Rob S. Rice has long had a fascination with the histories of war, technology, and always the sea.  He has delivered papers before the American Philological Association, lectured at Annapolis and has taught subjects from Mythology to Roman History.  Before all THAT, he won the 1st Del Rey Writers of Tomorrow contest in 1983, the bug bit hard and early, and has never quite let him go.His articles on the U.S. Navy appear in the respected Reader’s Guide to Military History.  His wrote sections of Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World, Fighting Techniques of the Early Modern Era, and other non-fiction.  He has two books of historical fantasy out from The Esterhazy Press, Archival:  Most Secret and Darkness in the Mirror. Dr. Rice is an accomplished marksman, a published poet, and a street actor and historical consultant for the Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur.  He is the cherishing owner of Big Dodge, his 1970 Dodge Dart, and Winston, a 1984 Volkswagen Westfalia Camper.  He lives in Centennial, Colorado.