Acknowledgments
To my lovely wife,
Lysa, for once again keeping things together.
To my editor, Emily
Besder, who came up with some great ideas that made this novel
better than it would have been without her. To Sarah Branham for
all of her hard work. To Jack Romanes and Carolyn Reidy of Simon
& Schuster for all of their support.
To Paolo Pepe and the
art department at Atria Books for coming up with a great cover. To
Larry Norton and the Simon & Schuster sales force for all of
their tireless work. To Judith Curr of Atria Books and Louise Burke
of Pocket Books, and all of the other folks who fall under the
S&S umbrella who helped put this book together and get it out
the door.
To my agent, Sloan
Harris, and Katherine Cluverius at ICM for all of your hard work
and candid advice. To Carl Pohlad for all of your generosity and
friendship, and for providing me with a quiet place to write. To
Larry Johnson for once again being an endless source of
information.
To Sean Stone for
backstopping me on a few ideas. To Bill Harlow, the director of
public affairs for the CIA, for once again patiently answering an
endless stream of questions. To Paul Evancoe, a retired SEAL
commander, who was kind enough to offer me his wisdom. To FBI
Special Agent Brad Garrett, who has devoted an entire career to
locking up the bad guys. And as always to all of my sources who
wish to remain anonymous. Any mistakes in this novel are mine and
mine alone.