Harold Coyle

Harold Coyle draws on military service to write speculative and historical fiction. A 1974 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, he spent years on active duty with the U.S. Army before turning to novels. Sword Point imagines a near-future confrontation in Iran, using military command as the lens for an international crisis. Look Away, first published by Simon & Schuster in 1995, shifts to the American Civil War and follows two New Jersey brothers who take opposing sides. The change of period also changes the scale: one book considers international command, while the other filters military allegiance through a divided family. Coyle's service gives both narratives a practical understanding of command structures and soldiers' choices.