Michael J. Martinez

Michael J. Martinez is an American author of science fiction, born in 1978. He is best known for the Daedalus trilogy -- The Daedalus Incident, The Enceladus Crisis, and The Venusian Gambit -- a genre-blending series that combines Age of Sail-style space piracy with hard science fiction, following characters across parallel timelines where magic and alchemy shape interplanetary exploration. He also wrote the MJ-12 series, including MJ-12: Inception, MJ-12: Shadows, and MJ-12: Endgame, an alternate-history thriller imagining a Cold War-era program built around psychically gifted operatives. Martinez's short fiction has appeared in anthologies including a Cthulhu Mythos collection, reflecting his broader engagement with genre short fiction alongside his novel series.