Ralph E LaitresRalph E. Laitres has been a fan of fantasy sword-and-sorcery books since he was a young teen in the 1970s. The larger-than-life characters created by Robert E. Howard, like Conan, Cormac mac Art, Kull, and Bran mak Morn, made an impression that has rmained with him through the years.

A former Marine and corrections officer, he is intimately familiar with what it's like to lead men into situations where you are responsible for their wellbeing and lives-experience that adds gritty realism to Thorgil's adventures.

Laitres lives in Plainfield, Connecticut, with his wife, and has four grown children. The Vultures of Khurasan is the third book in his Thorgil Bloodaxe series, following Enter the White Queen and Shadow of Death, also published by FriesenPress. Read More Read Less