Frequently Asked Questions

The books are numbered chronologically, so it's best to start with Book One, Wolf Laurel. Each subsequent novel carries Bruce McGowan's story forward across roughly 20 years of missions, so reading in order gives you the fullest picture — though each book also stands on its own.

No — Colonel Martin's standalone mystery novels are separate stories, each with its own setting and cast, ranging from 19th-century Charleston to 1950s Appalachia. The McGowan Collection is his dedicated counterterrorism thriller series featuring Bruce McGowan.

Bruce McGowan is a former Army Special Forces captain who went on to serve 20 years as an FBI Special Agent before becoming a Department of State counter-terrorist operative. Most of the series is set in Greenbrier County, West Virginia — a place Colonel Martin knows well, having graduated from a military school in the same area as his character.

Every book is available in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook format through Amazon. Note that the McGowan Collection is currently the only series available in audiobook, narrated by Benjamin Hunter.

All titles are sold through Amazon Books, the exclusive retail and fulfillment partner. Martin's catalog is also listed through IngramSpark, Books-A-Million, and Books.By.

All of Colonel Martin's novels are professionally edited, formatted, and published through I.E.R. Media, under the leadership of Terry S. Byrnes, CPPB. Books are distributed globally via Amazon's print-on-demand network.

Colonel Lee Martin is a retired U.S. Army officer with 26 years of service and a decorated Vietnam War veteran, having earned the Bronze Star and Gallantry Cross. A native West Virginian now residing near Atlanta, Georgia, he holds a doctorate in Counseling Psychology and taught psychology at an Atlanta university for 18 years before turning to full-time writing. Read more on the About Us page.

His first novel, The Third Moon is Blue , was published in 2004. Twenty years later, his catalog had grown to 22 novels, including the 11+ book McGowan Collection.

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