Born in Slough, October 1957, Mark Iles went to Westgate Secondary School and at the age of 17 joined the Royal Navy. Having served all over the world Mark started writing in 1982. He holds a Masters in Professional Writing, Diplomas in both Copywriting and Proofreading, and a 9th Degree Black Belt in the Korean martial art of Taekwondo – a student of Grand Master Kim Bok Man. Mark's three novels in 'The Darkening Stars' series were published by Solstice Publishing: 'A Pride of Lions' in 2013, 'The Cull of Lions' in 2014, and 'Roar of Lions' in 2017. A collection of short stories, 'Falling from Grace & Others' and several novellas have also been published. 'Gardens of Earth' - Book I of 'The Sundering Chronicles', was released by Elsewhen Press in August 2021. Book II in the series, 'A Voice in the Darkness' EBook has been released and the hardcopy targeted for July 29th, 2024. Book III is now in progress.While his fiction tends to vary occasionally it generally remains entrenched in Scifi, Fantasy and Horror. His tales have appeared in the pages of Back Brain Recluse, Dream, New Moon, Auguries, Haunts, kalkion, Screaming Dreams, Write to Fight, Escape Velocity and Monk Punk. Mark's non-fiction work includes copywriting and features, such as interviews and 'how to' articles. These have been published in Combat, Fighters, Taekwondo Times, Martial Arts Illustrated, Taekwondo & Korean Martial arts, Junk (Hong Kong), Totally Taekwondo; profwriting, and the calmzone websites.Read more about this authorRead less about this author