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Mike currently resides in the Bay Area with his wife and two children. He graduated from San Jose State University in 1986 and San Jose Christian College in 1994. Mike has written, Dublin, a book chronicling the history of Dublin, CA. In May 2009, Mike's first novel, When the Sky Fell, was released by Silver Leaf Books. Mike has also published short stories in various magazines, including "Surf's Up," awareded "Best in Show" in the Residential Aliens flash fiction contest. His latest work, After the Cross, took place in the Dead Robots Society's 1st chapter writing contest, and his short story, "Beyond Horizon's Edge," took 1st place in the 2009 Preditors & Editors Reader's Poll. His next two novels, After the Cross and The Crystal Portal, are scheduled to be released in 2011.

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Emerging from the long shadow cast by his formidable father, Harold Godwineson showed himself to be a worthy successor to the Earldom of Wessex. In the following twelve years, he became the King's most trusted advisor, practically taking the reins of government into his own hands. And on Edward the Confessor's death, Harold Godwineson mounted the throne—the first king of England not of royal blood. Yet Harold was only a man, and his rise in fortune was not blameless. Like any person aspiring to power, he made choices he wasn't particularly proud of. Unfortunately, those closest to him sometimes paid the price of his fame. This is a story of Godwine's family as told from the viewpoint of Harold and his younger brothers. Queen Editha, known for her Vita Ædwardi Regis, originally commissioned a work to memorialize the deeds of her family, but after the Conquest historians tell us she abandoned this project and concentrated on her husband, the less dangerous subject. In THE SONS OF GODWINE and FATAL RIVALRY, I am telling the story as it might have survived had she collected and passed on the memoirs of her tragic brothers. This book is part two of The Last Great Saxon Earls series. Book one, GODWINE KINGMAKER, depicted the rise and fall of the first Earl of Wessex who came to power under Canute and rose to preeminence at the beginning of Edward the Confessor's reign. Unfortunately, Godwine's misguided efforts to champion his eldest son Swegn recoiled on the whole family, contributing to their outlawry and Queen Editha's disgrace. Their exile only lasted one year and they returned victorious to London, though it was obvious that Harold's career was just beginning as his father's journey was coming to an end. Harold's siblings were all overshadowed by their famous brother; in their memoirs we see remarks tinged sometimes with admiration, sometimes with skepticism, and in Tostig's case, with jealousy. We see a Harold who is ambitious, self-assured, sometimes egocentric, imperfect, yet heroic. His own story is all about Harold, but his brothers see things a little differently. Throughout, their observations are purely subjective, and witnessing events through their eyes gives us an insider’s perspective. Harold was his mother's favorite, confident enough to rise above petty sibling rivalry but Tostig, next in line, was not so lucky. Harold would have been surprised by Tostig's vindictiveness, if he had ever given his brother a second thought. And that was the problem. Tostig's love/hate relationship with Harold would eventually destroy everything they worked for, leaving the country open to foreign conquest. This subplot comes to a crisis in book three of the series, FATAL RIVALRY.

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<address style="background-color:#ffffff;font-size:15px;"> "An engaging sci-fi blend of military and politics." --<a href="http://fortunecity.com/tatooine/farmer/2/">Mike Resnick</a>, Hugo and Nebula award winning author "What a promising first novel from Lynch and Barr--exciting space battles, convincing characters we can care about, sense of wonder and real heart. If only the space opera I grew up with had been this human." --<a href="http://www.mcallistercoaching.com/bio.html">Bruce McAllister</a>, 2007 Hugo award nominee and author of Dream Baby "In war, things can go wrong, and people will react well, or badly. Such is the case in this action-filled, page-turning, epic space battle for the survival of planet Earth. Hang on to your seats!" --<a href="http://www.sff.net/people/jglass/">James C. Glass</a>, Author of the Shanji Trilogy "Exuberant space opera in the style of the golden age of sci fi." --<a href="http://michaelzwilliamson.com/index.php">Michael Z. Williamson</a>, Author of Freehold "Fast-paced novel for fans of military science fiction" --<a href="http://fortunecity.com/tatooine/farmer/2/">Mike Resnick</a>, Hugo and Nebula award winning author "Compelling heros, interesting allies, dastardly villains, wonderful pacing, and lovely descriptions of night skies glimpsed on distant planets. If you love 23rd-century space adventures, When the Sky Fell is for you." --<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/015004676/ref%3Dnosim/januarymagazi-20">Kris Stoever</a>, Author of, For Spacious Skies, and daughter of Mercury Astronaut, Scott Carpenter Author of, For Spacious Skies, and daughter of Mercury Astronaut, Scott Carpenter </address>

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