MICHAEL LIVINGSTON is an award-winning expert in conflict analysis who combines an international reputation as a scholar of ancient and medieval military history with a career as both a novelist and a media personality. In 2019 he starred in Contact, which aired on Discovery and Science Channels world MICHAEL LIVINGSTON is an award-winning expert in conflict analysis who combines an international reputation as a scholar of ancient and medieval military history with a career as both a novelist and a media personality. He is the author of numerous books, including ORIGINS OF THE WHEEL OF TIME (Tor, 2022).