If you enjoy science fiction romance that gets your heart racing, you’re in the right place.
Here you’ll find space opera adventure, political intrigue, and powerful relationships where capable women and formidable men face dangerous missions and impossible choices. Love doesn’t make things easier. It makes everything more dangerous.
Hi, I’m Greta van der Rol, and I write science fiction romance where politics, danger, and loyalty collide.
New to my books? Start with The Iron Admiral: Conspiracy.
A decorated admiral. A grieving daughter. A conspiracy that could ignite war.
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I’ve written more than thirty novels and stories set across several science fiction universes, including the Ptorix Empire, the Morgan Selwood series, and the Dryden Universe. I’ve also written two paranormal novels and one historical adventure. My novel For the Greater Good received an SFR Galaxy Award. If you enjoy character driven space opera with romance, in the tradition of Lois McMaster Bujold or Linnea Sinclair, you may feel at home in my books. Explore my books and series and discover where your next adventure begins.
I live in Australia with my husband and have a background in history and computing. When I’m not writing about distant worlds, I’m usually travelling, taking photographs, or wandering somewhere in nature.
