Independent publisher & creative studio
Stories. Software. Games.
Marque Publishing is a small, independent studio that believes great work starts with giving a damn. We publish books, build software, and make games — each one a project we'd want to read, use, or play ourselves.
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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
Three books, three obsessions
Each one started as an idea that wouldn't let go. Now they're becoming real.
Cyber risk is business risk
Three decades in the field, distilled for the people who have to make the decisions.
Coming in July 2026
The treasure hunter's legacy
A retired Marine chasing a pirate's three-hundred-year-old secret. Book one of a trilogy.
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.
Your board is spending more on cybersecurity. It's getting worse at it.
HBR research shows boards are paradoxically getting worse at cyber governance even as they spend more.
Read more →Your CISO isn't the one who should be worried. You are.
CISOs are buying personal liability insurance. That's a governance red flag, not an HR problem.
Read more →Lost in translation: why security leaders struggle to get the buy-in they've earned
The gap between what security teams measure and what executives act on isn't a technical problem.
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