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Rick Partlow

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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.
A prolific science fiction author, he lives in central Florida with his family.

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Series

Duty, Honor, Planet


A Science Fiction series (2013 - 2014)

Drop Trooper: Birthright


A Science Fiction series (2011 - 2016)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Costly supersoldier upgrades
  • Military conspiracies with secret identities
  • Alien war loyalties under pressure

Recon


A Science Fiction series (2017 - 2017)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Class warfare under alien invasion pressure
  • Ex-military crews running brutal jobs for ruthless powers
  • Ancient alien tech driving betrayals across frozen worlds

Psi Wars


A Science Fiction series (2018 - 2018)

Broken Arrow Mercenary Force


A Science Fiction series (2019 - 2019) co-authored by Drew Avera

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Mech mercenaries in post-nuclear America
  • Cloned protagonists wrestling with identity and destiny
  • Desperate missions exposing nation-shaping conspiracies

Wholesale Slaughter


A Science Fiction series (2019 - 2019)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Dynastic space opera with family betrayals
  • Military survival against galaxy-wide enemies
  • Christian sci-fi adventure with loyalty under pressure

Star Bounty


A Science Fiction series (2019 - 2020)

Drop Trooper


A Science Fiction series (2020 - 2024)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Ex-criminal marines in brutal powered-armor combat
  • Found-family outcasts scraping toward home after endless war
  • Alien tech horrors warping minds across colony-scale crises

The Acheron


A Science Fiction series (2017 - 2020)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Rookie pilots thrown into brutal alien war
  • Rogue crews running covert missions beyond command
  • Fractured alliances under pressure from war and shifting loyalties

Earth at War


A Science Fiction series (2020 - 2022)

Holy War


A Science Fiction series (2021 - 2021)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Powered armor assaults on war-torn planets
  • Soldiers torn between brutal orders and personal conscience
  • Covert drops against alien enemies always one step ahead

Mech Force


A Science Fiction series (2021 - 2021) co-authored by Drew Avera

Sunkiller


A Science Fiction series (2022 - 2022) co-authored by JN Chaney

Gates of Eternity


A Science Fiction series (2022 - 2023)

Space Hunter War


A Science Fiction series (2022 - 2023) co-authored by Pacey Holden

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Bounty hunters on volatile colonial frontiers
  • Shifting loyalties and backstabbing military intrigue
  • Messy trauma-fueled hunters with family baggage

Drop Trooper: Recon


A Science Fiction series (2023 - 2023)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Military sci-fi with rule-breaking squads behind enemy lines
  • Ex-soldiers navigating criminal worlds and ruthless corporate families
  • Ancient alien tech driving missions into galaxy-scale danger

Drop Trooper: Pirate Wars


A Science Fiction series (2023 - 2023) co-authored by Ralph Kern

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Frontier lawmen against pirate fleets
  • Scarred ex-military rivals with messy history
  • Space chases driven by personal grudges

Taken to the Stars


A Science Fiction series (2023 - 2025) co-authored by JN Chaney

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Scrappy space crews pulling impossible heists against superweapons
  • Underdog rebels forced into risky alliances with old enemies
  • Weird war tech like ai-guided zoo ships and ancient starfighters

World War Mars


A Science Fiction series (2024 - 2024)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Military sci-fi on Mars with stranded marines
  • Alien relics sparking ruthless power grabs
  • Humanity caught between warring cosmic forces

Archangel


A Science Fiction series (2025 - 2026)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Retired soldiers dragged back into brutal interstellar war
  • Gray-zone military sci-fi with shifting loyalties
  • Space-city conspiracies, secret biolabs, shadow regimes

Accidental Astronaut


A Science Fiction series (2025 - 2026) co-authored by JN Chaney

Standalone Fiction

Little Stacks of Science Fiction

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