Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction, with over three million books in print. He's theauthor/creator of the New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series. With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the Belisarius alternate Roman history series, including, and with David Weber collaborated on 1633 and 1634 The Baltic War. Flint was for many years a labor union activist. He lives in Chicago, Illinois. Charles E. Gannon is a rising star in science fiction with a multiple short story and novella publications in Baen anthologies, Man-Kzin Wars XIII, Analog, and elsewhere. His original trade paperback Fire With Fire was a national bestseller and Nebula award finalist. Fire with Fire was also the winner of the Compton Crook Award for best first novel. Its sequel is Trial by Fire. Gannon is a contributing author in David Weber's Beginnings: World's of Honor 6. Gannon is coauthor with Steve White of Extremis, the latest entry in the legendary Starfire series, created by David Weber. He is also coauthor with alternate history master, Eric Flint of 1635: The Papal Stakes and Wall Street Journal bestseller. A multiple Fulbright scholar, until recently Gannon was Distinguished Professor of American Literature at St. Bonaventure University and now writes full time.