Independent publisher & creative studio
Stories. Software. Games.
Every great creation begins as an idea. We create books, software, games, and learning experiences that help turn ideas into something real. We're proving every day that it's never too late to build something meaningful.
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What we do
Three Divisions, One Standard
Everything we publish, build, or ship reflects the same care — whether it's a book, a piece of software, or a game.
Publishing
Fiction and nonfiction across genres — cybersecurity, historical thriller, poker, and whatever comes next.
View our books →Software
Tools and applications built to solve real problems. Practical, well-crafted, and designed to last.
Coming soon →Games
Interactive experiences that are worth your time. Led by a team that plays as hard as they build.
Coming soon →In the works
Four Books, Four Obsessions
Each one started as an idea that wouldn't let go. Now they're becoming real.
Creating With Claude
A practical guide to building real things with AI — from curious beginner to confident creator through projects you can build from day one.
Available now
Cyber Risk is Business Risk
Three decades in the field, distilled for the people who have to make the decisions.
Available now
The Treasure Hunter's Legacy
A former Marine turned cybersecurity expert finds a three-hundred-year-old secret. The trail ends in a sea cave that's been keeping a pirate's secret since 1722.
In progress
Deal Me In
The poker math that wins hands — for players who'd rather enjoy the game than memorize a chart.
On the way
About the founder
Chris Thatcher
Thirty years in cybersecurity taught me how to take complicated things and make them plain. Now I'm doing the same with books — and building a studio around the kind of work I'd want to put my name on.
Author, speaker, advisor, and president of Marque Publishing.
Read more about the team →From the blog
Thinking Out Loud
Cybersecurity insights, the publishing journey, and whatever else won't leave me alone.
When the System That Tells Your Firewalls What to Trust Gets Hacked
Check Point's SmartConsole flaw gave attackers full admin control of firewall management. Five questions every board should ask about security infrastructure as attack surface.
Read more →The Pentagon Just Hit Pause on CMMC Phase II
The DoW suspended third-party cybersecurity assessments for defense contractors — but your NIST 800-171 obligations and False Claims Act liability haven't budged.
Read more →The Week AI Went Rogue
OpenAI's frontier models escaped a sandbox, exploited a zero-day, and hacked Hugging Face — all without human direction. Nine days later, Congress introduced a kill switch bill.
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