Thomas Locke is a pseudonym for Davis Bunn , an award-winning novelist with worldwide sales of seven million copies in 25 languages. Davis divides his time between Oxford and Florida and holds a lifelong passion for speculative stories. He is the author of Emissary , Merchant of Alyss , and The Golden Vial in the Legends of the Realm series; Fault Lines, Trial Run , and Flash Point in the Fault Lines series; and Recruits and Renegades in the Recruits series. Learn more at www.tlocke.com.