Marko Kloos books

Marko Kloos is a German-American science fiction author best known for the Frontlines military sci-fi series and the Palladium Wars space opera novels.

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Unidentified Funny Objects 2012 Buy
Love, Death and Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume One 2021 Buy
Pairing Up 2023 Buy

Frontlines Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Terms of Enlistment 2013 Buy
Lucky Thirteen 2013 Buy
Measures of Absolution 2013 Buy
Evakuace 2014 N/A
Blokáda 2015 N/A
Lines of Departure 2014 Buy
Dezerce 2016 N/A
Angles of Attack 2015 Buy
Fields of Fire 2017 Buy
Chains of Command 2016 Buy
Protiúder 2018 N/A
Orders of Battle 2020 Buy
Points of Impact 2018 Buy
Centers of Gravity 2022 Buy
Echoes of Silence 2025 Buy

Frontlines Graphic Novels Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Frontlines: Requiem 2016 Buy
Frontlines: Requiem #2 - N/A
Frontlines: Requiem #3 - N/A
Frontlines: Requiem #4 - N/A

Frontlines: Evolution Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Scorpio 2024 Buy
Corvus 2025 Buy
Cygnus 2026 Buy

Palladium Wars Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Aftershocks 2019 Buy
Ballistic 2020 Buy
Citadel 2021 Buy
Descent 2024 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

Title Published Buy on Amazon
On the Use of Shape-Shifters in Warfare 2019 Buy

Wild Card Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Wild Cards 1986 N/A
Aces High 1987 N/A
Berlin Is Never Berlin 2020 Buy
Jokers Wild 1987 N/A
Aces Abroad 1988 N/A
Down and Dirty 1988 N/A
Ace in the Hole 1990 N/A
Ręka umarlaka 1990 N/A
One-Eyed Jacks 1991 N/A
Jokertown Shuffle 1991 N/A
Double Solitaire 1992 N/A
Dealer’s Choice 1992 N/A
Turn of the Cards 1993 N/A
Card sharks 1993 N/A
Marked Cards 1994 N/A
Black trump : a Wild card mosaic novel 1995 N/A
Deuces Down 2002 N/A
Death Draws Five 2006 N/A
Inside Straight 1986 N/A
George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards: The Hard Call 2009 N/A
American Hero 2020 N/A
Busted Flush 2008 N/A
Suicide Kings 2009 N/A
Fort Freak 2011 N/A
Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan 2010 N/A
When We Were Heroes 2013 N/A
The Button Man and the Murder Tree 2013 N/A
The Elephant in the Room 2013 N/A
Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza 2014 N/A
Lowball 2014 N/A
Prompt. Professional. Pop! 2014 N/A
Discards 2016 N/A
High Stakes 2016 N/A
The Thing about Growing Up in Jokertown 2016 N/A
The Atonement Tango 2017 N/A
When the Devil Drives 2017 N/A
Mississippi Roll 2017 N/A
Evernight 2018 N/A
The Flight of Morpho Girl 2018 N/A
Low Chicago 2018 N/A
Knaves Over Queens 2018 N/A
Texas Hold ‘Em 2018 N/A
How to Move Spheres and Influence People 2019 Buy
Three Kings 2020 N/A
Hammer and Tongs and a Rusty Nail 2020 N/A
Ripple Effects 2021 N/A
Skin Deep 2021 N/A
Hearts of Stone 2022 N/A
Grow 2022 N/A
Joker Moon 2021 N/A
Full House 2022 N/A
George R. R. Martin Presents Wild Cards: Sleeper Straddle: A Novel in Stories 2024 N/A

Marko Kloos is a German-born, American-based science fiction author who broke through with the Frontlines series, beginning with “Terms of Enlistment” in 2013. Originally self-published, the series gained enough readers to attract a traditional publishing deal with 47North (Amazon Publishing). The books follow Andrew Grayson from his enlistment in a future military through an escalating war against the Lankies, a massive alien species that colonizes human worlds.

The Frontlines series has grown to fifteen books and spawned a spin-off series, Frontlines: Evolution. Kloos has also written the Palladium Wars series, a space opera set in a different universe, beginning with “Aftershocks” (2019). He has contributed to the long-running Wild Cards shared-world anthology series edited by George R.R. Martin. His writing is grounded in realistic military detail and features ordinary people dealing with extraordinary circumstances, a combination that has earned him a dedicated readership in the military science fiction community.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Marko Kloos written?

Marko Kloos has written 82 books across seven series.

What was Marko Kloos's first book?

Marko Kloos’s first book is Inside Straight, published in 1986.

What is Marko Kloos best known for?

Kloos is best known for the Frontlines series, a military science fiction saga that began with ‘Terms of Enlistment’ (2013). The series follows soldiers fighting an alien species called the Lankies and has become one of the most popular self-published-to-traditional-publishing success stories in science fiction.

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