BioWilliam Stacey is a former army intelligence officer who served his country for more than thirty years with operational tours in Bosnia and Afghanistan. He is a husband, father, and avid reader, with a love for the macabre. Black Monastery, an Amazon 2014 Breakthrough Novel Award Quarter-Finalist, is his first novel.An avid fitness enthusiast, a martial artist, and a fan of all things medieval and violent, he is currently putting the finishing touches on his newest novel, Starlight: Book 1 of the Dark Elf War, an epic new urban fantasy series set in the opening days of an invasion of Earth by humanity's ancient foe, the Fae Seelie. Magic and technology collide in summer 2015. For those who want their dark fantasy laced with heroic adventure.Visit him at www.williamstaceyauthor.com