Michael Cobley
<B>Michael Cobley</B> was born in Leicester, England and has lived in Glasgow, Scotland for most of his life. He has studied engineering, been a DJ and has an abiding interest in democratic politics. <br><br>His previous books include the Shadowkings dark fantasy trilogy and <I>Iron Mosaic</I>, a short story collection. <I>Seeds of Earth, The Orphaned Worlds</I>, and <I>The Ascendant Stars</I>, books one, two and three of the Humanity's Fire sequence, were his first full-length forays into space opera.