Shadow Squadron: Elite Infantry
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Q/ What inspires you to write?
A/ My biggest inspiration is my family. My wife’s love and support lifts me up when this job seems too hard to keep going. My son is another big inspiration. He’s three years old, and I want him to read my books and feel the same way I did when I read my favorite books as a kid. And if he happens to grow up to become an elite soldier in the US military, that would be pretty awesome, too.
Q/ Describe what it was like to write these books.
A/ The only military experience I have is a year I spent in the Army ROTC. It gave me a great respect for the military and its soldiers, but I quickly realized I would have made a pretty awful soldier. I recently got to test out a friend’s arsenal of firearms, including a combat shotgun, an AR-15 rifle, and a Barrett M82 sniper rifle. We got to blow apart an old fax machine.
Q/ What is your favorite book, movie, and game?
A/ My favorite book of all time is Don Quixote. It’s crazy and it makes me laugh. My favorite movie is either Casablanca or Double Indemnity, old black-and-white movies made before I was born. My favorite game, hands down, is Skyrim, in which you play a heroic dragonslayer. But not even Skyrim can keep me from writing more Shadow Squadron stories, so you won’t have to wait long to read more about Ryan Cross and his team. That’s a promise.
ADDITIONAL INTEL
ARTIST
WILSON TORTOSA
Wilson “Wunan” Tortosa is a Filipino comic book artist best known for his works on Tomb Raider and the American relaunch of Battle of the Planets for Top Cow Productions. Wilson attended Philippine Cultural High School, then went on to the University of Santo Tomas, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, majoring in Advertising.
COLORIST
BENNY FUENTES
Benny Fuentes lives in Villahermosa, Tabasco, in Mexico, where the temperature is just as hot as the sauce. He studied graphic design in college, but now he works as a full-time colorist in the comic book and graphic novel industry for companies like Marvel, DC Comics, and Top Cow Productions. He shares his home with two crazy cats, Chelo and Kitty, who act like they own the place.
Shadow Squadron is published by
Capstone Young Readers
A Capstone Imprint
1710 Roe Crest Drive
North Mankato, MN 56003
www.capstoneyoungreaders.com
Copyright © 2013 by Capstone
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Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on the Library of Congress website.
ISBN: 978-1-62370-032-4 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-62370-151-2 (ebook)
Summary: Lieutenant Commander Cross is given a job offer he can’t refuse: command an elite squad of soldiers tasked with tackling military ops that are blacker than black and far beyond the call of duty.
Designed by Brann Garvey
Edited by Sean Tulien