John Morse

Before turning to fiction, John P. Morse served for 25 years in the U.S. Navy as a surface warfare officer. According to his official author biography, that career included service on six combatant ships, two afloat staffs, duty ashore in the Middle East, worldwide deployments, and command of two combatant ships.

After retiring from the Navy, he worked for a large defense contractor and later began writing novels. His website says his stories are set in the near future and draw heavily on his military background and his understanding of how national security and world affairs work.

His listed books include Half Staff 2018, Chokepoint, and The President’s Hail Mary. The appeal of his work is easy to see: he writes high-stakes thrillers grounded in real experience, which gives the action and geopolitical tension a strong sense of realism.