Nomad marked a number of firsts. Unlike most action-adventure series, it was conceived from the start as a four-book miniseries. Today, in an era in which action films could not exist without wall-to-wall computers and themes incorporating digital technology, it's hard to fathom how different the core concept of Nomad was from virtually everything else published in the category when the books appeared. Ahead of its time, Nomad was classified as "science fiction" and earned its author the mistaken title as a "science fiction writer." The series, which among other things featured a kung-fu master in a virtual reality universe, created an entirely new genre. This is the complete four-book Nomad miniseries using the original manuscripts.
David Alexander began writing early in life and began writing uncoaxed and spontaneously. His fledgling appearance in print dates to a sonnet published in a New York City daily newspaper when David was in elementary school in Brooklyn. Between then and today, he has written and published in virtually every literary category, including novels, novelettes, short fiction, poetry, essays and film scripts. He received his early education via the New York City public school system. He later attended Columbia University in New York City and Sorbonne University in Paris, France.
In addition to fiction and creative nonfiction, Alexander has written technical papers as a defense analyst for some of the world's most prestigious international defense publications on high-technology combat systems and their strategic and tactical applications. He is as conversant with the global corporate and civilian defense sector as he is with the military side. Few can justly claim the scope and breadth of his knowledge of and familiarity with the international defense community, ranging from weapon systems to global strategic policy.
As an author, Alexander can justly claim to have pulled himself up by his own bootstraps. Never has he benefited from anybody's patronage. There have been no wealthy relatives with connections, no connections by marriage; no favors traded in secret, no hooked-up friends to fast-track his career. Nor has anybody but David Alexander penned the titles published over David Alexander's byline. Alexander is a resident of Brooklyn Heights, where he has lived and written for many years.