Marathon Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Marathon Watch: Ross | 2015 | Buy |
| Rendezvous | 1988 | N/A |
| Vows to the Fallen: O’Toole | 2015 | Buy |
| Homecoming | 1989 | N/A |
Short Story Collections
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| A Ship-Load of Sea Stories & 1 Fairy Tale, Vol. 1: Why Seaman Recruit Cockroach Went AWOL | 2015 | Buy |
| A Ship-Load of Sea Stories & 1 Fairy Tale, Vol. 2: I Believe | 2016 | Buy |
Larry Laswell is a US Navy veteran who draws on eight years of active service for his fiction. He served as a mustang, rising from the enlisted ranks to earn an officer’s commission. His shipboard experience included duty aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid and the destroyer USS William M Wood.
His writing career centers on the Marathon series, historical naval fiction that spans from World War II to the Cold War era. He has also published two volumes of sea stories, drawing on the humor and camaraderie of life aboard Navy ships.