Lance M VanGundyLance came of age in rural central Iowa, the product of public education and good parents. He studied anthropology and biology, earning a bachelor's degree from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. He then attended medical school at the University f Iowa. He and his wife, Kristin, have been married for over thirty years and raised three daughters. He continues to practice emergency medicine in central Iowa but escapes to all things fantasy in nature for as much as his wife can tolerate. That is no small amount, for he is, after all, a very lucky man. His prior books published in the Rune Fire Cycle include Awakened Runes and The Runes of the Prime and Rise of the Abrogators. Read More Read Less