Harry Olferman de Jonge grew up in a small town in South Africa with his grandparents. Growing up he found he had a love for a good book, which sparked the obsessive collection of as many books as possible. Days and nights were spent in front of his beloved books, until the day came that he decided to take up the pen himself. And from that came the first of what is predicted to be hundreds of stories written by an author named H.O. de Jonge. He is best known as the author of the critically acclaimed Path of Power series.