Captain Thomas A. Mays, United States Navy, is an active-duty Surface Warfare Officer of 28 years and the Commanding Officer of the eventual USS JOHN L. CANLEY, Expeditionary Sea Base 6, in San Diego, CA. Outside his day-job, Tom has written several novels and short stories in The Patron Cycle, 4HU & The Mutineer's Daughter with CKP, and upcoming for The Fae Wars at Cannon Publishing.