HOWARD ANDREW JONES, when not helping run his small family farm or spending time with his amazing wife and children, is hunched over his laptop or notebook mumbling about flashing swords and doom-haunted towers. His novels include The Chronicles of Sword and Sand ( The Desert of Souls, The Waters of Eternity, The Bones of the Old Ones) and several Pathfinders Tales. He has worked as a TV cameraman, a book editor, a recycling consultant, and a college writing instructor. He edited eight collections of Harold Lamb's historicals and served as managing editor of Black Gate. He edits the sword and sorcery magazine Tales from the Magician's Skull.