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John S. Powell is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, 1960; Tulane University, MBA, 1965; and Duke Law School, JD, 1963. From 1963-1965 he served as a first lieutenant, artillery, US Army. He is the author of The Nostradamus Prophecy, a techno-thriller (1998). Powell co-founded Biomedical Reference Laboratories, Inc. and is past president of Carolina Biological Supply Company. An avid student of Civil War battles, he is especially interested in those fought in the Shenandoah Valley. His great-grandfather, John B. Powell, was a lieutenant in the 43rd NC Infantry, and surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox in 1865. In the past twenty-five years, the author and his wife, Martha Hamblin, (co-author of this novel) have visited Andersonville, New Market, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, and dozens of additional sites, studying the tragic phenomenon that was the American Civil War. G. Martha Hamblin is an award-winning photographer and poet. She earned her BA in biology from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Virginia, holds an MA from Duke University, and an MS from Marlboro College Graduate School. Her keen interest in the Civil War started with a visit to Appomattox while at R-MWC. Her business career includes positions as vice president of Nova Scientific Corporation, co-founder of the NC Family Business Forum, and owner of Photophish Imaging & Art. Currently she is part of the management team of Hoffman Nursery, Inc. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, John Powell, and their cat.