Kloos, Marko
Entry updated 21 October 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1971- ) German author, in US from early adulthood, who began to publish work of genre interest with "Ink and Blood" in Beneath Ceaseless Skies for July 2011. He is best known for the Frontlines sequence of Military SF tales beginning with Terms of Enlistment (2013 ebook), set in a Near Future Earth and Mars threatened by Alien Invasion; successive volumes tend to introduce improved Spaceships and enhanced Weaponry. The rather more complex Palladium Wars sequence beginning with Aftershocks (2019), is set in a six-planet solar system after a long and debilitating war; the protagonist of the sequence, Aden Robertson, whose world had been on the losing side of the conflict, is released from Prison after several years to find that all is not well, either in his bruised heart or on his home planet Gretia. Almost certainly, Invasion from interstellar space is imminent; the series focuses on Military SF matters, but also on a range of characters attempting to survive. [JC]
Marko Kloos
born Germany: 25 October 1971
works
series
Frontlines
- Terms of Enlistment (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2013) [ebook: Frontlines: na/Marc Simonetti]
- Lucky Thirteen (Indianapolis, Indiana: Frostbite Publishing, 2013) [story: ebook: Frontlines: na/]
- Measures of Absolution (Indianapolis, Indiana: Frostbite Publishing, 2013) [novella: ebook: Frontlines: na/]
- Lines of Departure (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2014) [Frontlines: pb/]
- Angles of Attack (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2015) [Frontlines: pb/]
- Chains of Command (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2016) [Frontlines: pb/Maciej Rebisz]
- Fields of Fire (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2017) [Frontlines: pb/Maciej Rebisz]
- Points of Impact (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2018) [Frontlines: pb/Paul Youll]
- Orders of Battle (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 20208) [Frontlines: pb/]
- Centers of Gravity (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2022) [Frontlines: pb/]
Frontlines: Evolution
- Scorpio (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2018) [Frontlines: Evolution: pb/]
Palladium Wars
- Aftershocks (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2019) [Palladium Wars: hb/]
- Ballistic (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2020) [Palladium Wars: hb/]
- Citadel (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2021) [Palladium Wars: hb/]
- Descent (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2024) [Palladium Wars: pb/]
collections and stories
- Lucky Thirteen (Indianapolis, Indiana: Frostbite Publishing, 2013) [story: ebook: na/]
- Measures of Absolution (Indianapolis, Indiana: Frostbite Publishing, 2013) [story: ebook: na/]
- On the Use of Shape-Shifters in Warfare (Indianapolis, Indiana: Frostbite Publishing, 2019) [story: ebook: na/]
- How to Move Spheres and Influence People (New York: Tor.com, 2019) [story: ebook: first appeared March 2019 Tor.com: Wild Cards universe: Wild Cards: na/]
- Berlin Is Never Berlin People (New York: Tor.com, 2020) [story: ebook: first appeared 6 May 2020 Tor.com: Wild Cards universe: Wild Cards: na/Micah Epstein]
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