Marko Kloos is a German-American author of military science fiction and high fantasy. Born in Germany, Kloos lives and works in the United States.
Work Kloos is best known for his Frontlines series of military science fiction novels. Featuring the protagonist Andrew Grayson, they are set in a future in which a Western and an Eastern power bloc are at war with each other and with an alien threat.
Reviewing the first novel, Terms of Enlistment, io9 described it as sticking close to the conventions of the genre, focusing on "guns, acronyms, hard-ass drill sergeants, explosions and battles on alien worlds". The reviewer considered the second novel, Lines of Departure, to be an improvement in that it reflected a critical outlook towards powerful, centralized government that was often absent in leading works of the genre such as Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers.
Lines of Departure was nominated for the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel on a slate organized by the "Sad Puppies", a group of "right-leaning science fiction writers." In reaction to this, Kloos withdrew the novel from consideration for the award. He was subsequently honored by George R. R. Martin for this decision.Who Won Science Fiction’s Hugo Awards, and Why It Matters, by Amy Wallace, in Wired; published August 23, 2015; retrieved August 23, 2015
In 2019, his short stories, Lucky Thirteen and On The Use Of Shape-Shifters In Warfare, were adapted as part of the Netflix anthology series Love, Death & Robots.
Aftershocks, the first book in a new series, "The Palladium Wars," was released in July 2019.
Personal life Kloos served in the West German military as a junior NCO from 1989 to 1993. He drew upon these experiences in his military science fiction.
Kloos lives in New Hampshire with his family and has been employed as "a soldier, a bookseller, a freight dock worker, a tech support drone, and a corporate IT administrator". He is a graduate of the Viable Paradise writers' workshop.
In 2026, Kloos is the Democratic Party candidate for New Hampshire State Representative in Grafton District 18.
Bibliography
Frontlines series Novels Terms of Enlistment (2013), , 47North Lines of Departure (2014), , 47North Angles of Attack (2015), , 47North Chains of Command (2016), , 47North Fields of Fire (2017), , 47North Points of Impact (2018), , 47North Orders of Battle (2020), , 47North Centers of Gravity (2022), , 47North Echoes of Silence (novella) (2025), Frostbite Publishing Chapbooks Lucky Thirteen (2013) Measures of Absolution (2013) Comics With Ivan Brandon: Frontlines: Requiem (four issues, Jet City Comics, 2016)
Frontlines: Evolution series Scorpio (2023), 47North Corvus (2025), 47North
The Palladium Wars series Novels
Aftershocks (July 1, 2019), , 47North Ballistic (May 26, 2020), , 47North Citadel (August 10, 2021), , 47North Descent (July 16, 2024), , 47North
Other work Short fiction
How to Move Spheres and Influence People (2019)
Ink and Blood (2011) Cake Whores of Mars (2012) Berlin Is Never Berlin (2020)
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