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Myke Cole is an American author of military science fiction, and a military reservist. He was born in New York City. His novel, Shadow Ops: Control Point, was published by Ace (Penguin) in February, 2012.

Control Point started the Shadow Ops series. The series follows the Supernatural Operations Corps, a military organization tasked with employing soldiers with magical talents. He was re-signed by Ace for an additional three books in early 2013.^[1]

Myke also maintains a personal blog.

Accolades

The series has been described as "Black Hawk Down meets the X-Men" by Peter V. Brett. Jack Campbell is quoted as saying, "Cross The Forever War with Witchworld, add in the real world modern military of "Black Hawk Down", and you get Control Point, the mile-a-minute story of someone trying to find purpose in a war he never asked for."

Publications

Shadow Ops

Shadow Ops: Control Point (2012)
Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier (2013)
Shadow Ops: Breach Zone (announced)

The Wildsidhe Chronicles

Book 6: Car Trouble (2003)^[2]

Shorter works

Shouting Down the Moon (2003)
Blood and Horses (2003)
A Place for Heroes (2004)
Naktong Flow (2009)

Non-fiction

"Comic Book Warning: An Unlikely Insight into Warfare’s 5th Generation" ^[3]

Military career

Myke served three tours in Iraq. His career has included stints in Federal Law Enforcement, a Counterterrorism unit, and work in Cyber Warfare. As a military reservist, he has also been recalled to assist in clean-up for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.^[4]

He credits his military career for providing the discipline necessary to write novels.^[5]

References

^ "Interview (& Giveaway): Myke Cole, author of Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier". My Bookish Ways. Retrieved 3/19/2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ "Padwolf Bookstore". Padwolf Publishing Inc. Retrieved 3/19/2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ Cole, Myke (October 2005). "Comic Book Warning: An Unlikely Insight into Warfare's 5th Generation" (PDF). Small Wars Journal. 1 (3).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ "Personnel (Author Biography)". Myke Cole website.
^ "Interview with Myke Cole, author of the Shadow Ops series, and Giveaway - January 25, 2013". The Qwillery. Retrieved 3/19/2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

External Links

Official website
Myke Cole at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
@MykeCole on Twitter

[1] "Interview (& Giveaway): Myke Cole, author of Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier". My Bookish Ways. Retrieved 3/19/2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[2] "Padwolf Bookstore". Padwolf Publishing Inc. Retrieved 3/19/2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[3] Cole, Myke (October 2005). "Comic Book Warning: An Unlikely Insight into Warfare's 5th Generation" (PDF). Small Wars Journal. 1 (3).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[4] "Personnel (Author Biography)". Myke Cole website.

[5] "Interview with Myke Cole, author of the Shadow Ops series, and Giveaway - January 25, 2013". The Qwillery. Retrieved 3/19/2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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