Burial at Sea

Larry Bond lives with his wife Jeanne in Virginia, outside Washington DC. After co-authoring Red Storm Rising with Tom Clancy, he has teamed with several different authors to write eighteen novels: Five with Pat Larkin, starting with Red Phoenix, eight with Jim DeFelice, The First Team and Red Dragon Rising series, and five with Chris Carlson, including the Jerry Mitchell series, and his latest book, Lash-Up. Five of Larry's books have been New York Times bestsellers.

He has also co-designed the Admiralty Trilogy series games and is editor of the Naval SITREP.

Larry’s only nonfiction work is The Mighty Fallen, in collaboration with the photographer f-stop Fitzgerald. A photographic visit to the military many memorials in the United States and Canada, Larry’s introduction and text accompany f-stop’s stunning photographs of monuments honoring the service and sacrifices made by America’s veterans.

A U.S. Navy veteran, Larry was a surface warfare officer before leaving the Navy in 1982. He then worked as a naval analyst for defense consulting firms in the Washington, DC area. He now writes and designs games full-time.

Chris Carlson is a retired Navy Reserve captain and Department of Defense naval systems engineer. He began his navy career as a submariner, and transitioned to the naval technical intelligence field in both the Navy Reserve and in his civilian job with the Defense Intelligence Agency.

He has co-authored several published works with Larry Bond, starting with a short story, Burial at Sea, in the Tombs anthology, and five full-length novels, Dangerous Ground, Cold Choices, Exit Plan, Shattered Trident, and Lash-Up.

An avid wargamer from an early age, Chris is one of the co-designers, along with Larry Bond, of the Admiralty Trilogy tactical naval wargame series. He has also authored numerous articles on defense technology and naval warfare. Chris lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Katy.