Dayton Ward is aย New York Timesย bestselling author or coauthor of more than forty novels and novellas, often with his best friend, Kevin Dilmore. His short fiction has appeared in more than thirty anthologies, and heโs written for magazines such asย the NCO Journal,ย Kansas City Voices,ย Famous Monsters of Filmland,ย Star Trek magazine, andย Star Trek: Communicator, as well as the websites Tor.com, StarTrek.com, and Syfy.com. A native of Tampa, Florida, he currently lives with his family in Kansas City, Missouri. Visit him on the web at DaytonWard.com.