J.R. SEEGER is a western New York native who served as a US Army paratrooper and as a CIA case officer for a total of 27 years of federal ser-vice. In October 2001, Seeger led a CIA paramilitary team into Afghanistan. He splits his time between western New York and central New Mexico.Seeger is the author of the MIKE4 series of eight novels featuring US Special Ops forces and the Steampunk Raj series of spy adventures for younger readers.