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'''William R. Forstchen''' (born American science fiction author who began publishing in 1983 with the novel ''Ice Prophet''.  He is an associate professor of history at Montreat College, in Montreat, North Carolina.  He received his doctorate from Purdue University with a specialization in the American Civil War.  

Forstchen is the author of more than forty books, including ''We Look Like Men of War'', a young adult novel about an African-American regiment that fought at the Lost Regiment" books which transport a regiment of Union soldiers from the American Civil War to a medieval style world.  

Several of his novels have tied in to computer games, most notably a cycle of four novels and two novelizations based on ''Wing Commander'' chronicling the rise and fall of Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn: the original novels ''Action Stations'', ''End Run'', ''Fleet Action'' and ''False Colors'' and the novelizations ''Heart of the Tiger'' (of Wing Commander III) and ''The Price of Freedom'' (of Wing Commander IV).  

In alternate history novel ''1945'', describing a 1945 where the US fought against (and defeated) Japan only, Nazi Germany defeated the Soviet Union and the two confront each other in a cold war which swiftly turns hot. 

The book drew many negative reviews which Gingrich supporters claimed were biased and politically-motivated [http://www.sff.net/people/doylemacdonald/r_1945.htm] .Among other things it was described as being a disguised tract against Oak Ridge. It ended with a cliffhanger - Rommel invading Scotland and the British facing a desperate fight - but a promised sequel, provisionally called "Fortress Europa", has yet to be written. 

'''William R. Forstchen''' je americký spisovatel, autor mnoha sci-fi povídek. Narodil se v New Jersey v roce 1950 a nyní bydlí ve West Lafayette v Indianě. Stal se profesorem dějepisu a učil tvůrčí psaní v Maine. V roce 1990 dokončil doktorát  se zaměřením na americké vojenské dějiny v 19. století. 

Jeho první kniha, Ledový prorok byla vydána v roce 1983 a od té doby napsal mnoho dalších. Napsal spoustu krátkých povýdek. 
v Česku je známý především svou sbírkou povídek  ''Wing Commander''. 

Zajímá se o také o potápění, jízdu na kole, vlaky a jako vojín '''20. maineského dobrovolného pluku''' se účastní rekonstrukcí historických bitev.

==Dílo==

===SÉRIE===
===Lost regiment===
* ('' 1. Rally Cry '', 1992, = ''Unie ve zbrani'', 2001) - knižní řada Lost regiment
* ('' 2. The Union Forever '', 1991 , = ''Unie navěky'', 2001)
* ('' 3. Terrible Swift Sword '', 1992 , = ''Prapor svobody'', 2006) 
* ('' 4. Fateful Lightning (1993) , =  česky nevydáno)
* ('' 5. Battle Hymn (1997) , =  česky nevydáno)
* ('' 6. Never Sound Retreat (1998), =  česky nevydáno) 
* ('' 7. A Band of Brothers (1999), =  česky nevydáno)
* ('' 8. Men of War (1999), =  česky nevydáno)
* ('' 9. Down to the Sea: A Novel of Lost Regiment (2000), =  česky nevydáno)