I am a former Navy Lieutenant who saw duty as a weapons and deck officer abaord a destroyer. My ship served in the South China Sea, granting me membership in the exclusive “Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club.” After that, I worked for over thirty years in executive recruiting. My clients included companies in the military and commercial aerospace sectors giving me added insight into character development for my novels. Dead Man Launch - A Todd Ingram Novel of the Cold War, is my first indie effort, Also, it is the most recent of six stand-alone novels in the Todd Ingram series. Another is underway: At Danger’s Ebb. To date, I have written eight historical thrillers involving the U.S. Navy—Pacific Theater. The first seven were published by Scribner's, St. Martin's Press, Random House, and the U.S. Naval Institute Press. All have been reviewed by PW. At Danger’s Ebb will be my ninth work. My wife, Janine, and I are USC graduates and live in Newport Beach, California.