Mike's Info

Azrael: The Angel of Death

“That night the angel of the LORD went out and put to death one hundred eighty-five thousand men."

Mike's Info

Thanks for taking the time to visit this site and reading the books. In these novels, I have tried to incorporate a bonifide terrorist threat into a supernatural setting. I don't like picking on any particular ethnic or religious group but demons and fallen angels are fair game. Of course, I'm sure the Russians wouldn't like the idea that their government is run by fallen angels, but then, this is fiction...or is it? The threat of neutron bombs is quite real. As a microbiologist, I can assure you that the organisms described in Rise of the Fallen are not only feasible, but similar agents were made by the former Soviet Union's Biopreparat.

If you have any questions about the technologies, threats, or the Multiverse world, etc., please contact me at www.myspace.com/dmichaelolive. I'd love to hear from you. Thanks!

I grew up in Chicago and to this day, I consider it home, even though I find myself here in Nebraska. I attended DePauw University in Greencastle Indiana for my undergraduate work and then received my doctorate in Medical Microbiology from the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. I’m a virologist by training, meaning I worked with those teensy tiny nasties that give you things like colds or the flu. Originally I thought I’d go to medical school but realized that as an MD, I’d have to bury my mistakes, while as a scientist, I just toss them in bleach and flush them down the sink. Today, I’m involved with designing tools, which researchers can use to understand and develop treatments for a variety of illnesses such as cancer or neurological disease.

I did post-doctoral research for three years at the University of Illinois Medical Center where something unexpected happened. I’m a scientist, meaning I have problems believing things that aren’t documented and supported by mounds of evidence. I’ve published a lot of peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and have learned (the hard way) that you don’t overstate your conclusions nor do you draw them without considerable support in the form of experimentally verifiable data. So, it was a bit strange to me that as a post-doc, I found myself seeking a relationship with God and, ultimately, I became a Christian. No, I didn’t give up my naturally skeptical nature. In fact, I became more critical because in order to be true to my values as a scientist, I had to be sure that I could back up my belief with solid data, if you will. I can say confidently that today I am more convinced than ever of the veracity of the claims of Jesus and the Bible. My faith in Christ is, without a doubt, the most important thing in my life.

Rather than pontificate, I’d rather just direct you, the visitor, to several books which I find very helpful: Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis; Evidence for Christianity by Josh McDowell; and The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel. Feel free to blog me at www.myspace.com/dmichaelolive if you have questions.