Stephen Bywater left school at sixteen to join the Merchant Navy. He now lives with his family in Bedford, where he teaches English.
An impressive debut. As much about the horrors of war as the primeval horrors that lurk in the depths of the human psyche -- F.R. Tallis, author of <i>The Forbidden</i>, on THE DEVIL'S ARK Creepy, classy ... full of dread and lust and echoing with the sorrows of war. We need more stories like this -- Christopher Golden, <i>New York Times </i> bestselling author of <i>Snowblind</i>, on THE DEVIL'S ARK