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 over 40 books in a dozen 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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Kill Box (Drop Trooper Book 9) Jan 18, 2022

by Rick Partlow

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Book 9 in the Amazon Bestselling Drop Trooper series by Rick Partlow is here. Coming this Holiday Season!

Enemies & Allies (Earth at War Book 4) Sep 30, 2021

by Rick Partlow

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The war is over and Andy Clanton is ready to live happily ever after.

Space Force has other ideas.

Recruited to follow the last signal of the mysterious Elders to a system halfway across the galaxy, Andy joins the crew of the James Bowie for another adventure into the unknown.

The journey will be filled with mystery and wonder, with strange life seeded on far-flung worlds by the godlike Elders…and with danger. For the Elders didn’t leave our galaxy of their own accord. They were driven out by an implacable enemy, something beyond their understanding…and ours.

Now that enemy has returned, and Earth is going to need every ally it can get.

Even the ones who used to be our enemies.

Dragon Award Finalist Rick Partlow's Earth at War series is military sci-fi at its finest: packed with nonstop action and seasoned with grade-A military humor. Jump into the story today!

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Enemy Forces Jun 30, 2022

by Rick Partlow

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Book 5 in the epic military sci-fi series Earth at War coming soon - from bestselling author and Dragon Award Finalist Rick Partlow!

Hellfire: A Military Sci-Fi Mech Series (Mech Force Book 1) Oct 12, 2021

by Rick Partlow, Drew Avera

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Nathan Stout was born to save the world.

Cloned from the genes of heroes past, tossed aside when the Army abandoned the program, Nate has seized his own destiny. Forming the Broken Arrow Mercenary Force, he leads a team of hired guns piloting cutting-edge mechs in a last-ditch effort to restore a United States he never knew.

America is under siege by the Russians and Chinese, its major cities devastated by nuclear terrorism. The Army has retreated, the politicians have abandoned the east coast, and the only thing standing in the way of total devastation is a handful of mercenaries.

But unseen forces are guiding the battles he fights, steering him toward a fate he never imagined, determined to end his dream of a reunited America. Can Nathan Stout’s mech force survive the machinations leading the world toward the hellfires of endless war?

Experience the start of an explosive series from the bestselling author of Drop Trooper. Mechs. Warfare. Intrigue. This is Military Sci-Fi the way it's supposed to be.

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

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It's the final showdown between Cam and a rogue Tahni general... And it might be the end of everything.

Cam and Vicky are chasing down Zan-Thint to his last fortress, a lifeless world deep in Tahni space. If they can't take him down before he activates an ancient alien weapon, a swarm of biomechanical killing machines will wipe out all life in the Commonwealth.

But devastating his enemies is only half of Zan-Thint's plan. He doesn't do anything without an escape route.

And this one will take him--and Cam Alvarez--clear out of the galaxy.

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!

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1st to Fight (Earth at War) Nov 15, 2020

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I retired from the USMC, and now I write about space marines.

I never thought I’d actually become one.

As a sci-fi author with a hit TV show, I have a few ideas about what alien invaders are supposed to look like. In my stories, they’re technologically advanced monsters, with tentacles, and no faces.

Turns out I was right about the technology.

And about how angry they’d be.

But the way they look…that’s more terrifying than even I could have imagined.

They look exactly like us.

Because they are us.

Dragon Award Finalist Rick Partlow's Earth at War series is military sci-fi at its finest: packed with nonstop action and seasoned with grade-A military humor. Jump into the story today!

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

by Rick Partlow

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Ryan Hendrix is dead...
...Or so his family, his girlfriend, and his fellow Marines think.

Terribly wounded during the battle for Hermes, Ryan Hendrix was repaired with cybernetics, transformed into a weapon by Fleet Intelligence…and covertly dropped onto the enemy-occupied colony at Aphrodite to sabotage the enemy and build up a civilian resistance.

While Ryan fights the real battle behind enemy lines, Travis Miller and Jessica Leer struggle with politics…and their new commands. The Earth government is too scared of losing more cruisers to try to take back the occupied colonies, so Travis and Jessica find themselves stuck raiding enemy outposts, trying to draw their attention away so Ryan and the rest of his commandos can do their job.

But Travis Miller didn’t get to be the head of the largest task force in human history by sitting back and doing what he’s told. And when one of those raids turns up key intelligence, Travis will do whatever he has to in order to get back in the real fight.

Book 3 in the explosive Holy War series from the #1 Amazon Bestselling author of Contact Front, Rick Partlow.

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Armageddon: A Military Sci-Fi Series (Holy War Book 4) Nov 23, 2021

by Rick Partlow

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The End is nigh…

The war with the Tahni has dragged on for over two years, taking its toll on the lives of all involved.

On the Aphrodite colony, Marine turned cybernetic commando Ryan Hendrix is readying his civilian militia to make one, final strike against the enemy, in what they know could be a suicide mission.

Back in Commonwealth space, Travis Miller and his task force have finally been given clearance to take back the occupied colony system, but the Tahni have had a year to prepare their defenses and the price in blood will be dear.

And somewhere, across the stars, the Tahni general Tan Kin is guiding his own strike force on a long and circuitous route that will take them behind human lines, for an attack that no one expects…and no one is prepared for.

It will mean the end of the war…and may mean the end of everything.

Book 4 in the next explosive series from the #1 Amazon Bestselling author of Contact Front, Rick Partlow. Coming Fall 2021!

Return Fire (Earth at War Book 3) Dec 26, 2020

by Rick Partlow

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Earth is in turmoil.

The enemy is bearing down on us with every warship they have, and our only allies are in chaos.

Our one hope for survival is Andy Clanton - a hack science fiction writer trying to convince some aliens that humans are worth saving.

It’s an uphill battle, because to the aliens, we are the monsters. We look just like their sworn enemies, the Tevynians, who’ve sworn to wipe out both our civilizations.

When everything falls apart and the fate of the galaxy is on the line, can Andy Clanton pull our fat out of the fire?

He’s outnumbered, outgunned, and in way over his head.

But what else is new?

Dragon Award Finalist Rick Partlow's Earth at War series is military sci-fi at its finest: packed with nonstop action and seasoned with grade-A military humor. Jump into the story today!

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Primary Targets (Earth at War Book 2) Dec 6, 2020

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Old Marines never die...they just become Space Marines

I thought the hard part of helping the Helta defeat the rampaging Tevynians would be the fighting. How wrong I was.

To the Helta, we Earthers look just like the Tevynians, their mortal enemies. And convincing their government to ally with humans may be even beyond the crew of the starship James Bowie.

But the clock is ticking, because the Tevynian fleet is bearing down on the Helta homeworld. If we can’t talk the Helta into accepting our help to fight them off, then Helta Prime will fall…

And Earth will be next.

Dragon Award Finalist Rick Partlow's Earth at War series is military sci-fi at its finest: packed with nonstop action and seasoned with grade-A military humor. Jump into the story today!

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

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We’ve won a battle…but we’re losing the war.

Travis Miller, his image reformed from the moron who screwed up our first contact with aliens to one of the heroes of the Battle for Eden, is given a new assignment: retake the occupied colony of Brigantia. Losing it would be a glancing blow to the Tahni Imperium, but it would Earth’s first solid strike against them, a chance to go on the offensive.

Ryan Hendrix and the Fleet Marines will be the tip of the spear, outfitted with their new Aegis powered armor, while Jessica Leer and her Fleet Strike fighter squadron clears the way for the Marines and their landers, sacrificing their lives to get boots on the ground.

But even a victory on Brigantia won’t mean the end of the war.

And it might just make the Tahni angry enough to do something desperate, to strike deep into the heart of the Commonwealth, where we least expect it…

Once again, Travis is forced to choose between his orders and what he knows is right and, win or lose, for him it’s judgment day…

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

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

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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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