Terry Wayne Martin

Biography

Born in Texas many, many moons ago, I had a very diverse upbringing. Dad was an agnostic metaphysicist that worked for NASA during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs and Mom was a Baptist preacher's kid.

No wonder I was raised so crazy/diverse (choose whichever answer fits best).

Raised on the science fiction of Heinlein and that generation, that is the sort of thing I generally gravitate toward in my own sci-fi writing. For my other stuff, I cannot place the blame anywhere, yet.

I do not have a blog at present but projects I am working on can be found at verbotham.com.

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Books

Unnatural Memory
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 102,230. Language: English. Published: December 16, 2022 by Martian Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Alternative history, Fiction » Science fiction » General
As things occur in our lives, choices are made and we rarely grasp the consequences of the choice. Would another path have been better? Sadly, we have only the results of the choice actually made and not the other and things that happen afterward may have been intended for the you who made the other choice. It might not ever be known but some puzzle pieces can be assembled.
Son of the Wizard of AZ
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 42,550. Language: English. Published: November 13, 2019 by Martian Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » New Age » Magic, Nonfiction » New Age » Supernatural
Many people fantasize about growing up in a wizarding family. The reality is quite a bit different than the fantasies. First, it is more awesome! Second, it is much more terrifying. Dad often said there are wizards around that don't know it and others who could be wizards if only they knew how. Perhaps this reminiscence can help in that regard. Either way, this is a story that needs to be told.
Fountable I - III
Price: $9.25 USD. Words: 295,790. Language: English. Published: November 12, 2019 by Martian Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
How does a small group of math students topple the Galactic government... twice? But they have no interest in running the galaxy. All they want is the freedom (and time) to be with whom they choose and develop an exciting new brand of science to see how far their intellectual curiosity can take them. Woe be to any Emperor or noble house who tries to stand in their way.
Fountable III
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 101,320. Language: English. Published: June 10, 2018 by Martian Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
The stability longed for seems to have arrived but then the Emperor ousted in volume one escapes his exile. Aided by several noble houses-turned renegade, the Emperor gathers troops to retake the throne and mete out revenge to the young mathematicians who were instrumental in his removal. Tervan and the math team have to stop their lives to try and save the galaxy from the clutches of chaos.
Over the Wall
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 52,320. Language: English. Published: April 6, 2013 by Martian Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
The three boys had lived within the safety of their enclosed village all their lives. When the food rationing becomes severe, they realize their only chance for survival might be seeking a life in the desolate wastelands beyond their home. They go over the wall to find not a wasteland but a green and peaceful world beyond any of the legends they had ever heard. When had all this changed? And why?
Fountable II
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 91,170. Language: English. Published: May 21, 2012 by Martian Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
After escaping from exile a second time, Tervan and his friends realize they cannot be free to pursue their own lives until the Emperor frees them legally. When they arrive at Galactic Central, the Emperor is nowhere to be found. And people seem to be awaiting Tervan's return. Politics, distasteful at best, once again seems to be calling for him to sort things out. Math was so much easier!
Fountable
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 103,060. Language: English. Published: April 27, 2012 by Martian Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
Tervan Andrisn is one of a group of math savants who get on the bad side of the Galactic Emperor. He had no idea that eloping with an Imperial Princess - at her suggestion - could get him and his friends exiled. It turns out to be a bigger mistake on the part of the Emperor! Using their math skills, the kids develop a way to escape from the prison planet and return to topple the Imperial throne.

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