Books by Craig A. Brockman
Explore novels and books by Michigan author Craig A. Brockman, including Lake Superior horror, historical fiction, inspirational works, and children's stories.
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Dead Ships
Eternity Is a Frozen Sea
A new stand alone novel from the premiere author of Great Lakes horror and the award winning Lake Superior Trilogy.
Lydia Aguilar, a grieving mother, joins her brother, son, and niece on a kayaking expedition along the wild shores of Lake Superior, hoping distance might ease old wounds.
Instead, a violent storm drives them into the path of the Dead Ships—ghostly vessels said to appear before death.
Lost between worlds and pursued by the nightmare Crooked Man, the family must confront the regrets they have carried for years. Because the Dead Ships ferry more than souls.
They ferry guilt, grief, and every unfinished thing we leave behind.
Dead Ships: Eternity Is a Frozen Sea is a haunting supernatural horror novel where survival may depend on finding forgiveness before the crossing begins.
Dead of November
A Novel of Lake Superior
SELECTED AS A U.P. NOTABLE BOOK IN 2021
"Spellbinding..." "A must-read." "Great North Coast Thriller."
"From one of the premiere Michigan authors..."
Ghosts of the drowned are rising from Lake Superior’s depths. And not to haunt the living, but they are trying to escape something far more sinister.
Adam, a grieving psychologist, returns to the lake that claimed his wife, seeking closure. Instead, he’s pulled into a world where Native legend collides with the supernatural. Spirits spread through the land: from a hermit’s cabin to a crumbling inn, from a Native fishing boat to a haunted research vessel, the drumbeat of danger grows louder.
Guided by Gracie Bird, a mysterious young Ojibwe woman, Adam must confront a twisted medicine man and uncover a dark scheme that threatens not only the restless dead—but his own life.
Delirium Wilderness
A Coming of Age Dark Fantasy in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
From the world of Michigan's premiere writer of supernatural fiction and the author of the award-winning Dead of November...
Lost in delirium, two boys face friendship, fear, and the impossible in the dark wilderness of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Delirium Wilderness is a haunting, unforgettable fable where childhood wonder collides with nightmare.
Two boys are lost in a supernatural wilderness bound by a friendship that defies reason—and mortality. Humorous, heartbreaking, and frightening, Delirium Wilderness is a fable that captures the raw weight of childhood experience.
Set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the story unfolds amid ancient forests, deep-water terror, whispering caves, and dark, hidden underworlds. It is as sublime as an endless summer’s evening and as sinister as an infinite night in a lonely lodge.
Vivid, imaginative, and haunting, this novella is a bewitching tale of mystery and survival where the impossible becomes frighteningly real. Though it stands alone, it can also be read as a companion prequel to Dead of November: A Novel of Lake Superior.
Dead Silence
They Steal Your Thoughts, Your Body, and Leave You in the Afterlife
"From one of Michigan's premiere writers of supernatural fiction..."
Ron Jarvin’s quiet, solitary life is about to be turned upside down.
A young woman claims to be his daughter. With trepidation the former priest prepares for their reunion. But as he makes his way to meet her, he is suddenly thrust into a dark and deadly world beyond his wildest nightmares.
Ensnared by a provocative and capricious Native spirit, he is plunged into a chilling underworld. And he discovers that his daughter and her unborn child have also been trapped in this world by ruthless men involved in human trafficking and supernatural depravity.
His quest weaves through the frozen depths of a ghost ship, caverns of the afterlife, a haunted inn, an underworld lodge, echoing forests of darkness, and beyond. With every twist and turn, the stakes rise higher and the danger intensifies. Will Ron save his new family and defeat the evil that threatens them?
Always beautiful, sometimes sad. Often humorous and horrific.
You won't want to miss this thrilling tale as either a sequel to the award-winning "Dead of November" or as an epic stand-alone.
Curve of the Earth
A Novel of Lazarus
TOP TEN BIBA!! (Best Indie Book Awards: Christian Fiction)
"I took a breath when I started reading... and am just letting it out. What a ride..."
What if Lazarus never died again? Blessed (or cursed) with immortality, the man Jesus raised from the dead wanders a brutal ancient world, pursued by supernatural forces and haunted by the question: why was he brought back?
In this gripping and gorgeously written novel, the man Jesus raised from the dead is cursed—or blessed—to walk the earth for centuries. Pursued relentlessly by supernatural forces that refuse to let him rest, Lazarus becomes a wanderer through the chaos of the first millennium.
From war-torn cities to desolate wilderness, he lives many lives: warrior, sailor, slave, hermit, husband, and lover. But with each passing age, his faith fractures, his hope fades, and the question haunts him—why was he brought back?
For fans of Brian Godawa and Tosca Lee’s raw, unflinching biblical epics, and threaded with the spiritual resonance of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, this is a journey through blood, loss, and the aching search for redemption across a brutal and beautiful ancient world.
My Burden Is Light
Rest for Your Soul
Joy is the default setting for the believer.
Yet fear, anxiety, and despair are endemic among believers.
Life can be tough, but our faith was not intended to be heavy
Believers are under pressure to be more, do more, and perform.
But Jesus offers something radically different.
Rest!
The answer is not more spiritual disciplines, rules, and remedies. The answer is not more striving, but sweet rest.
Jesus said, "My yoke is easy and my burden is light." But "light burdens" and "easy yokes" are oxymorons. They don't exist. His burden was never about easier work or lighter schedules. He calls us to complete rest.
With grace and clarity this little book shatters the tyranny of religious performance and presents an invitation for something revolutionary--Rest.
Make no mistake. Life can be very hard. But My Burden Is Light challenges the assumption that our walk with Christ must also be a burden.
Take a break. You need it.
Surviving to Thriving
Living Your Best Life with a Hospitalized Child
A concise and compassionate guide to navigating your child’s hospitalization. Filled with heartfelt tips, tricks, and hacks this book will help to sustain families and children throughout this complex and difficult time. In a simple and readable format this guide offers hope and concrete strategies for steering through the hospital maze.
Written by someone who not only has experience in pediatric social work but who learned first hand the pain and grueling challenges of long-term hospitalization with her child.
PART ONE: YOU, YOUR CHILD, AND A NEW NORMAL presents the most effective strategies to help our children, our families and ourselves stay as well-adjusted as possible to this new reality.
PART TWO: EFFECTIVE MEDICAL ADVOCACY shares tactics to help us be the best possible advocates for our child’s medical care.
PART THREE: HOSPITAL RESOURCES offers a variety of hospital resources that will be essential along this journey.
Marty and the Far Woodchuck
This middle grade novel was the author's first book
A small life can be transformed by a great love. This humble creature learns it's the journey that matters. A humorous, tender, uplifting adventure. An outstanding book to read to children. Adults love it, too.
An e-book version is available at lulu.com
COMING IN 2027
CLARA REMEMBERED
What Remains When Memory Fades
A new novel by Craig A. Brockman
A literary thriller of memory, identity, and a past that refuses to stay forgotten