David VanDyke is a Hugo Award and Dragon Award finalist and the bestselling author of the Plague Wars, Stellar Conquest, and Galactic Liberation sci-fi adventure series, which have sold more than 300,000 copies to date. He is coauthor of B. V. Larson's million-selling Star Force series, Books 10, 11, and 12. He's a retired U.S. military officer, veteran of two branches of the armed forces, and has served in several combat zones. He lives with his wife and dogs near Tucson, Arizona.