Tom Kratman

Tom Kratman is a retired Army lieutenant colonel, former lawyer, and full-time author of science fiction. Kratman’s novels include the Desert Called Peace series which has been praised for its action sequences and attention to philosophy of war. With John Ringo, he has written the Legacy of Aldenata novels. Also for Baen, he has written three volumes of the modern-day military fiction series Countdown. With Justin Watson and Kacey Ezell he is the author of alternate history novel The Romanov Rescue. Dirty Water is set in Kratman’s native Massachusetts.