Tony Ruggiero is best known for his dark
fantasy thrillers about vampires being used by the US military. Ground breaking
and fast paced, the novels are a characteristic mixture of the vampire lore of
Anne Rice and the clandestine secrets of the military found in Tom Clancy
novels. The concept led to a series of books released in 2006 through 2010, labeled
the Team of Darkness Declassified Files. The books include: Operation
Immortal Servitude, Operation Save the Innocent, Operation Face the Fear,
and Operation Endgame.
Latest Release: C O V E N--Where Witchcraft Meets Murder. Little towns and secrets: a guilty pleasure for some and a harsh reality
for others. Witches have secretly been in control of the town council
for years and the town has prospered...until now. As they search for the
truth behind the mysterious death of one of their shop owners, they
uncover disturbing secrets about an ostracized witch and their own coven
leader, making it unclear which one may have been using black magick to
murder.
A longtime favorite for Tony is the
old style of “space opera” (character rather than technology oriented) type
stories which is the center of his two book series: Alien Deception and
Alien Revelation. The series deals
with an alien organization that has infiltrated the American political system.
The series runs the gauntlet from humorous and light hearted to deadly serious
as a young man and woman search for answers.
Short stories
are also a big favorite and in Aliens and Satanic Creatures Wanted: Humans
Need Not Apply, Tony has a collection where
the center character is not human. It includes his award winning story, Lucky
Lucifer’s Car Emporium, as well as Electronic Bliss, Invasion or Subversion,
and Going up? Additional short stories have appeared in anthologies such as: Writers for Relief-Vol. 1 & 2, The Fantasy Writers Companion, Breach the Hull, So It Begins, No Longer Dreams and many others.
Tony retired from the United States
Navy in 2001 after twenty-three years of service. He and his family currently
reside in Portsmouth, Virginia. While continuing to write, Tony teaches at Old
Dominion University, Saint Leo University, and Tidewater Community College
in Norfolk, VA.
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