Kim spent years researching and writing IN THE DARK OF THE SUN, while logging time on location. She is currently at work with Mykel on the next Jake Tyler novel. In addition to writing, she is also an accomplished photographer and designer, specializing in web development. With over 20 years of military experience, Hawke has made a career of doing the unthinkable, from fighting rebels and training UN peacekeepers in war-torn Africa to running a war clinic on the front lines and establishing a combat medic school in Azerbaijan, to doing combat search and rescue during the height of Colombia’s drug war.