Matthew J. Bracken was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1957, and graduated from the University of Virginia and UDT/SEAL Training in 1979. Besides writing five full-length novels and many short stories and essays, he has also built a steel sailboat of his own design and has made several major ocean voyages on it. About a hundred pages of each novel may be read on his website at www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com. Matt has also published The Bracken Collection, including his short stories Professor Raoul X; What I Saw at the Coup; Alas, Brave New Babylon; The Alienork Way and Wolfophobia on Dog Island. The collection also includes: The Civil War 2 Cube; Night Fighting 101; When the Music Stops- How America's Cities May Explode in Violence; Trapping Feral Pigs and Other Parables of Modern Life; Dear Mr. Security Agent; Covington Gives a Glimpse of Civil War 2; and 24 more essays and short stories. A free audio version of Alas, Brave New Babylon may be found on the media page of Matt's website. The running time is one hour.