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Battle for the Amazon (Free Trader Series Book 4) Kindle Edition

4.6 out of 5 stars 182 ratings

Join the fun as a Cat and his human minions fight for peace. For readers from 13 to 65, find compelling characters engaged in an adventure of search, conflict, and discovery.

The fragile trade route is expanding, until the attacks come. Trade grinds to a halt. People cower in fear, before they run for their lives. The first Lizard Men were called the Overlords, and they have declared war on humanity.

Braden, Micah, and the Hillcat are the only ones with the ability to act, so they take the responsibility. They gather the companions for a journey into the rainforest to confront the Overlords, but the ancient Lizard Men are deep within the Amazon, protected by a seemingly endless number of dark minions.
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I love the Free Trader series, these characters, and most importantly, Planet Vii. It is a universe with endless possibilities.

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Craig Martelle's other books (listed by series)
Terry Henry Walton Chronicles (co-written with Michael Anderle) - a post-apocalyptic paranormal adventure
Gateway to the Universe (co-written with Justin Sloan & Michael Anderle) - this book transitions the characters from the Terry Henry Walton Chronicles to The Bad Company
The Bad Company (co-written with Michael Anderle) - a military science fiction space opera
End Times Alaska (also available in audio) - a Permuted Press publication - a post-apocalyptic survivalist adventure
The Free Trader - a Young Adult Science Fiction Action Adventure
Cygnus Space Opera - A Young Adult Space Opera (set in the Free Trader universe)
Darklanding (co-written with Scott Moon) - a Space Western
Judge, Jury, & Executioner - a space opera adventure legal thriller
Rick Banik - Spy & Terrorism Action Adventure
Become a Successful Indie Author - a non-fiction work
Metamorphosis Alpha - stories from the world's first science fiction RPG
The Expanding Universe - science fiction anthologies
Shadow Vanguard - a Tom Dublin series
Metal Legion (co-written with Caleb Wachter) - a military space operaBattleship Leviathian (co-written with Caleb Wachter) - a military space operaEnd Days (co-written with E.E. Isherwood) - a time-warp post-apocalyptic adventureMystically Engineered (co-written with Valerie Emerson) - Mystics, Dragons, & SpaceshipsMonster Case Files (co-written with Kathryn Hearst) - a young adult cozy mystery series

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01I5XAXK0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Craig Martelle, Inc (July 7, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 7, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.3 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 279 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 182 ratings

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Craig Martelle
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Craig is a million-selling author of science fiction (post-apocalyptic, military sci-fi, and space opera), thrillers, and non-fiction.

Craig retired from the Marine Corps after a long career in the military intelligence community, having worked with most of the U.S. Government's three-letter agencies. After a short stint with physical security, Craig went to law school, graduated summa cum laude, and went into business consulting. From intelligence, to the inner workings of company board rooms, to on-the-ground leadership, Craig has seen it firsthand.

His books are an extension of his experience, putting the trials and tribulations of a fast-paced world into your hands. Whether in Science Fiction, Thrillers, Fantasy, or even his Non-Fiction, you'll find consistent themes of justice and doing right by those who are counting on their leaders. Leadership is a service, not a crown to lord over others.

No matter where Craig went, he always had a book with him. Thanks to 21st Century technology, He now has thousands of books at his fingertips and with him wherever he goes. How many books would he have read on deployments had he not had to carry a physical book?

No one is encumbered like that now. Craig loves the works of Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey, Andre Norton, JRR Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, and so many more. He has been compared to Andre Norton and that is humbling - she was an incredible author with a huge list of novels to her credit. With every new book, Craig aspires to live up to those that you, the readers, have compared him to.

Through a bizarre series of events, Craig ended up in Fairbanks, Alaska. He never expected to retire to a place where golf courses are only open for four months out of the year. But that's the way it is. It is off the beaten path. He and his wife get to watch the northern lights from their driveway. Their dog has lots of room to run, just until temperatures reach fifty below zero. They have from three and a half hours of daylight in the winter to twenty-four hours in the summer.

It’s all part of the give and take of life. If they didn’t have those extremes, then everyone would live in the sub-arctic.

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Customers enjoy this science fiction book, praising its inventive and creative writing style. They appreciate the great characters and find the story line riveting, with one review noting plenty of high adventure.

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Customers enjoy the story quality of the book, with one customer highlighting its riveting plot and plenty of high adventure, while another describes it as excellent science fiction.

"Very clever and inventive writing. Keeps me interested. Have read four books in the series and I’m looking forward to reading the next." Read more

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"Very good stories. Love all the characters. Reminds me a lot about andre norton books. I wish in real life everyone would work together." Read more

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"...I absolutely loved this book. Branden and his Hellcat are outstanding characters, as are the other characters which are introduced as the book and..." Read more

"Very good stories. Love all the characters. Reminds me a lot about andre norton books. I wish in real life everyone would work together." Read more

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"...Cygnus Arising, I can't find anything else to read that is as exciting to read and as well written. I absolutely loved this book...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the writing style of the book, describing it as inventive and creative.

"...weapons and tactics very well and applies this experties in an imaginative, creative and successful way...." Read more

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Top reviews from the United States

  • Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2018
    This is the fourth book in Craig Martelle's "Free Trader" series. This series tells the story of Free Trader Braden and his journey to bring freedom and prosperity to Planet Vii.
    Adventures on RV Traveller touched upon a war in the Amazon forest between different groups of lizard men (bear with me please). In this book, the fourth in the Free Trader series, Free Trader, President Micah and a cast of intellignet creatures have to end the war in the forest. This is the darkest of the books so far. Martelle brings the horror of war and the loss of friends and comrades to life in an imaginative way. The description of the horrors of jungle warfare are very well done. Martelle does understand small group weapons and tactics very well and applies this experties in an imaginative, creative and successful way.
    The Free Trader series doesn't get a lot of love on Amazon. This will be the 16th review of this book. Fans of Craig Martelle's work should give this book a good look as it's some of his best writing. The character development isn't up there with the Nomad series but overall this compares very well with Martelle's best.
  • Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2020
    Very clever and inventive writing. Keeps me interested. Have read four books in the series and I’m looking forward to reading the next.
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2016
    Part of the series..Also a Good Read. I have been ruined. Since reading this series and Craig Martelle's follow-on series Cygnus Arising, I can't find anything else to read that is as exciting to read and as well written. I absolutely loved this book. Branden and his Hellcat are outstanding characters, as are the other characters which are introduced as the book and the series continues. The story line is riveting and original. Yet, as one reads this series, one continues to think of the writing style of Ann McCaffery, with a bit of Andre Norton thrown in. I believe any Science-fiction reader who has read and enjoyed these writers, will absolutely love this series!
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2022
    Action packed from beginning to end, this installment in the series concentrates on the fight to free the Amazonians from the grip of the Overlords and bring peace to their corner of the world. A trip back in space to the ship to collect volunteers from the wolf and Amazon tribes, and a vow never to return as the androids really creep them out. Home again where battle preparations begin for a trek deep within the rain forest to the Overlord stronghold, one half approaching from the south while the other comes in from the north. The trials of combat weed out many of the volunteers and the battle is close to being lost until help arrives from an unexpected source. I am really loving this series!
  • Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2021
    Very good stories. Love all the characters. Reminds me a lot about andre norton books. I wish in real life everyone would work together.
  • Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2018
    This book keeps the saga expanding with battles and new characters providing a lot of interesting reading. Can't wait to start the next book.
  • Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2018
    I like all the characters in the books in this series. It's also excellent science fiction. There's a lot of inter-species camaraderie and there's plenty of high adventure.
  • Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2020
    The first four books have been fun to read. I am looking forward to reading the remainder of the series

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