About the Author

Millions of copies of Dave Poyer's over forty books are in print, including THE MED, THE GULF, THE CIRCLE, THE PASSAGE, TOMAHAWK, CHINA SEA, BLACK STORM, THE COMMAND, THE THREAT, KOREA STRAIT, THE WEAPON, THE CRISIS, THE TOWERS, THE CRUISER, TIPPING POINT, and ONSLAUGHT, bestselling novels of the modern Navy and Marine Corps; FIRE ON THE WATERS, A COUNTRY OF OUR OWN, and THAT ANVIL OF OUR SOULS, Civil War fiction; and his Hemlock County books, THE DEAD OF WINTER, WINTER IN THE HEART, AS THE WOLF LOVES WINTER, and THUNDER ON THE MOUNTAIN. His work has been translated into Japanese, Dutch, and Italian, and rights have been sold for films. Poyer has taught or lectured at Annapolis, Flagler College, University of Pittsburgh, Old Dominion University, Joint Staff College, The New College, and other institutions. His fiction has been required reading in the U.S. Naval Academy's "Literature of the Sea" course, along with that of Conrad and Melville. He currently teaches in the Creative Writing program at Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Website: Facebook: David Poyer