About
Marc Liebman retired from both the business world and the U.S. Navy to become a full time author. So far, he has published 15 novels in three different genres.
The seven book Josh Haman series follows the career of a young Naval officer and Naval Aviator from his first tour in Vietnam in 1970 to when he decides to retire after being the commander of a large amphibious assault ship in 1996. The books are CHERUBS 2, BIG MOTHER 40, RENDER HARMLESS, FORGOTTEN, INNER LOOK, MOSCOW AIRLIFT and THE SIMUSHIR ISLAND INCIDENT.
He is also writing an Age of Sail series that begins during the American Revolution. It follows the careers of a Continental Navy officer, Jaco Jacinto and a Royal Navy officer, Darren Smythe. They become friends when Jacinto captures Smythe and then when Smythe is paroled, they are again, mortal enemies. As the series progresses, their lives get closer and closer together. Four books - RAIDER OF THE SCOTTISH COAST, CARRONADE, DEATH OF A LADY and LAST BATTLES have been published with more coming.
His third series is built around the character Derek Alter and focuses on counterterrorism and realistic threats to the U.S. Homeland that the U.S. government prefers not to discuss. So far, three books - FLIGHT OF THE PAWNEE, FAILURE TO FIRE and INSIDIOUS DRAGON have been published.
Marc has also recently released a stand-alone novel called THE RED STAR OF DEATH in which one of the main characters in FORGOTTEN comes out of retirement to hunt down a wanted terrorist.
His novels have won many national awards. FORGOTTEN was an Amazon #1 Best Seller and was selected as the 2017 Finalist in Historical Fiction in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, 2017 Finalist in Fiction in the Book Excellence Awards and rated as Five Star by Reader's Favorite. In June 2013, BIG MOTHER 40 was ranked #48 in the Top 100 War Novels by the Readers Who Buy Books on Amazon and is also an Amazon #1 Best Seller as are RAIDER OF THE SCOTTISH COAST and FLIGHT OF THE PAWNEE.
In the business world, he has been the CEO of an aerospace and defense manufacturing firm; a commercial pilot; an associate editor of a national magazine; a copywriter for an advertising agency; a consultant and a senior executive for a business process management firm.
He is a Naval Aviator and a combat veteran of Vietnam, the tanker wars of the 1980s and Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Marc has 6,000+ hours flying a variety of tactical military aircraft as well as corporate jets and helicopters. He is retired as a Captain after twenty-six years in the Navy and a career that took him all over the world. Marc has worked with the armed forces of Australia, Canada, Japan, Thailand, Republic of Korea, the Philippines and the U.K.
Throughout his military and civilian careers, as a freelance writer, Marc wrote about skiing, and defense and foreign affairs. Marc lives in Savannah, Texas with his wife of 54+ years, and has seven grand-children.
Featured Work
THE RED STAR OF DEATH
When Janis Goodrich retired from her life as The Red Star of Death, she was one of the most feared and accomplished assassins in the world. Through a middleman, intelligence agencies, criminal organizations, and wealthy individuals hired her, confident that the target would be killed and there wouldn’t be any blowback.
During her 19 years of retirement and wealthy beyond her dreams, Janis enjoyed life with her lover Karin Egger while she raced her vintage Porsche race cars, skied, learned to fly, and traveled. 9/11 and Karin’s death changed her life.
Combating terrorism was now a focus of intelligence agencies. Cuba’s Dirección de Inteligencia, the organization that trained her in 1971, wants Janis for its purposes. CIA and Mossad want to use her services again. No one knew where Janis was, what name she was using, or even if she was interested in working.
Mossad’s Aliyah Skylar was told to recruit Goodrich “by any means.” She got lucky and was the first to find Goodrich, who agreed to work with Mossad and the CIA in exchange for full immunity from prosecution for her past actions.
Hearing the woman known as The Red Star of Death had been found and was about to be debriefed by the CIA, FBI Special Agent William Smith III makes it his mission to put her behind bars.
Skylar and Goodrich are tasked to conduct a series of missions to weaken Hezbollah while their employers hunt for Abd al-Bari Ghulam, a Hezbollah operational planner. His attacks in France, Germany, and the U.S. killed and injured hundreds, made him a target.
To take down Ghulam, Goodrich and Sklyar must battle traitors within Mossad and CIA along with Smith III’s obsession with Goodrich.
Other Works
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BIG MOTHER 40
September, 2012
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FORGOTTEN
September 2016
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RENDER HARMLESS
March, 2014
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Inner Look
March 2017
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CHERUBS 2
June 2015
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LAST BATTLES
2024
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INSIDIOUS DRAGON
2023
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DEATH OF A LADY
2023
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FAILURE TO FIRE
2022
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CARRONADE
2021
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Raider of the Scottish Coast
2020
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THE SIMUSHIR ISLAND INCIDENT
2020
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FLIGHT OF THE PAWNEE
2020
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MOSCOW AIRLIFT
2018
Awards and Recognition
- FORGOTTEN has won three awards: 1. 2017 Finalist in Fiction Book Excellence Awards; 2. 2017 Finalist in Historical Fiction in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards; 3. Rated Five Star by Reader's Favorites. INNER LOOK was rated Five Star by Reader's Favorites. In June 2013, BIG MOTHER 40 was ranked #48 of Top 100 War Novels by Readers Who By Books on Amazon.