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August Cole is an author exploring the future of conflict through fiction and other forms of “FICINT” (fiction+intelligence) storytelling. His talks, short stories, and workshops have taken him from speaking at the Nobel Institute in Oslo to presenting at SXSW Interactive to tackling the “Dirty Name” obstacle at Fort Benning. With Peter W. Singer, he is the co-author of the best-seller “Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War” (2015) and “Burn In: A Novel of the Real Robot Revolution” (2020).

He is a non-resident senior fellow at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the Atlantic Council; he directed the Council’s Art of the Future Project, which explores creative and narrative works for insight into the future of confli ...more

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	Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War by P.W. Singer (Goodreads Author), August Cole (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 11,751 ratings — published 2015 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution by P.W. Singer (Goodreads Author), August Cole (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 2,181 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War Stories from the Future by August Cole (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Martin Dempsey (Foreword), David Brin (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.21 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hyperwar: Conflict and Competition in the AI Century by Amir Husain (Goodreads Author), John Rutherford Allen, Robert O. Work (Contributor) 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Control: L'Ere de l'IA et de l'hypersurveillance a déjà commencé by P.W. Singer (Goodreads Author), August Cole (Goodreads Author) 3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Science Fiction Futures; Marine Corps Security Environment Forecast: Futures 2030-2045 by Various, Julian Dale Alford (Foreword), August Cole (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An eye for a storm by August Cole (Goodreads Author), P.W Singer 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War by August Cole (Goodreads Author), P. W. Singer, Rich Orlow (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Burn-In: Welcome To Keegan’s World

Just like that the future is here… Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution is out today in print, e-book, and audio (which is a superb narration).

This year marks a decade since I left a career in journalism writing about the defense industry and other national security stories for The Wall Street Journal. Since then I have appreciated that the things we don’t do are as important as those w

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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

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― August Cole, Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution

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“The hackaneers, like the captains of pirate crews, had needed skilled men and women, and someone like Lang was in short supply. He had told his hackaneer captain which family members of the Chinese Politburo to target, to steal the pictures of their mistresses and investment records, to rob and blackmail and extort until the crew’s coffers had swelled with loot. Then”
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