Meet Gary Battle
Author of the Fragments and Veiled Kingdoms Series
He may be the “new kid on the block” but he’s no novice when it comes to creative writing, sexy romance, and intriguing storylines. Gary Battle II, author of Fragments: Shattered and Shattering promises to quench your literary thirst with his debut novel.
-SURA Magazine (Savvy Uniquely Relevant Authors)
Gary Battle writes the stories that live underneath, where alliances dissolve without warning, power moves quietly through rooms, and one decision can unravel everything.
Growing up in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Gary didn’t just study the world. He went out and lived in it. He packed his bags, crossed oceans, and spent years teaching in Japan and South Korea, learning firsthand how cultures clash, connect, and quietly shape the people caught between them. That experience didn’t just broaden his perspective. It became the heartbeat of his fiction.
Armed with a degree in International Relations from Appalachian State University and an M.S. in Organizational Development from University of the Incarnate Word, Gary brings a rare combination to the page: the emotional intelligence of someone who has sat across from people nothing like him, and the analytical mind of someone who understands “why” the world works the way it does and what happens when it doesn’t.
His novels pull the reader into the seemingly far-flung corners of geopolitics and personal consequence, where strategy meets humanity and the stakes are always real. These aren’t just thrillers. They are windows into a world most of us only occasionally glimpse from the outside.
If you’ve ever wanted to understand power, how it’s wielded, how it corrupts, and how ordinary people survive it, Gary Battle is your guide.
Fragments
Shattered and Shattering
Fragments a gripping and thought-provoking novel that will captivate readers who crave complex, morally ambiguous characters, intricate plots, and explorations of identity, power, and elements of social justice, making it a perfect fit for fans of literary thrillers and character-driven fiction.
Fragments II Bound and Broken
Fragments III Forged and Free
The Veiled Kingdoms I
The Realms Unmoored
“Rebellion coils through Daayah Aaquios, mortal ambition and the hunger of spirits ignite. To save all she knows, Nerayah must rule and survive at all costs—all while the realms drift farther from the shore of known. Only the bold will endure when kingdoms are unveiled and destinies unmoored.”
The Veiled Kingdoms II Shattering the Shroud
