About
Author of Upmarket Speculative History Thrillers | Exploring the Hidden Frontiers of Human History
Ron Crandall is a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, physician, and author of upmarket speculative history thrillers. Combining a rigorous military and medical background with a lifelong dedication to the study of archaeology and the origins of civilization, his work explores the hidden frontiers of human history.
He is currently querying his completed debut manuscript, The Carian Codex. He is also actively developing a slate of related speculative history works, including Ancient Omens, On Sundering Seas and Emergence.
Ron is an active member of the Writers' League of Texas and the Authors Guild. He lives and writes in Texas. You can connect with him and explore his expanding universe at roncrandall.com and across select social media platforms.
Featured Work
The Carian Codex
Dr. James Oliver Chambers arrives at an academic conference excited to bring his discoveries about Tas Tepler to his colleagues. Then, a perfectly timed email shatters his existence. Brown University is actively dismantling his department, his position, and reassigning his students.
At the end of his presentation, he is unexpectedly captivated by Dr. Christie Hannah Keaton. As a former hard-driving USAF fighter pilot whose career was interrupted and whose ambition drove her rise as a Smithsonian antiquities head curator, Christie is inspiring, independent, and sharp-witted—an interesting counterpart to James’s cautious, meticulous academic approach.
Then comes a late-night phone call, and a lifeline.
A wealthy childhood friend offers an impossible 10,000-year-old astrolabe that defies the accepted timeline of human history.
For James, claiming the earth-shattering artifact could save him—but it requires betraying his friends.
Before James can resolve his moral test, the mystery violently expands. Plunged into a gauntlet of escalating threats, James and Christie find themselves hunted by a shadowy syndicate. Aided by Alfred, an exascale AI undergoing a quiet awakening, James must abandon the safe halls of academia to protect a truth that threatens the foundations of human origin. In the chaos, they become separated.
Now, he just has to survive long enough to see them again...
Perfect for fans of James Rollins's The Bone Labyrinth and Clive Cussler's Atlantis Found, The Carian Codex blends deep-time archaeological stakes with visceral, upmarket action.
