Jonathan P. Brazee

Biography

Jonathan Brazee graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served 30 years in the Marines as a commander of infantry, recon, MSSG, and air delivery units as well as in various staff billets. He served with the 3d CAG as the military liaison to USAID in Iraq in 2006 and retired as a colonel in 2009. He is a life member of the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Books

Scorched Earth
Series: Seeds of War. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 23,750. Language: English. Originally Published: December 26, 2020 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
When the alien Gardener invaded the agricultural world of Vasquez, only that planet was in immediate danger. Now humanity must be warned of possible attack and retired Marine Lieutenant General Colby Edson is the only man for the job. With his dog Duke, he jury rigs an alien ship and traverses the wormhole to New Mars, only to become trapped while more of the Gardener's soldiers invade and...
Semper Lycanus
Series: Werewolf of Marines, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 83,020. Language: English. Originally Published: May 24, 2019 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
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Private First Class Aiden Kaas has enlisted in the Marines for all the wrong reasons. Now deployed to Iraq at the age of 19, he just wants to put in his time and serve out his enlistment. However, after being bitten by a seemingly rabid mujahideen, he finds himself suffering from a strange illness, one with consequences beyond his wildest imaginings. As the disease ravages his body and exposes...
Bolo Mission
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,880. Language: English. Originally Published: January 2, 2018 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Military, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
Staff Sergeant Gracie Medicine Crow is quickly becoming the most noted sniper in the United Federation Marine Corps if not in all human space. She’s the go-to Marine for the most difficult missions. Not all of these missions are against human targets, and some missions require more than sniper skills. Gracie is tasked with a “material denial” target, in this case, a BOLO (“Be On The Lookout”...
Invasion
Series: Seeds of War. Price: Free! Words: 34,050. Language: English. Originally Published: December 26, 2020 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
Retired (involuntarily) Marine Lieutenant General Colby Edison is in exile, running an automated farm it farm is overrun by a horde of alien plants, leafy gremlin-like creatures that begin systematically destroying first his crops and then his home. And not just his farm, but all the surrounding farms as well. The relentless plants have apparently killed his neighbors, and clearly he and his...
Alvo de Alto Valor: Sargento Gracie Medicine Crow, Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais da United Federation, História Curta
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,640. Language: Portuguese. Originally Published: September 11, 2017 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Military, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
O sargento Gracie Medicine Crow, Corpo de Marinha da Federação Unida, está treinando atiradores na milícia de Galeland quando a Intel descobre que um alvo de alto valor está agendado para uma reunião clandestina nas terras do planeta. Tirado do treinamento, Gracie recebe a missão: tirar o HVT - permanentemente. Alvo de alto valor é uma breve história sobre Gracie, o protagonista do Sniper...
High Value Target: A Staff Sergeant Gracie Medicine Crow, United Federation Marine Corps, Short Story
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,510. Language: English. Originally Published: June 19, 2017 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Military
Staff Sergeant Gracie Medicine Crow, United Federation Marine Corps, is training snipers in the Galeland militia when Intel discovers a High-Value Target is scheduled for a clandestine meeting in the planet’s badlands. Pulled from training, Gracie is given the mission: take out the HVT--permanently. High-Value Target is a short story about Gracie, the protagonist of Sniper, Volume 2 of the...
Legacy Marines
Series: THE UNITED FEDERATION MARINE CORPS’ LYSANDER TWINS, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 74,060. Language: English. Originally Published: May 13, 2021 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Military, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
Esther and Noah Lysander are the twin children of General Ryck Lysander, Commandant of the Marine Corps, leader of the Evolution, and Chairman of the Federation. When they are told that their father and mother have been assassinated, they are both devastated. Cut adrift, they each decide to enlist in the Corps—but for different reasons. Esther feels it is her duty to carry on the family legacy...
Bitter Harvest
Series: Seeds of War, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 21,710. Language: English. Originally Published: December 26, 2020 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
After defeating the Gardener's forces on New Mars, newly recalled Marine Lieutenant General Colby Merritt Edson returns to the agricultural world of Vasquez, rescue any survivors, and ensure that the alien menace won't come back through the wormhole. It should be easy, but . . . Defeated but far from dead, the alien Gardener must warn its people of the threat of this new kind of Meat that has...
Sniper
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 61,040. Language: English. Originally Published: April 29, 2018 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
Noah Lindt heard the call of duty after the tragic events of 9/11. Despite a hampering medical condition that kept him on the outskirts of his high school class, he was accepted into the Marines where he found out he had a singular skill. He could outshoot almost anyone. Marksmanship alone is not enough to be a successful scout sniper. Teamwork and mental discipline are paramount, and the self...
The Few
Series: The Return of the Marines, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 82,240. Language: English. Originally Published: June 28, 2016 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
Gunnery Sergeant Jacob McCardle is the commander of the Marine Detachment at the US Embassy, New Delhi, when the president of the United States arrives on an official visit, the same man who, as a Congressman, sponsored the bill that had decimated the Corps in a cost-cutting effort. As the president arrives, the embassy is attacked and isolated by a mob of nationalists. With the Indian...
Prisoner of Fallujah
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 50,900. Language: English. Originally Published: April 29, 2018 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
Corporal Nicholas Xenakis made two tours to Iraq as a grunt, something he was born to do. When his wife gave him the "me or the Corps" ultimatum, he chose her, but not before he joined the local reserve battery for one last pump. The battery was assigned as a provisional MP company with the mission of convoy duty, something Nick figured would not be as exciting as his grunt tours, but at least...
To The Shores of Tripoli
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 56,520. Language: English. Originally Published: July 1, 2016 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
The First Barbary War (1801-1805), or “America’s First War on Terror,” as some refer to it, was a pivotal moment in US history. While both the Navy and Marines participated in the Quasi-War with France, it was the war with the Barbary pirates that cemented both the Marine Corps and the Navy as the proud organizations that they are today. This was the war that produced heroes such as O’Bannon...
The Proud
Series: The Return of the Marines, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 63,980. Language: English. Originally Published: November 13, 2015 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
In the near future, the Marines have been brought to full status after budget cuts had relegated them to guarding embassies and the White House. Newly commissioned 2dLt Anthony Niimoto, a hero of the embassy takeover in New Delhi, is with the first Marine battalion to get back into the deployment cycle. Assigned to anti-piracy, this is supposed to be a dull deployment. But when a US ship is...
Combat Corpsman
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 62,740. Language: English. Originally Published: April 29, 2018 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
Zachary Cannon joined the Navy to get trained as a radiology tech, a skill he could use to get a job and support his family after his enlistment. But the needs of the Navy take priority, and much to his surprise, he was given orders to the Fleet Marine Force as a corpsman to an infantry battalion deploying to Iraq. As part of a rifle squad in Ramadi, Zach joins the Marines on patrol, in...
Fire Ant
Series: The Navy of Humankind: Wasp Squadron. Price: Free! Words: 42,550. Language: English. Originally Published: June 25, 2018 by Jonathan P. Brazee. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Military, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
2018 NEBULA AWARD FINALIST: BEST NOVELLA Floribeth Salinas O'Shae Dalisay is an Off-Planet Worker, employed as an exploration pilot by the giant corporation, Hamdani Brothers. Sent on a routine mission to analyze one of the millions of systems in the galaxy, she stumbles across something that could threaten humanity's very existence. She barely escapes with her life, but in the process, has to...

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