Asgard's Secret

About the author

BRIAN STABLEFORD has published more than 50 novels and 200 short stories, as well as several non-fiction books and thousands of articles for periodicals and reference books. He is a part-time Lecturer in Creative Writing at King Alfred’s College, Winchester. He lives in Reading with his wife Jane, a holistic therapist. His novels include The Empire of Fear (1988), Young Blood (1992) and a future history series comprising Inherit the Earth (1998), Architects of Emortality (1999), The Fountains of Youth (2000), The Cassandra Complex (2001), Dark Ararat (2002) and The Omega Expedition (2002). His previous Five Star books are Year Zero (2003) and Designer Genes: Tales of the Biotech Revolution (2004). Other recent publications include Kiss the Goat: A Twenty-first Century Ghost Story (Prime Press) and a Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature (Scarecrow Press). He is currently compiling a companion Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature for publication in 2005.