Bruce Balfour

Bruce Balfour, PhD, began writing short fiction when he was fourteen, and his first professional sales occurred in 1982 with two stories in Twilight Zone Magazine. Bruce’s novels include: The Forge of Mars, published by Berkley/Ace in September of 2002. Ace also published The Digital Dead (2003) and Prometheus Road (2004). Burning Season, a modern-day serial killer novel, was published in January 2012. In 2009, Bruce started his extensive research on ancient Egypt and the assassination attempt on Pharaoh Ramesses III. His new historical thriller, The River of Eternity, was published in January of 2024, along with its sequel, The House of Death. The third in the series, The Revenge of Sekhmet, was published in October 2024, and it will be followed in 2025 by the fourth book, The Harem Conspiracy. When he's not writing, Bruce is the Executive Director of the Phoenix Forge makerspace in Phoenix, Arizona. To see Bruce’s full bio/credits, and to sign up for his mailing list, please visit his website.