Rick Partlow

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About Rick Partlow

Rick Partlow is that rarest of species, a native Floridian. Born in Tampa, he attended Florida Southern College and graduated with a degree in History and a commission in the US Army as an Infantry officer.
His lifelong love of science fiction began with Have Space Suit---Will Travel and the other Heinlein juveniles and traveled through Clifford Simak, Asimov, Clarke and on to William Gibson, Walter Jon Williams and Peter F Hamilton. And somewhere, submerged in the worlds of others, Rick began to create his own worlds.
He has written 40 books in ten different series, and his short stories have been included in twelve different anthologies.
He is currently writing the best-selling Drop Trooper series for Aethon Books, a mil-SF alien invasion series, as well as the Earth at War series for Pramantha Publishing.

He lives in central Florida with his wife, two children and two lovable mutts. Besides writing and reading science fiction and fantasy, he enjoys outdoor photography, hiking and camping.

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Genesis: A Military Sci-Fi Series (Holy War Book 1) May 25, 2021

by Rick Partlow

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First contact gone wrong...

It was every starship captain’s nightmare, and for Travis Miller, it was his own personal hell.

He’d done everything by the book, but when the Tahni had attacked him and his crew, there was no choice but to return fire and destroy the first alien vessel humans had ever encountered.

Excoriated in the press, his career in shambles, Travis is exiled to a long patrol of the outer colony worlds. Forgotten, except as a bad example…until the Tahni prove him right by declaring war on the human Commonwealth.

Now, Travis Miller is the tip of the spear. Humanity’s best hope for turning back an overwhelming assault on human space. Because to the Tahni, humans are infidels and this is a holy war…

Don't miss the next explosive series from the #1 Amazon Bestselling author of Contact Front, Rick Partlow. This is Military Sci-Fi the way it's meant to be. It's perfect for fans of Jay Allan, Jasper T. Scott, and Scott Bartlett.

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Judgment Day: A Military Sci-Fi Series (Holy War Book 2) Jun 29, 2021

by Rick Partlow

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Book 2 in the next explosive series from the #1 Amazon Bestselling author of Contact Front, Rick Partlow. Coming Summer 2021!

We Dare: No Man's Land: An Anthology of Strong Female Leads Jun 1, 2021

by Jamie Ibson, Chris Kennedy, Griffin Barber, Rick Partlow, A.K. DuBoff, Sarah A. Hoyt, Quincy J. Allen, Jonathan P. Brazee, Rachel Aukes, Kacey Ezell, Josh Hayes, Joelle Presby, Marie Whittaker, Melissa Olthoff, Marisa Wolf

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Fifteen outstanding authors. Fifteen outstanding female leads!

Ripley facing down the Xenomorph Queen. Sarah Connor fighting the Terminator. David Weber’s Honor Harrington. Science fiction novels and the silver screen are full of badass women kicking butt and taking names. Sometimes it’s the momma bear persona stepping up to defend her young, but, other times, she’s just the meanest one standing—bionic arm or not!

Edited by Jamie Ibson and Chris Kennedy, “We Dare: No Man’s Land” is a collection of 15 all-new stories with female leads. Whether it’s changing an engine on the outside of a spaceship’s hull or chasing SimNACs through the jungle, these heroines have only one goal in mind—to win at all costs! From defending asteroid bases to searching giant space stations, these women get the job done!

What makes female leads great? Does it matter—these women are incredible! Be warned though—they may be referred to as the “fairer” sex, but don’t cross these ladies, or you’re gonna get what you have coming! The authors dared write about these awesome women; will you dare to join them on their adventures? If so, step inside. But beware…this is No Man’s Land!

With stories by:
Marisa Wolf
Rick Partlow
A.K. DuBoff
Jamie Ibson
Marie Whittaker
Griffin Barber
Joelle Presby
Chris Kennedy
Sarah A. Hoyt
Quincy J. Allen
Melissa Olthoff
Jonathan P. Brazee
Rachel Aukes
Josh Hayes
Kacey Ezell

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Shock Action (Drop Trooper Book 7) Jun 15, 2021

by Rick Partlow

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Cam is a Marine, not a spy.

That’s what he keeps trying to tell Fleet Intelligence, but when he and Vicky signed back up, they agreed to follow orders. And their orders are to keep working for the Corporate Security Force and find out what the private paramilitary force knows about Zan-Thint and his plans to use Predecessor technology against the Commonwealth.

The trouble is, the CSF doesn’t seem to care about Zan-Thint anymore. They send Cam and Vicky and a crew of mercenary Drop Troopers to an isolated mining world called Portent. Their job? To put down a rebellion by wildcat miners who don’t want the Corporate Council stealing the fruits of their labor. Somehow, they’ve been able to hire the baddest mercenaries in the Commonwealth to hold onto their planet.

Stuck leading a crew of cutthroat mercenaries who want nothing more than to slaughter the wildcat miners and take their rhenium ore, facing down an even more cutthroat band of mercenaries who’ll kill anyone they consider a threat, Cam and Vicky try to negotiate a course between the two and figure out who’s actually paying the mercenaries and why the Corporate Council is really interested in a backwoods rhenium mine.

Because nothing on Portent is as it seems…and their allies might be just as ready to kill them as their enemies.

Book 7 in the Amazon Bestselling Drop Trooper series by Rick Partlow is here. It's Military Sci-Fi the way it's supposed to be!

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Wholesale Slaughter: The Complete Series Books 1-6: ( A Military Sci-Fi Box Set) Feb 2, 2021

by Rick Partlow

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Six complete books. 2000+ pages of explosive, mech military sci-fi action from Rick Partlow, the Amazon #1 bestselling author of the Drop Trooper Series.

Logan Conner will do anything to save his people, even if it means giving up his name, his title and his honor to become a mercenary mech-warrior, the dregs of the galaxy.

Because only as Jonathan Slaughter the leader of the Wholesale Slaughter mercenary company, can he infiltrate enemy territory and retrieve the technological secrets of a lost empire.

And if they have to fight their way through pirates, bandits and an enemy task force to get there, well…they’re Wholesale Slaughter. Kicking ass is what they do.

And if what they do brings war back to their own front door, so be it. They'll answer the call and defend their homeworld. Because again, Kicking ass is what they do.

Buy this special edition omnibus to experience a complete Military Sci-Fi series filled with plenty of Mech action! It's perfect for fans of Mech Warrior, JN Chaney, Jay Allan, and Joshua Dalzelle.

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Kinetic Strike (Drop Trooper Book 2) May 26, 2020

by Rick Partlow

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The war made him a hero. Now the Marines need him to be a leader.

Cam Alvarez is a Drop-Trooper. A warrior-knight wrapped in the futuristic armor of a high-tech battlesuit, and he’s one of the best. When he’s promoted to sergeant and asked to become a leader, he faces a whole new challenge. The Marines are striking deep into enemy territory and the casualties are mounting.

Cam is torn, knowing his job is to follow orders and carry out the battle plan, even if he doesn’t agree with it. But his squad has become his family, and now he’s being asked to lead his family into battle, knowing it will mean their deaths.

Can a Marine squad leader come up with a better battle plan than the high command? And will anyone listen if he does?

Grab the explosive second installment of Rick Partlow's newest Military Sci-Fi Series and find out!

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Home Front (Drop Trooper Book 5) Nov 17, 2020

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Cam Alvarez was finished with war. But war isn’t finished with him.

Hausos is a peaceful farming colony. Once controlled by the Tahni, it's now settled by a collection of homeless refugees and war veterans, among them Cam and Vicky. Their life is pleasantly boring, quiet enough for demons from the war to nag at the corners of Cam’s mind on lonely nights. He fights the demons back with willpower and alcohol, determined to make this place home.

But the peace doesn’t last. Serpents show up in their pastoral Eden, smugglers from the Pirate Worlds caching weapons on the farms of their neighbors, taking advantage of the colony’s isolation and lack of law enforcement. Cam is worried but he’s a civilian and it’s none of his business.

However, the smugglers are just lackeys for the real mastermind, a former colonel in the Tahni Imperial Army, leading a group of disaffected Tahni soldiers in a quest for revenge against the humans who toppled their society.

Will Cam and Vicky be drawn back into the fight against an old enemy? Will fate finally catch up with them, here on their home front?

The 5th installment of the bestselling Drop Trooper military sci-fi series is here!

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Direct Fire (Drop Trooper Book 4) Jul 21, 2020

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From street criminal to war hero.

From outcast to Marine officer.

The journey has been a long one, but now it’s reaching the end.

Cam Alvarez leads his platoon of Drop-Troopers into the Tahni Imperium, into the final days of the war and the bloodiest battles yet.

The Tahni will throw everything they have into the defense of their core worlds, and when that includes using their own civilians as shields, Lt. Cam Alvarez will have to decide whether to follow orders and fire on civilians or follow his conscience and risk his career…

Rick Partlow's bestselling military sci-fi saga continues with this explosive fourth installment. Grab your copy today!

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Danger Close (Drop Trooper Book 3) Jun 23, 2020

by Rick Partlow

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All Cam Alvarez has known is war.

For three years, he’s fought the marauding alien Tahni on one God-forsaken planet after another, leading a squad of armored Drop Troopers.

But the war is about to change.

Cam is an officer now, fresh out of OCS and taking charge of his old platoon, and things have reached a tipping point. Instead of fighting a desperate holding action against the enemy, the Commonwealth is finally ready to take back the human colonies the Tahni seized early in the war. To free the people the enemy have kept as human shields.

However, victory comes at a price. Both for the hostage colonists and the Marines who fight to free them. When innocent lives are at stake, every shot fired is danger close…

The Drop Trooper Military Sci-Fi Series continues with Danger Close. Grab your copy today!

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Fire Base (Drop Trooper Book 6) Feb 16, 2021

by Rick Partlow

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Death stalks the edges of human space.

Cam Alvarez and Vicky Sandoval have pursued the renegade, Tahni Zan-Thint, to his refuge in the outlaw cartels of the Pirate Worlds. On a planet of endless ocean and volcanic fury, Zan-Thint is coming ever closer to learning the secrets of the ancient alien weapons he’s discovered.

And if Cam and Vicky can’t stop him, he’ll unleash the wrath of a long-dead civilization on all humanity.

Don't miss Book 6 in the Amazon Bestselling Drop Trooper series by Rick Partlow. It's Military Sci-Fi the way it's supposed to be!

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Release Point (Drop Trooper Book 8) Sep 14, 2021

by Rick Partlow

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Book 8 in the Amazon Bestselling Drop Trooper series by Rick Partlow is here. It's Military Sci-Fi the way it's supposed to be!

Revelation: A Military Sci-Fi Series (Holy War Book 3) Aug 24, 2021

by Rick Partlow

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Book 3 the next explosive series from the #1 Amazon Bestselling author of Contact Front, Rick Partlow. Coming Summer 2021!

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