Raised north of Chicago, Mike entered the US Air Force in 1969. While serving at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, he discovered cave exploring and his love of the great outdoors. An avid bicycle rider, he has ridden many thousand miles and ridden, created, and maintained many mountain bike trails. Backpacking, river rafting and mountain climbing are all on his resume. He has traveled the world. Britain, Scotland, Italy, Sicily, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Thailand and South America. While traveling up the Oronoco, instead of swimming with the dolphins, he dove in and swam with the piranhas. He currently lives with his wife in San Antonio, Texas (Yee Ha). There he started writing. This is his first novel.
