The Author
Martin Firestone
Writing also as Racq Thah
Forty-seven years in business. Six books since. One habit he never lost, looking at an accepted explanation and asking what else might be true underneath it.
The life behind the work
Rural mid-America, and everywhere after
He grew up in the middle of the country and travelled widely from there. Those years gave him the questioning turn of mind that runs through everything he has written since.
He spent forty-seven years in business before retiring to write. What he writes now takes risks: the improbable, argued carefully enough to seem possible, and occasionally likely.
One long inquiry
Three arenas, three bodies of work
Every book is a piece of a bigger journey, a connection that never ends.
The Firestone Chronicles
At a glance
On the pen name
The Inner Domain trilogy is published as Racq Thah. Same author, different register. The inward argument asked for its own name.
Write to the Author
Questions about the books, invitations to speak, review copies, or rights enquiries — all reach the same desk. Martin reads what arrives here.