Christopher Renshaw "Chris" Bunch was an internationally best selling author and screenwriter whose many novels included the landmark science fiction series, "Sten," the much praised Vietnam novel, "A Reckoning For Kings," and the popular "Star Risk" series. His television work (he sold more than a hundred scripts) included everything from "Quincy," to "The Incredible Hulk," and "Magnum" to "Walker, Texas Rangers." Bunch was a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, where he was a member of the much-vaunted LURPs - Long Range Reconnaissance - commandos. Appropriately, he died on July 4, 2005, in Ilwaco, Washington, USA from a lung ailment.