Miroslav Žamboch

Miroslav Žamboch

Writer of fantasy and sci-fi literature. He is the author of several dozen short stories, novellas and novels, one of which has also been published in Polish. He was born in Hranice on 13 January 1972.


Title Publisher Year Selected published translations Awards
In the Services of the Clan (Ve službách klanu) Triton 2013
O olši, která nikdy nic nevzdala Triton 2012
On Your Own (Na vlastní pěst) Triton 2012
The Smuggler (Pašerák) Triton 2012
Dirty Saviour (Drsný spasitel) Triton 2012 PL
Visio in Extremis (Visio in Extremis) Triton 2011
Hitman (Hitman) Triton 2010
Megapolis (Megapolis) Triton 2010
A Time to Live, A Time to Kill (Čas žít, čas zabíjet) Triton 2010
The Long Sprint with Echo (Dlouhý sprint s ozvěnou) Triton 2009
On Sharp Blades (Na ostřích čepelí) Poutník 2009
The Incubator (Líheň) Triton 2009 PL
JFK 13 – Cursed Legends – A Woman’s Game (JFK 13 - Prokletí legendy - Dámská hra) Triton 2008
The Lone Wolf (Koniáš - Vlk samotář) Triton 2008
Man on the Trail (Koniáš - Muž na stezce) Triton 2008
Predators (Predátoři) Triton 2007
Basil – The Wallachian Voivod (Basil - valašský Vojvoda) Triton 2006
Maverick – The Written-Off Pawn (Maverick - Pěšec na odpis) Triton 2006
On the Wings of a Tornado (Na křídlech tornáda) Klub Julese Vernea 2004
Sergeant (Seržant) Klub Julese Vernea 2004 PL
Wihout Mercy (Bez slitování) Klub Julese Vernea 2003
Ve službách klanu
In the Services of the Clan
Ve službách klanu
O olši, která nikdy nic nevzdala
O olši, která nikdy nic nevzdala
Na vlastní pěst
On Your Own
Na vlastní pěst
Pašerák
The Smuggler
Pašerák
Drsný spasitel
Dirty Saviour
Drsný spasitel
Visio in Extremis
Visio in Extremis
Visio in Extremis
Hitman
Hitman
Hitman
Megapolis
Megapolis
Megapolis
Čas žít, čas zabíjet
A Time to Live, A Time to Kill
Čas žít, čas zabíjet
Dlouhý sprint s ozvěnou
The Long Sprint with Echo
Dlouhý sprint s ozvěnou
Na ostřích čepelí
On Sharp Blades
Na ostřích čepelí
Líheň
The Incubator
Líheň
JFK 13 - Prokletí legendy - Dámská hra
JFK 13 – Cursed Legends – A Woman’s Game
JFK 13 - Prokletí legendy - Dámská hra
Koniáš - Vlk samotář
The Lone Wolf
Koniáš - Vlk samotář
Koniáš - Muž na stezce
Man on the Trail
Koniáš - Muž na stezce
Predátoři
Predators
Predátoři
Basil - valašský Vojvoda
Basil – The Wallachian Voivod
Basil - valašský Vojvoda
Maverick - Pěšec na odpis
Maverick – The Written-Off Pawn
Maverick - Pěšec na odpis
Na křídlech tornáda
On the Wings of a Tornado
Na křídlech tornáda
Seržant
Sergeant
Seržant
Bez slitování
Wihout Mercy
Bez slitování

He graduated in nuclear physics and began publishing in magazines in the mid-90s. His book debut was the collection of three fantasy stories Poslední bere vše (Last Man Standing, Klub Julese Vernea, 2000). This was followed by a novel in the style of military sci-fi, Seržant (Sergeant, Klub Julese Vernea, 2002), which was also translated into Polish.

Žamboch is the author of a number of one-off stories and novellas, but he is best known for his series. The first of his “unifying” heroes was Koniáš, who featured in his first short story Zpověď válečníka (Confessions of a Warrior, 1995). He goes on to appear in the novel Na ostřích čepelí (On Sharp Blades, Poutník, 2001), the collection of short stories Ostří oceli (Blade of Steel, Fantom Print, 2002), the novella published in a miniature format Konec vlka samotáře (End of the Lone Wolf, Triton, 2005), the collection Muž na stezce (Man on the Trail, Triton, 2008) and the novel Vlk samotář (The Lone Wolf, Triton, 2008).

Žamboch is also well known as the author of the Czech equivalent of Mark Stone’s series of stories. He created the character Agent John Francis Kovář (it is not by chance that he has the initials JFK), but he also made it available to other authors, so the individual volumes in the series Kovářovy osudy (The Fortunes of Kovář) are written by different authors. At present there are 35 of them, and volumes 1 – 4 as well as 6, 7, 13, 14, 22 and 28 were written by Žamboch together with Jiří Walker Procházka. Kovář is a veteran soldier who has also seen service in NATO, and after leaving it he joins a special unit which intervenes in parallel worlds in the past and in the future.