D. Bruce Cotton grew up in a small rural town in central Kentucky. A certified bibliophile, when he wasn’t digging through the local store’s latest delivery of comic books, you could usually find him camped out in a corner of the town library, avidly reading the literary masters: Isaac Asimov, Edgar Rice Burroughs and J.R.R. Tolkien. After graduating with a somewhat useless degree in English, he went to work for Uncle Sam, serving as a statistical clerk at a nerve gas laboratory, as a public affairs specialist, and for the last 27 years as a writer and editor for PS Magazine, an Army comic book designed to teach Soldiers how to care for their equipment. Bruce lives in Huntsville, AL, with his wife, Cindy, and 2-year-old standard poodle named Gracie. He’s the author of three books in the epic Dark Mage fantasy series: Magician’s Heir, Magician’s Return, and Magician’s Quest. To find more about these books and future additions to the series, go to https://www.dbrucecotton.com.