New York Times bestselling author Kyle Mills never expected to be a writer. Despite a talent for daydreaming, he gave up the idea when his first attempt in middle school earned him a C- for poor punctuation.

Twenty years later, Kyle intended to follow his father and join the FBI. He’d grown up around the country’s top crime fighters and was fascinated by stories about bank robbers, kidnappers, and gunfights. In the end, he never applied to the Bureau, instead transforming a radical idea to solve America’s drug problem into cult-favorite Rising Phoenix.

Nine books later, Kyle still fantasizes about taking over the world and doing away with bad guys. But now he’s lucky enough to get paid for it.