Direct Fire

Brigadier General Anthony J. Tata, US Army (Retired), is the national bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Jake Mahegan series, the Zara Sheridan thriller novels, the Garrett Sinclair series, and the Threat series, as well as the co-author of Reaper: Ghost Target with Nicholas Irving. A graduate of West Point, he has more than three decades of public service as a military officer and in leadership roles at the state and county level, including his current role as the Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness. His last combat tour was as the Deputy Commanding General of the 10th Mountain Division and the Joint Task Force in Afghanistan, where he commanded nearly 25,000 troops and earned the Combat Action Badge and the Bronze Star Medal. He has also been a frequent foreign policy guest commentator on a variety of cable news networks, including Fox and CNN. He is an avid surfer and lives in Virginia.