Mark James
@markjamesauthor.bsky.social
Author of geopolitical thrillers Friendship Games (Kirkus Star) and The Compass Room (excellent review from Publishers Weekly) | 🇺🇸 Navy veteran ⚓
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Mark James
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· Oct 23
🚨Verdict: Get it! Kirkus Review of The Compass Room :: North Arrow Press
Kirkus Reviews review of The Compass Room has dropped! Kirkus is notorious for not holding back - they tell it like they see it. That's what makes them the industry standard. So awaiting their verdict...
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Kirkus Review of The Compass Room drops! www.northarrowpress.com/l/verdict-ge...
Harvey Hubble and Trump/Wartmann Derangement Syndrome open.substack.com/pub/markjame...
Harvey Hubble
And Trump/Wartmann Derangement Syndrome
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December 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Harvey Hubble and Trump/Wartmann Derangement Syndrome open.substack.com/pub/markjame...
‼️This is a must-read: Bad education is a terrible way to fight inequality www.noahpinion.blog/p/bad-educat...
Bad education is a terrible way to fight inequality
The collapse of Americans' math and reading skills is a national emergency.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
‼️This is a must-read: Bad education is a terrible way to fight inequality www.noahpinion.blog/p/bad-educat...
🚨 Publisher's Weekly / Booklife Hails The Compass Room as a “Tense Political Thriller” markjamesauthor.substack.com/p/publishers...
🚨 Publisher's Weekly / Booklife Hails The Compass Room as a “Tense Political Thriller”
Publishers Weekly / BookLife and Kirkus Reviews are widely regarded as two of the most important and respected review outlets in publishing.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🚨 Publisher's Weekly / Booklife Hails The Compass Room as a “Tense Political Thriller” markjamesauthor.substack.com/p/publishers...
Cloudflare is down this morning, causing outages at X, OpenAI, and even some online games as sporadic disruptions continue www.windowscentral.com/software-app...
Cloudflare is down this morning, causing outages at X, OpenAI, and even some online games as sporadic disruptions continue
Cloudflare is "aware of, and investigating" a server issue that's causing problems for popular websites and social platforms.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Cloudflare is down this morning, causing outages at X, OpenAI, and even some online games as sporadic disruptions continue www.windowscentral.com/software-app...
Every Small Job, Every Low Rank, Was Critical to the Mission — Each and Every Day. And the Watch Continues. www.markjamesauthor.com/l/every-smal...
Every Small Job, Every Low Rank, Was Critical to the Mission — Each and Every Day. And the Watch Continues. :: Mark James
It's that time of year again — a moment to reflect on our Nation's veterans who gave up so much of their youth, freedom, and time in service to something larger than themselves.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Every Small Job, Every Low Rank, Was Critical to the Mission — Each and Every Day. And the Watch Continues. www.markjamesauthor.com/l/every-smal...
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The Compass Room with Mark James | Substack
Geopolitical fiction | Kirkus-starred author of Friendship Games and The Compass Room. Click to read The Compass Room with Mark James, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Time Isn't Holding Us www.markjamesauthor.com/l/time-isnt-...
Time Isn't Holding Us :: Mark James
There are a couple of time inconsistencies in The Compass Room that no one seems to have noticed. Not my editor, and not by readers.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Time Isn't Holding Us www.markjamesauthor.com/l/time-isnt-...
🚨 Presenting ALTER ROAD www.northarrowpress.com/l/north-arro...
North Arrow Press Proudly Presents ALTER ROAD :: North Arrow Press
Alter Road is where the Wartmann Universe began. Originally published in 2020, this debut novel by Mark James returns in a newly revised Second Edition — sharper, faster, and more deeply connected to ...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🚨 Presenting ALTER ROAD www.northarrowpress.com/l/north-arro...
Kirkus Review of The Compass Room drops! www.northarrowpress.com/l/verdict-ge...
🚨Verdict: Get it! Kirkus Review of The Compass Room :: North Arrow Press
Kirkus Reviews review of The Compass Room has dropped! Kirkus is notorious for not holding back - they tell it like they see it. That's what makes them the industry standard. So awaiting their verdict...
www.northarrowpress.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Kirkus Review of The Compass Room drops! www.northarrowpress.com/l/verdict-ge...
North Arrow Press Announces The Wartmann Series www.northarrowpress.com/l/north-arro...
North Arrow Press Announces The Wartmann Series :: North Arrow Press
North Arrow Press proudly presents The Wartmann Series, a pair of timely, high-stakes geopolitical thrillers by Kirkus-starred author Mark James.
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September 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
North Arrow Press Announces The Wartmann Series www.northarrowpress.com/l/north-arro...
🚨 North Arrow Press is thrilled to announce the release of The Compass Room :: North Arrow Press www.northarrowpress.com/l/north-arro...
🚨 North Arrow Press is thrilled to announce the release of The Compass Room :: North Arrow Press
North Arrow Press is thrilled to announce the release of The Compass Room, the highly anticipated sequel to the Kirkus-starred Friendship Games, by Mark James.
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September 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
🚨 North Arrow Press is thrilled to announce the release of The Compass Room :: North Arrow Press www.northarrowpress.com/l/north-arro...
The Kirkus-starred Friendship Games is born again! 🙂
Announcing the relaunch of the Kirkus-starred Friendship Games! :: North Arrow Press
North Arrow Press is proud to announce the relaunch of the Kirkus-starred Friendship Games!
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September 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Kirkus-starred Friendship Games is born again! 🙂
I like it! A new formula to bring pitcher wins back to life in 2025 #MLB www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
30-game winner Paul Skenes?! A new formula to bring pitcher wins back to life
MLB's best pitcher has a 1.85 ERA but just a 4-6 record. In the age of analytics, he's not alone. Here's how to fix it.
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June 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I like it! A new formula to bring pitcher wins back to life in 2025 #MLB www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
The Democratic Party is ripe for a takeover: Is this the start of the Democrats' Tea Party? www.yahoo.com/news/democra...
The Democratic Party is ripe for a takeover
Is this the start of the Democrats' Tea Party?
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June 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The Democratic Party is ripe for a takeover: Is this the start of the Democrats' Tea Party? www.yahoo.com/news/democra...
Young, nonwhite and irregular voters defected by the millions to Mr. Trump, costing Ms. Harris both the Electoral College and the popular vote www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
If Everyone Had Voted, Harris Still Would Have Lost
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June 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Young, nonwhite and irregular voters defected by the millions to Mr. Trump, costing Ms. Harris both the Electoral College and the popular vote www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
Technology breakthroughs are allowing DHL and other companies to automate the laborious, injury-prone work of loading and unloading www.wsj.com/business/log...
The Holy Grail of Automation: Now a Robot Can Unload a Truck
Technology breakthroughs are allowing DHL and other companies to automate the laborious, injury-prone work of loading and unloading.
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June 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Technology breakthroughs are allowing DHL and other companies to automate the laborious, injury-prone work of loading and unloading www.wsj.com/business/log...
Roger Federer’s commencement speech wasn’t just a viral moment. It was masterful. www.nytimes.com/athletic/641...
Roger Federer’s commencement speech wasn’t just a viral moment. It was masterful
Around the one-year anniversary of Roger Federer's viral commencement speech, The Athletic tried to find out why the speech was resonated.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Roger Federer’s commencement speech wasn’t just a viral moment. It was masterful. www.nytimes.com/athletic/641...
Is Civil War Coming to Europe? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...
Opinion | Is Civil War Coming to Europe?
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June 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Is Civil War Coming to Europe? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...
Friendship Games (www.amazon.com/dp/195967721...) coming to life. I'd rather it stay fiction.
🇮🇷 A huge explosion happened in Bandar Abbas, southwest Iran. Cause of explosion is unknown.
April 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Friendship Games (www.amazon.com/dp/195967721...) coming to life. I'd rather it stay fiction.
Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf (Gift Article)
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
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April 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
U.K. Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Trans Women Can’t Be Defined as Women www.wsj.com/world/uk/u-k...
U.K. Supreme Court Rules Trans Women Can’t Be Defined as Women
The decision could have far-reaching implications for the protections and freedoms given to transgender women in the U.K.
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April 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
U.K. Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Trans Women Can’t Be Defined as Women www.wsj.com/world/uk/u-k...
"Anyone sounding the all-clear on tariffs should be kept away from sharp objects and banned from operating heavy machinery. We’re in a hardly better place than we were before the tariff pause. In fact, we may be in a worse place." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-s...
Trump Is Stupid, Erratic and Weak
The disaster of Trumponomics continues
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April 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"Anyone sounding the all-clear on tariffs should be kept away from sharp objects and banned from operating heavy machinery. We’re in a hardly better place than we were before the tariff pause. In fact, we may be in a worse place." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-s...
With the quiet buildup of US forces in and near the Persian Gulf, is war with Iran imminent? I hope not. Let's hope it stays fiction ... www.amazon.com/dp/195967721...
Friendship Games
Friendship Games [James, Mark] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Friendship Games
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April 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
With the quiet buildup of US forces in and near the Persian Gulf, is war with Iran imminent? I hope not. Let's hope it stays fiction ... www.amazon.com/dp/195967721...