Myke Cole biography

As a security contractor, government civilian and military officer, Myke Cole’s career has run the gamut from Counterterrorism to Cyber Warfare to Federal Law Enforcement. He’s done three tours in Iraq and was recalled to serve during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

"I guess if I had to stick a label on myself, it’d be “warrior-nerd.” I’m a military officer and I’ve done three tours in Iraq and have also worked as a responder on domestic disasters like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and Hurricane Irene. I’m also a geek in the classic mode. I grew up on Dungeons & Dragons, comic books and mass market fantasy novels. I never grew out of that love and dreamed of pursuing it professionally all my life. It’s kind of ironic that it was the blending of the two (military life and fantasy dorkdom) that lead to me being able to land the book deal and go pro in the field. Last thing I would ever have expected coming out of my years working in/around the military."
Myke Cole, when we asked him in an interview about what led him to become a writer (link to full interview above right)

"A mile-a-minute story of someone trying to find purpose in a war he never asked for" Jack Campbell

"Black Hawk Down meets the X-Men... military fantasy like you've never seen it before" Peter V. Brett

January 18th 2012 interview with Myke Cole

As a secu­rity con­tractor, gov­ern­ment civilian and mil­i­tary officer, Myke Cole's career has run the gamut from Coun­tert­er­rorism to Cyber War­fare to Fed­eral Law Enforce­ment. He's done three tours in Iraq and was recalled to serve d [...]

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