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Martin Roy Hill is the author of the military mystery thriller, "The Killing Depths," and "Duty: Suspense and Mystery Stories from the Cold War and Beyond," a collection of new and previously published short stories.
Martin Roy Hill spent more than 20 years as a staff reporter and editor for newspapers and magazines, before becoming a military analyst specializing in battlefield medical operations for the Navy. His freelance credits include Reader's Digest, LIFE, Newsweek, Omni, American History, Coast Guard Magazine, Retired Officer Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Sunday Opinion Section, and many more.
Much of his freelance work involves historical topics, especially military history. He was a lead contributor to the 1995 WWII anthology, "From Pearl Harbor to Nagasaki: America at War," published by the Retired Officer Association (now called the Military Officer Association). He also writes a blog on politics and history, "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow," for Open Salon.
In addition to writing nonfiction, Hill also writes short fiction. His short stories have appeared in such publications as Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, San Diego Magazine, and San Diego Writer's Monthly.
A veteran of the Coast Guard and Navy reserves, he now serves as a medical service corps officer in the California State Military Reserve, a component of the California National Guard. Hill has more than 13 years experience in maritime and wilderness search and rescue and disaster response, and
Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite
Martin Roy Hill's anthology, "Duty", is a compilation of short stories with the common theme of duty to one's country. The cover story 'Duty' is a tale about the mythical red button that starts the atomic war, and the soldiers who are assigned the fatal duty. Another story may remind readers of the Cold War works of John LeCarre wherein aging spies from the U.S. and Russia meet for a final swap of information. Yet another tale concerns the ghostly presence of a murdered crewman aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the efforts of a civilian investigator to solve the mystery. 'Stragglers' is an intriguing account of soldiers from different wars in time, all lost and cognizant of their deaths, converging in a final march in unfamiliar surroundings.
I was blown away by the power and intensity of the first tale and wondered how Hill could follow up that story. He did, and that too with flying colors. Each story has a main character you come to know and empathize with. Hill's writing is sparse but packs so much into each tale that you leave one story satisfied yet eager to dive into the next one. They are that good. The stories within "Duty" are both entertaining and thought-provoking, and extremely well-written. I'd be hard-pressed to pick a favorite out of the anthology and can't really recall enjoying a collection of short stories as much as I did these. I highly recommend "Duty", and I'll be looking for more works by Martin Roy Hill.
