Rothman, M A
Entry updated 28 April 2025. Tagged: Author.
(? - ) US computer engineer and author who also writes as Michael A Rothman, concentrating mostly on series [fantasy sequences are not listed below], the first of these being the New Beginnings series beginning with the Young Adult Dispocalypse (2016; rev 2019), set in Near Future Dystopian world whose dictator, the young protagonist's father, soon dies, leaving her with the responsibility of coming to age in a chaotic environment. Fortunately she makes friends, who dominate further volumes. The Levi Yoder sequence of Technothrillers beginning with Perimeter (2018 ebook) edges into the Near Future, where the world must be saved. In The Exodus sequence beginning with Primordial Threat (2018), an approaching Black Hole threatens a Near Future world prepared to cope with the challenge offered. For comments on the Time Trials sequence beginning with Time Trials (2023) with D J Butler, see Rothman's co-author. [JC]
Michael A Rothman
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works (selected)
series
New Beginnings
- Dispocalypse (M and S Publishing, 2016) [New Beginnings: pb/]
- Dispocalypse (Puyallup, Washington: Primordial Press, 2019) [exp of the above: New Beginnings: pb/Allen Morris]
- Running from Destiny (Puyallup, Washington: Primordial Press, 2020) [New Beginnings: pb/Allen Morris]
- The Code Breaker (Puyallup, Washington: Primordial Press, 2020) [New Beginnings: pb/Allen Morris]
Levi Yoder
- Perimeter (no place given: Amazon Digital Services, 2018) [ebook: Levi Yoder: na/]
- The Inside Man (Puyallup, Washington: Primordial Press, 2020) [Levi Yoder: pb/M S Corley]
- Never Again (Puyallup, Washington: Primordial Press, 2020) [Levi Yoder: pb/M S Corley]
- The Swamp (Puyallup, Washington: Primordial Press, 2022) [Levi Yoder: hb/M S Corley]
- New Arcadia (Puyallup, Washington: Primordial Press, 2023) with Steve Diamond [Levi Yoder: pb/M S Corley]
The Exodus
- Primordial Threat (no place given: for the author, 2018) [The Exodus: pb/Paul Pederson]
- Freedom's Last Gasp (Puyallup, Washington: Primordial Press, 2018) [The Exodus: pb/M S Corley]
Connor Sloane
- Patriot (Puyallup, Washington: Primordial Press, 2021) [ebook: Connor Sloane: na/]
- The Death Speech (Puyallup, Washington: Primordial Press, 2021) [ebook: Connor Sloane: na/]
Time Trials
- Time Trials (New York: Baen Books, 2023) with D J Butler [Time Trials: hb/Alan Morris]
- Ice Trials (New York: Baen Books, 2024) with D J Butler [Time Trials: hb/Alan Morris]
individual titles
- Darwin's Cipher (Puyallup, Washington: Primordial Press, 2019) [hb/M S Corley]
- Multiverse (Puyallup, Washington: Primordial Press, 2022) [hb/M S Corley]
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