C.J. Carella's Website

This is the official site for writer and game designer C.J. Carella. Here you will find information about past, current and future projects.

Mailing List: We've set up a mailing list to announce book releases. We won't spam you; you'll only get e-mails when a new book has been published (once every 2-4 months), nothing more, nothing less. http://eepurl.com/4l9M9

 New News in the News page! And some cool graphics as well.

Siege: the sixth book of the Eternal Journey is getting close to completion. Sample chapters are up and can be read here.

Queen Of Blood and Shadows: the sequel to Godkiller Mode is now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and print. You can purchase it here, with more episodes being released every day starting on Sunday. The book covers up to Episode 53 of the Vella series. New episodes continue on Vella, and will be compiled for book three when the current storyline concludes.

The Audiobook for QoBaS is here!

Godkiller Mode: a new LitRPG story set in the world of the Eternal Journey is out on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, print, and hardcover! You can purchase it here, or read sample chapters here.

Godkiller Mode: a new LitRPG story set in the world of the Eternal Journey is available on Kindle Vella, a new program that releases tales one episode at a time. You can start reading here, with more episodes being released every day starting on Sunday.

Court of Thorns: the fifth book of the Eternal Journey, is available now! You can order here, and read sample chapters here.

Guilds At War: the fourth book of the Eternal Journey, has been released! You can find it here. You can read sample chapters here.

BOOK THREE OF THE ETERNAL JOURNEY

Labyrinth to Tartarus is out! You can buy it here. Sample chapters  are available here!

Sample chapters of the second book of The Eternal Journey, Lord of the Dead, are available on the website! The book can be purchased here.

The second Warp Marine series is together in a three-book collection. Decades after the Great Galactic War, new threats emerge, and only the US Navy and the dreaded Warp Marines can stand agains them. The book can be purchased here. Audible version is in production!

Twilight Templar is here! My entry into the LitRPG genre is on sale for $0.99 until July 5th. You can read sample chapters here.

Victory or Death is here! The third (and final) book of the Bicentennial War concludes the storyline that began with To the Strongest (and the saga that started with Decisively Engaged). Sample Chapters are available here.

They Shall Not Pass has been released! The second book of the Bicentennial War continues the Warp Marines saga. You can purchase it here.

Harbingers of War's name has been changed to They Shall Not Pass! The sequel to To The Strongest is undergoing beat readings. Updated sample chapters have been uploaded here.

I'm still working on They Shall Not Pass, but while the book is finished I wanted to share with you a collection of two short stories and a novella. One story is set in the Warp Marines universe, the others are in new settings. Heroes and Rogues is out on sale and available here. Check it out!

They Shall Not Pass, the next book in the Warp Marines sage, is undergoing final rewrites. You can find sample chapters here.

To the Strongest: New Warp Marines Series

New and old enemies return to threaten humanity. Can the United Stars of America survive a vast armada of marauding star barbarians? A new special ops unit, the Wraith Marine Regiment, may hold the key to defeat the overwhelming might of the Horde. To be released on March, 2019.

New:To the Strongest is available for purchase here.

The Prologue and four sample chapters of the novel can be found here.

Outlands Justice:

A Crucible of Worlds, Book One

Outlands Justice is available in ebook and print form! You can purchase the book on Amazon here.

In the ten days since release, Outlands Justice has become the #1 Amazon new release both in the Alternative History and Steampunk categories!

Sample Chapters are available here.

“There’s a man that needs killing.”

The Hired Gun

Nathaniel Lot: Survivor from a shattered Earth. Wielder of a powerful – and terrible – weapon. Once a hero, now an aging mercenary, drinking his life away. But when the daughter of two old friends asks for his help to destroy a murderous wizard and warlord, he can’t say no. The path of vengeance will take them through the Outlands, where they will face dangers both mundane and supernatural.

The Huntress

Kathryn Herrera: She grew up hearing tales of her parents’ heroic deeds, but she never expected a dark force to destroy everything she’d known. Now she only lives for revenge, and will stop at nothing to destroy the man known as the Warlock.

The Old Gang

They once were Justiciars, defenders of a great realm, each gifted with unique abilities. An immortal from fabled Atlantis; a master of arcane sciences; a warrior princess with a taste for death; a Greek demigod; and a Fey sorceress. Most of them are shadows of their former selves, but they will ride forth once more and challenge the Warlock and his army of beast-men and demons.

The Outlands

A place where refugees from a thousand broken Earths struggle to survive. A land where magic and technology fight for supremacy – or meld together with strange results. A fractured land where kingdoms and empires rise and fall, and outlaws and monsters prowl in the wilderness.

Outlands Justice, Book One of the Crucible of Worlds series, will come out in the Summer of 2018.

  

A Land of Gods and Monsters

Two-fisted action and adventure across the Multiverse.

The Many Worlds: Alternate Earths where history played out differently, magic or superhuman abilities exist, the future is here and humans must battle hostile aliens, or entities of myth and legend are alive and active in the affairs of humankind. Presented here are four tales of heroic action, epic fantasy, military science fiction and alternate history.

A Land of Gods and Monsters: Will was a divorced, unemployed loser who lived only to play his favorite roleplaying game, until one day he died and woke up in the body of his player character. Trapped in a madman’s castle, can his now-real abilities help him survive? A Land of Gods and Monsters is a 30,000-word novella introducing a new fictional universe.

Lori’s War: When hostile aliens strike at a remote colony world, the fate of an entire town is in the hands of a teenage girl recovering from a terrible loss, and the town drunk – who happens to be a Warp Marine. This 7,000-word short story first appeared in the Galactic Frontiers anthology.

Golden Horde: The year is 1968, and the US is mired in a war in Asia. But this war is being waged in China, and the military fields entire units of superhuman men and women who will pit their powers against a mad tyrant’s own Celestial Warriors. Set in the world of Armageddon Girl, this 18,000-word novella first appeared in the New Olympus collection and is being re-released with additional content and revisions.

The Way the World Ends: When freak events – people from other times and place begin appearing all over the world – cause society to collapse, will a young boy manage to protect his family in the face of supernatural evil? This 3,000-word short story introduces the main character of the upcoming epic fantasy series by C.J. Carella, A Crucible of Worlds. The first novel of the series, Outlands Justice, will be out in 2018.

Sample Chapters: The first two chapter of Land of Gods and Monsters are available here.

Havoc of War: The fifth and final book of the Warp Marine Corps series (but never fear, more books in that universe are planned for the future) is available! You can purchase it at this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074KPBKGG/

Sample chapters are up at the link.

In Dread Silence

The fourth book of the Warp Marine Corps series is available in ebook format on Amazon.com.

5/13/17: IDS was featured on eBook Daily! You can check the link here: https://ebookdaily.com/bargain-kindle-books/2017-05-13/B06XVPFB2X

You can find the ebook here.

Sample chapters can be found here.

Meanwhile, all three books of the Warp Marine Corps series are available in ebook, print and audible format:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M24D8VP/

Advance to Contact

The third book of the Warp Marine Corps is out! The book is on sale on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Advance-Contact-Warp-Marine-Corps-ebook/dp/B01M58ZPA5/

Sample Chapters are available here.

No Price Too High

The sequel to Decisively Engaged is out!



You can order the ebook here (Also available on Audible!):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HHA41UU

And the trade paperback here:

https://www.createspace.com/6386243

Sampe chapters can be found here.

Decisively Engaged

Decisively Engaged is available on Audible! Now you can listen to the adventures of the Warp Marines as narrated by Guy Williams. You can purchase it here (or get it for free if you try out the Audible service):

www.amazon.com/Decisively-Engaged-Warp-Marine-Corps/dp/B01D26WMI6/

Best-Seller! In just a few days, Decisively Engaged has become my best-selling title yet, having broken the 200-rank in the Paid In Kindle Store list and making it to #1 in the Space Marine category.

Thanks to all the readers who made this possible!

They picked a fight with the wrong species.

The United Stars of America. Born in the conflagration of unprovoked alien attack, the newest entrant to galactic politics took the few crumbs of hypertech gifted to it and ran with them, soon expanding over dozens of star systems and establishing a wide trade network, protected by its powerful Navy and the dreaded Warp Marine Corps.

A single Marine platoon, tasked with protecting an embassy on a hostile alien planet. An embassy – and the human enclave around it – that soon finds itself surrounded by armed mobs baying for human blood.

The book is available on Amazon.com

Kindle Version: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019X88Y1G

Trade Paperback: https://www.createspace.com/5966912

The Prologue and First Four Chapters of Decisively Engaged can be found here.

The Ragnarok Alternative: The fourth book of the New Olympus Saga is out! You can purchase it on Amazon at this link:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016BHJ9NO

You can read sample chapters here.

Dante's Demons is here! The first four chapters of the book are available here. The novel is available for purchase at this link.

Shadowfall: Las Vegas

The book is available for the Kindle! You can purchase it here!.

Sample chapters of SLV can be found here.

Omnibus Edition: All three books of the New Olympus Saga have been collected into an omnibus edition.

Kindle Edition: http://www.amazon.com/Armageddon-Girl-New-Olympus-Saga-ebook/dp/B00PNTUJPO

Apocalypse Dance: The third book of the New Olympus Saga is available! You can purchase it here. You can read the first four chapters for free right here.

Bad Vibes: My submission to the Baen Fantasy Award (didn't win) is out on Amazon.com here.

Doomsday Duet: The sequel to Armageddon Girl is on sale now! You can purchase it here. The print version is available here. You can enjoy the first four chapters here.

New Olympus: The Armageddon Girl Companion Book, New Olympus, on sale now. You can purchase it here. The print version is available here. One of the short stories in the book, "The Red Baron's Last Flight" can be read for free here.

Armageddon Girl: C.J.'s first novel, Armageddon Girl, was published on November 2013! You can read all about it here. And there is a companion gaming book too! You can read about that here.

Print Version Available Now!

You can now order copies of Armageddon Girl online HERE!

Available for Kindle!

Armageddon Girl is now available for purchase for the Kindle format.

http://www.amazon.com/Armageddon-Girl-New-Olympus-Saga-ebook/dp/B00GPZFWL6/

 

C.J. Carella is a writer by vocation and a geek by choice. His first book was GURPS Martial Arts for Steve Jackson Games, and in the ensuing decades he's written over twenty roleplaying games books, including WitchCraft, Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG and the Origins Award-winning Angel RPG.