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Nickolas Hight

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Savannah, The United States

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Historical Fiction, Thriller

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Dorothy Dunnett, Martin Cruz Smith, Steven Pressfield, Rudyard Kipling ...more

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Nickolas Hight was born into a military family and grew up in Germany and Colorado. He joined the Marine Corps in 1991 and -- of all the luck -- was stationed in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii for several years. Following some on again/off again schooling and a stint of work in Saudi Arabia, he graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in Russian and went right back into the Marine Corps, this time as an officer. He retired in 2015.

In addition to being a Marine, Nickolas has waited tables, tended bar, been a personal trainer, taught swim lessons, driven a food delivery truck, and worked as a wild land firefighter for the National Park Service. He's traveled all over Europe and the Pacific, done some time in Southwest Asia, and spent some time ...more

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It is apparent Vendetta is exhaustively researched. Please describe your research process. What advice would you give someone interested in traveling to the location of their book/story to conduct research?

Nickolas Hight That's a great question, William. My original story idea changed drastically once I started researching. I knew the Visconti family would play a role …moreThat's a great question, William. My original story idea changed drastically once I started researching. I knew the Visconti family would play a role and that Sir John Hawkwood would also play a part. That helped narrow my research. Once I decided on a specific timeline for VENDETTA, I tried to tie the storyline to events that really took place during a fairly narrow period of time. But the devil is in the details. A snippet of dialog, an article of clothing or armor, any sort of small detail could occasion hours of extra research ...

Your question about travel is a good one also. In my first draft of VENDETTA, I wrote about the battle at Bagnacavallo without having any real idea of what the location looked like, which was silly. I had to go to Emiligia-Romagna, walk the ground, see the topography, and get a feel for the other cities along the Via Emilia. Fortunately, I had the means to do that. If one is unable to travel to a specific location, Google street view can get you pretty close. The internet contains an abundance of knowledge, also. Old maps, blogs, research papers ... There's a ton of information out there. It just requires a lot of sifting to find those nuggets that will help breath life into your setting ... (less)

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Nickolas Hight The sequel to Vendetta. It's tentatively titled End of Days, and picks up right where Vendetta leaves off...…moreThe sequel to Vendetta. It's tentatively titled End of Days, and picks up right where Vendetta leaves off...(less)

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Archery Redux

A blog post in which I restate what other people have restated about stuff that is worth restating in the world of late 14th century warfare, in particular, the never-ending debate on arrows vs armor ...