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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.{{cite web|title=Interview (& Giveaway): Myke Cole, author of Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier|url=http://www.mybookishways.com/2013/01/interview-giveaway-myke-cole.html|work=My Bookish Ways|accessdate=3/19/2013}}

Myke also maintains a [http://mykecole.com/category/blog 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=

  1. Shadow Ops: Control Point (2012)
  2. Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier (2013)
  3. Shadow Ops: Breach Zone (announced)

=The Wildsidhe Chronicles=

  • Book 6: Car Trouble (2003){{cite web|title=Padwolf Bookstore|url=http://www.padwolf.com/store.htm|work=Padwolf Publishing Inc.|accessdate=3/19/2013}}

=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" {{cite journal|last=Cole|first=Myke|title=Comic Book Warning: An Unlikely Insight into Warfare's 5th Generation|journal=Small Wars Journal|year=2005|date=October 2005|volume=1|issue=3|url=http://smallwarsjournal.com/documents/swjvol3.pdf}}

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.{{cite web|title=Personnel (Author Biography)|url=http://mykecole.com/about|work=Myke Cole website}}

He credits his military career for providing the discipline necessary to write novels.{{cite web|title=Interview with Myke Cole, author of the Shadow Ops series, and Giveaway - January 25, 2013|url=http://qwillery.blogspot.com/2013/01/interview-with-myke-cole-author-of.html|work=The Qwillery|accessdate=3/19/2013}}

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