{"id":11683,"date":"2012-06-13T18:43:16","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T23:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldmaker.us\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-11-07T20:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T02:48:29","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldmaker.us\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"WorldMaker: building worlds since 1987"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello and Welcome to WorldMaker, the home of author Mark Wandrey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find his books on Amazon.com and several other outlets. Look for <\/strong>the Earth Song<\/a> series, Four Horsemen Universe<\/a> novels, and the Turning Point<\/a> series online, in print, in Audio format from Audible, and in all ebook formats. Active military servicemen and women are eligible for one free copy of Earth Song: Overture, as an ebook, just drop us a line at Joy at worldmaker dot us and we will send it in your preferred format!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark has been writing as long as he can remember, and has many finished novels to his credit, including six novels in the Earth Song series, three novels in the Turning Point series, including A Time to Die, which earned a spot as a finalist for a Dragon Award in the Best Apocalyptic Novel category. If you like soldiers in powered armor suits killing aliens and getting paid, you will love Cartwright’s Cavaliers and all the rest of the Four Horsemen Universe titles. All titles are with Chris Kennedy Publishing<\/a> and are available through Amazon,<\/a> and Kindle Unlimited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hello and Welcome to WorldMaker, the home of author Mark Wandrey. You can find his books on Amazon.com and several other outlets. Look for the Earth Song series, Four Horsemen Universe novels, and the Turning Point series online, in print, in … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11683","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P20yDF-32r","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7,"url":"https:\/\/www.worldmaker.us\/home\/about-the-books\/","url_meta":{"origin":11683,"position":0},"title":"About the Books","author":"knitnick","date":"July 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0\u00a0 Mark Wandrey has been writing since he was a child, short stories, novels, and more, but for the last 20 years he has been seriously writing and publishing his work. 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