David Michaels

For other people named David Michaels, see David Michaels (disambiguation).

David Michaels is a pseudonym for the authors of novels in the Splinter Cell, EndWar, H.A.W.X , and Ghost Recon series, all of which were created by Ubisoft Entertainment and developed under Ubisoft's Tom Clancy license. The novel series began as video games for various console systems as well as the PC.

As of February 2011, "Michaels" has released six Splinter Cell novels, two EndWar novel, two Ghost Recon novels, and one H.A.W.X novel. The first two Splinter Cell novels were written by Raymond Benson. Benson has also written some James Bond books.;^[1] however, in 2006, Benson announced he was finished with Splinter Cell and that the next novel would be written by a different author under the same pseudonym.^[2] The last known author is Grant Blackwood. The current author is unknown, but he uses the David Michaels pseudonym.

Books

Written by Raymond Benson

Splinter Cell Series

• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2004)
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda (2005)

Written by Grant Blackwood

Splinter Cell Series

• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Checkmate (2006)
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Fallout (2007)
• Tom Clancy's Spilnter Cell: Conviction (2009)
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Endgame (2009)

EndWar

• Tom Clancy's EndWar (2008)
• Tom Clancy's EndWar: The Hunted (2011)

Ghost Recon

• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (2008)^[3]
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Combat Ops (2011)^[4]

H.A.W.X

• Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. (2009)

References

1. ^ "Raymond Benson announcing himself as writer of Splinter Cell". CommanderBond.net Latest News. 2004-11-29. http://www.commanderbond.net/?action=Story&SID=2602. Retrieved 2008-07-28. 
2. ^ "Raymond Benson finished with Splinter Cell". RaymondBenson.com Latest News. 2006-02-06. http://www.raymondbenson.com/news/. Retrieved 2008-07-28. 
3. ^ "Mass Market Titles, Fall 2008". Publisher's Weekly. 2008-06-30. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6574436.html. Retrieved 2008-07-28. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Penguin Group (USA) web page for Ghost Recon: Combat Ops". penguingroup.com. http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780425240069,00.html?Tom_Clancy's_Ghost_Recon:_Combat_Ops_David_Michaels. 

See also

• EndWar
• Ghost Recon
• H.A.W.X
• Splinter Cell