George Galdorisi

George Galdorisi is a highly accomplished career naval aviator and author, with over thirty years of active duty service in the United States Navy. He has had a diverse and distinguished military career, including five years as a chief of staff of a carrier strike group, four command tours, and three years leading America's delegation for military talks with China's Navy. His rich military experience and expertise are reflected in his successful writing career.

Galdorisi's writing journey began in 1978 with an article published in US Naval Institute Proceedings. He has since written over 400 articles in professional journals and other media, as well as twelve books distributed by mainstream publishers. He is best known for his Rick Holden thriller series and his work on the Tom Clancy Presents series. His recent publications with Braveship Books, The Coronado Conspiracy and For Duty and Honor, have been well-received, adding to his growing list of successful thrillers.

In addition to his thrillers, Galdorisi has co-authored New York Times bestsellers, including Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor and several books in the rebooted Tom Clancy’s Op-Center series. He has also received numerous national and international writing awards, including the Navy League of the United States Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement and the U.S. Naval Institute General Prize Essay Contest.

Currently, Galdorisi is the Director of Strategic Futures and Technical Assessments at the Navy's Information Warfare Center Pacific in San Diego, California. He is passionate about writing and considers it the ultimate "flow" experience. When he is not writing, he enjoys connecting with his readers through social media platforms and his website.
Rick Holden Books
# Title Year
1 The Coronado Conspiracy 1998
2 For Duty and Honor 2000
Tom Clancy's Op-Center Books
# Title Year
1 Op-Center 1995
2 Mirror Image 1995
3 Games of State 1996
4 Acts of War 1996
5 Balance of Power 1998
6 State of Siege 1999
7 Divide and Conquer 2000
8 Line of Control 2001
9 Mission of Honor 2002
10 Sea of Fire 2003
11 Call to Treason 2004
12 War of Eagles 2005
13 Out of the Ashes 2014
14 Into the Fire 2015
15 Scorched Earth 2016
16 Dark Zone 2017
17 For Honor 2018
18 Sting of the Wasp 2019
19 God of War 2020
20 The Black Order 2021
21 Call of Duty 2022
22 Fallout 2023
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 Act of Valor 2012
Non-Fiction Books
# Title Year
1 Leave No Man Behind 2008
2 The Kissing Sailor 2012
3 When the Killer Man Comes 2018
4 AI at War: How Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning Are Changing Naval Warfare 2021