Robert Lanese was born and raised in New York City . He entered the United States Navy (Seabees) at the age of 18 , and worked on the first highly classified Early Warning Missile Bases covering th...view moreRobert Lanese was born and raised in New York City . He entered the United States Navy (Seabees) at the age of 18 , and worked on the first highly classified Early Warning Missile Bases covering the Atlantic coast . When his enlistment was over , he worked in construction while attending night school for engineering for five years . Realizing he wanted to be in Law Enforcement rather than construction , he moved to Florida and worked for the Sheriff’s Department as a Deputy Sheriff . It was at the Sheriffs Dept , were he found his love for writing . He found that every action he took and every call he investigated had to be written down twice , once in his personal notes and then on an official report . It was also here that he learned the cardinal rule of police writing (C C A ) Clear , Concise And Accurate . These rules have stayed with him always , making his stories , exciting , and fast moving . Threw out his years with the Sheriffs Dept. Bob attended the FBI School for Firearms Instructors. Bob worked the Streets and taught Firearms to his fellow Deputies , he went on to teach Ballistics and helped set up the first crime lab at the U S F Pinellas campus . Unfortunately it wasn’t until he retired that he took up writing seriously , and brought to life the Saga of Harmin Race . This series of books is a multi generational Science Fiction thriller , that keep the reader’s attention with its fast moving action (C C A).view less