John Ringo brings fighting to life. He is the creator of the Posleen Wars series, which has become a
New York Times best-selling series with over one million copies in print. The series contains
A Hymn Before Battle, Gust Front,
When the Devil Dances,
Hell's Faire, and
Eye of the Storm. In addition, Ringo has penned the Council War series. Adding another dimension to his skills, Ringo created nationally best-selling techno-thriller novels about Mike Harmon (
Ghost,
Kildar,
Choosers of the Slain,
Unto the Breach,
A Deeper Blue, and, with Ryan Sear,
Tiger by the Tail). His techno-thriller
The Last Centurion was also a national bestseller. A more playful twist on the future is found in novels of the Looking-Glass series:
Into the Looking Glass,
Vorpal Blade,
Manxome Foe, and
Claws That Catch, the last three in collaboration with Travis S. Taylor. His audience was further enhanced with four collaborations with fellow
New York Times best-selling author David Weber:
March Upcountry,
March to the Sea,
March to the Stars and
We Few. There are an additional seven collaborations from the Posleen series:
The Hero, written with Michael Z. Williamson,
Watch on the Rhine,
Yellow Eyes and
The Tuloriad, all written with Tom Kratman, and the
New York Times best seller
Cally's War and its sequels
Sister Time and
Honor of the Clan, all with Julie Cochrane. His science-based zombie apocalypse Black Tide Rising series includes
Under a Graveyard Sky, To Sail a Darkling Sea, Islands of Rage and Hope and
Strands of Sorrow. A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringo brings first-hand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.
Kacey Ezell is an active duty USAF helicopter pilot who also writes sci-fi/fantasy/alt history/horror fiction. Her first novel was a Dragon Award finalist in 2018, and her stories have been featured in Baen's Year's Best Military and Adventure Science Fiction compilation in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, her story "Family Over Blood" won the 2018 Year's Best Military and Adventure Science Fiction Reader's Choice Award.
A native Texan by birth (if not geography), Christopher L. Smith moved "home" as soon as he could. While there, he also met a wonderful lady who somehow found him to be funny, charming, and worth marrying. Chris began writing fiction in 2012. His short stories can be found in the anthologies Black Tide Rising, Forged in Blood, and The Good, The Bad, and The Merc, among others. He has co-written two novels, Kraken Mare, with Jason Cordova, and Gunpowder & Embers with John Ringo and Kacey Ezell. A solo urban fantasy novel is currently under construction. His cats allow his family and three dogs to reside with them outside of San Antonio.