David Gibbins is the author of ten novels that have sold over three million copies, and he has been published in thirty languages. He has been on both the New York Times and the London Sunday Times top-ten bestseller lists, and his international success includes having being Newsweek number one bestseller in Poland. He has written eight novels in his Jack Howard series of archaeological adventures as well as two novels in his Total War series set in the ancient world. He has a PhD in archaeology from Cambridge University, is a passionate diver and derives much of the inspiration for his novels from the many expeditions he has led around the world to investigate ancient sites, both on land and underwater. He was born to British parents in Canada, where he learned to dive on shipwrecks in the Great Lakes and under ice, and he continues to be based there as well as in England. His awards have included a Fellowship and medallion from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. You can find out more about his discoveries and his novels at www.davidgibbins.com and on his Facebook page.