the Skinnie home world aboard a captured scout ship. Their mission is to destroy the enemy’s leadership and remove humanity’s greatest threat, even though the orders promise no way home.
Behind Bars
by Craig Martelle
2026
Ben Shepard infiltrates a motorcycle club to kill its president, only to discover a more powerful figure directing it. When his cover collapses, he must survive pursuit by police and bikers long enough to expose the conspiracy behind his assignment.
Faster Than Light
by Craig Martelle
2026
A lunar researcher studying faster-than-light physics discovers that aliens are willing to trade the missing technology for access to Earth’s biosphere. Scientific ambition, corporate secrecy and wealthy interests collide over a bargain that could transform humanity’s future.
Home Front
by Craig Martelle
2026
An alien invasion force appears beyond Jupiter after humanity’s early warning systems fail. With its armies scattered across distant systems, Earth must recall the Human Force for Peace and prepare to defend the solar system.
Leviathan’s Mission
by Craig Martelle
2026
Leviathan answers a distress signal from the galaxy where the ancients fled, taking Team Payne along despite their doubts. Suspicious encounters suggest a trap, and understanding the mission requires more than simply finding the signal’s source.
The Arena
by Craig Martelle
2026
In the Ganymede Cluster, territorial disputes are decided through televised gladiatorial warfare. Humanity must supply a champion and supporting team for seven days of combat, with control of a planet and the soldiers’ lives at stake.
The Dream Listing
by Craig Martelle
2026
New real estate agent Marla gains access to a lakefront mansion and covets its owner's glamorous life and wealthy husband. As her ambitions begin coming true, the community's guarded secrets turn her dream listing into a dangerous obsession.
The Drone War
by Craig Martelle
2026
With the Regulus Treaty collapsing, human forces confront enemies using forbidden combat drones. A mission to secure water on the ice planet Hydros requires negotiations with any aliens present, or battle if those encounters turn hostile.
The Privateers
by Craig Martelle
2026
Derick Rogers has one year to build humanity’s first faster-than-light drive while alien auditors scrutinise the project. Their conflicting aims become more dangerous when a commercial agreement draws the engineers into an intergalactic struggle for dominance.
A Surgeon's Cyclone
by Craig Martelle
2027
A cyclone devastates Cairns while Chip McClure and his team attend a surgical conference. With power gone, buildings flooded and casualties mounting, they must adapt specialist training to chaotic conditions and make painful decisions about who can be saved.
Deadhand's Vengeance
by Craig Martelle
2027
A new contract sends Ben Shepard after a Los Angeles deputy mayor accused of sacrificing the city to gain power. Information from renegade bikers draws him into a criminal empire operating behind respectable political ambitions.
The DNA Factor
by Craig Martelle
2027
Humanity discovers that its agreement with alien trading partners conceals an unequal bargain. Improving the Heim-Dröscher drive becomes a race to establish Earth’s commercial independence, with engineers attempting a leap in speed that could transform the balance of power.















