Myke Cole has had a colourful and varied career, with service in war and crisis response. He has held positions with the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Office of Naval Intelligence. He commanded the reserve at US Coast Guard Station New York, where he was responsible for maritime law enforcement and search-and-rescue operations around the island of Manhattan. He currently works as a security and intelligence consultant in the private sector. He lives in New Orleans. He has published extensively in military history and is also a popular fantasy and science fiction novelist with several major imprints. Myke also appeared on CBS' hit TV show Hunted, where he joined a team of elite investigators pursuing fugitives across the southeastern United States. Dr Michael Livingston teaches the military and cultural history of the Middle Ages at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. He co-authored the textbook reader Medieval Warfare. In 2021 he published Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England (Osprey) to critical acclaim.
Highly recommended. * Adrian Goldsworthy * A timely look at the history of war, geography, and myth-making, told through the fascinating story of one of the world’s most recurrent battlefields. * Douglas Boin * A survey spanning millennia of a pass that, as the authors brilliantly demonstrate, is as well fitted to host battles as any corner of the globe. * Tom Holland *