Kratman, Tom
Entry updated 6 November 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1956- ) US professional soldier from the age of seventeen, retiring in 1992 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and author, most of whose work has been Military SF, including his first novel, A State of Disobedience (2003), which details the process of a revolution against a tyrannical US president in 2060. Series include the Legacy of the Aldenata with John Ringo (whom see for details of this Games-oriented sequence involving a Galactic Empire and an Alien Invasion of Earth which is fiercely resisted); and the Desert Called Peace sequence opening with A Desert Called Peace (2007), in which a soldier whose family has been massacred by agents of the world-ruling Caliphate takes terrible revenge, on behalf of his family and in the cause of freedom. [JC]
Tom Kratman
born Boston, Massachusetts: 4 September 1956
works
series
Legacy of the Aldenata
- Watch on the Rhine (New York: Baen Books, 2005) with John Ringo [Legacy of the Aldenata: hb/Kurt Miller]
- Yellow Eyes (New York: Baen Books, 2007) with John Ringo [Legacy of the Aldenata: hb/Kurt Miller]
- The Tuloriad (New York: Baen Books, 2009) with John Ringo [Legacy of the Aldenata: hb/Kurt Miller]
Desert Called Peace
- A Desert Called Peace (New York: Baen Books, 2007) [Desert Called Peace: hb/Kurt Miller]
- Carnifex (New York: Baen Books, 2007) [Desert Called Peace: hb/Kurt Miller]
- The Lotus Eaters (New York: Baen Books, 2010) [Desert Called Peace: hb/Kurt Miller]
- The Amazon Legion (New York: Baen Books, 2011) [Desert Called Peace: hb/Kurt Miller]
- Come and Take Them (New York: Baen Books, 2013) [Desert Called Peace: hb/Kurt Miller]
- The Rods and the Axe (New York: Baen Books, 2014) [Desert Called Peace: hb/Kurt Miller]
- A Pillar of Fire by Night (New York: Baen Books, 2018) [Desert Called Peace: hb/Kurt Miller]
- Days of Burning, Days of Wrath (New York: Baen Books, 2020) [Desert Called Peace: hb/Kurt Miller]
Countdown
- Countdown: The Liberators (New York: Baen Books, 2011) [Countdown: pb/Kurt Miller]
- Countdown: M Day (New York: Baen Books, 2011) [Countdown: pb/Kurt Miller]
- Countdown: H Hour (New York: Baen Books, 2012) [Countdown: pb/Kurt Miller]
individual titles
- A State of Disobedience (New York: Baen Books, 2003) [hb/Stephen Hickman]
- Caliphate (New York: Baen Books, 2008) [hb/Kurt Miller]
- The Romanov Rescue (New York: Baen Books, 2021) with Justin Watson and Kacey Ezell [hb/Dominic Harman]
- Dirty Water (New York: Baen Books, 2023) [hb/]
works as editor
- Terra Nova: The Wars of Liberation (New York: Baen Books, 2019) [anth: Desert Called Peace: hb/Kurt Miller]
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