JACK CAMPBELL is the pen name for John G. Hemry, a retired Naval officer. John graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis before serving with the surface fleet and in a variety of other assignments. He is the author of The Lost Fleet and The Lost Stars series, as well as the Stark’s War series and the Paul Sinclair series. His short fiction appears frequently in Analog Magazine. He lives with his indomitable wife and three children in Maryland.