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It's that time of year again — a moment to reflect on our Nation's veterans who gave up so much of their youth, freedom, and time in service to something larger than themselves.

There are a couple of time inconsistencies in The Compass Room that no one seems to have noticed. Not my editor, not by reviewers, and not by readers.

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has died.

Kirkus' review of The Compass Room has dropped! Kirkus Reviews is notorious for not holding back - they tell it like they see it. That's what makes them the industry standard. So awaiting their verdict is always accompanied with trepidation.

I've moved to Substack! This way it will be easier for readers to get notifications via email whenever I post an update.

"I can see the future, kid. We're not ready."

What a ride! Tenure by Blaine Pardoe and Mike Baron was a lot of fun. It's a revenge fantasy – Death Wish in the Age of Wokeness. Braxton Knox, a not-yet-tenured university professor of history is fired and cancelled after a female student accuses him of bigotry and homophobia after he had used the wrong pronoun, calling her "Miss." She...

North Arrow Press proudly presents The Wartmann Series, a pair of timely, high-stakes geopolitical thrillers by Kirkus-starred author Mark James.

Get ready for The Wartmann Series, launching in 2026 with the award-winning Friendship Games and the forthcoming The Compass Room!

I've written previously about the titles of my first two novels, Alter Road (2020) and Friendship Games (2023), and how they came about. In both cases, I had a different working title that would eventually be abandoned in favor of those two titles.