Carl Rackman

Biography

Hi! I'm Carl Rackman, a British former airline pilot turned author. I spent my working life travelling the world and this has given me a keen interest in other people and cultures. I've drawn on my many experiences for my writing.

I write suspense thrillers with a grounded science-fiction theme. I like reading novels that feature atmospheric locales and I enjoy complex, absorbing storylines combined with rich, believable characters, so that's the sort of fiction I write. I try to create immersive worlds for the reader to explore, and characters who are more than just vehicles for the story.

I come from a naval military background and have held a lifelong interest in military history and seafaring - all my books usually contain some of these elements!

I hope you'll enjoy my books and leave reviews. I try to personally thank reviewers if they've particularly enjoyed my books.

Find out more about me, my writing and my upcoming books at rackmanbooks.com. You can usually find me on Twitter - @CarlRackman - I'd love to link up with you as followers.

Thanks for looking,
Carl

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Series

Books

Sentinel
Series: Voyager Trilogy, Book 2. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 76,200. Language: English. Originally Published: September 17, 2020 by Carl Rackman. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Visionary & metaphysical, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Technological
Four years have passed since Voyager One sent back chilling photos of a spaceship from deep in interstellar space. Discredited as a hoax, the Visitors have faded from public attention. Now a hijacked airliner opens the door to another powerful conspiracy that heralds the arrival of the Visitors, whose origins may be more sinister than the aliens of popular fiction.
Incendiary
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 87,510. Language: English. Published: September 6, 2018 by Carl Rackman. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Horla. A deadly and mysterious creature being held at a top secret US government facility. Only twenty people in the world know she even exists. One of them is the shadowy Dr Isabelle March, tasked with bringing Horla to the UK. When the British military loses contact with her cargo ship, they send their elite force, the SBS, to investigate. What they find is beyond their wildest nightmares.
Voyager
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 76,650. Language: English. Published: September 1, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Voyager One is more than twelve billion miles from Earth. It is the remotest human object in existence. NASA project Manager Callie Woolf is stunned when it sends a series of impossible images back to Mission Control. She fears a glitch, or perhaps the probe has been hacked. Within 24 hours, Callie's team is dead and she is running for her life. Whatever is messing with Voyager, it's not friendly.
Irex
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 112,550. Language: English. Published: February 23, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » Victorian, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Captain Hutton takes command of the sailing ship Irex on her maiden voyage. But events quickly spiral out of his control. Vile weather, creeping fatigue and the deadly intentions of his passengers threaten both his sanity and the lives of all aboard the doomed ship. A violent storm. An unrequited love. A deadly secret. Can anyone survive the Irex?