MICHAEL DIMERCURIO is an honors graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and has served as a paratrooper, Navy diver, and as a lieutenant and Chief Propulsion Officer aboard the U.S.S. Hammerhead. He is the author of the submarine thrillers Voyage of the Devilfish, Attack of the Seawolf, Barracuda Final Bearing, and Piranha Firing Point.