Thank you, MacLeod Andrews, for narrating the audiobook and giving a voice to Jed, Sarah Beth, Ben, Eli, David, Rachel, and the rest of the cast of characters who feel as real to us as any.

Thank you, Tim Cruickshank, for being our friend and partner in copromotion. We love and admire your heart and passion—not just for coffee, wine, and service but for everything else you do to support the veteran community.

Thank you, Best Thriller Books, for your kindness, energy, and insight. We know you have hundreds of authors to read and support, and we are honored that you guys step up again and again to read and review our work (regardless of how many books we crank out a year). In no particular order we want to give a special shout-out to Derek Luedtke, Chris Miller, Sarah Walton, Kashif Hussain, Todd Wilkins, Steve Netter, Stuart Ashenbrenner, David Dobiasek, Ankit Dhirasaria, and James Abt.

Thank you, authors/podcasters extraordinaire Sean Cameron, Mike Houtz, Chris Albanese, Jason Piccolo, David Temple, Kimberly Howe, Ryan Steck, Kris Paronto and Ian Scotto, Jeff Ayers, and John Raab for being overly generous with your time and praise. You guys are phenomenal at your craft—both on the page and on the air—and we are in your debt.

Thank you, fellow thriller scribes Joel Rosenberg, Don Bentley, Josh Hood, Mark Greaney, Marc Cameron, Jack Stewart, Ward Larsen, Chris Hauty, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Paula Munier, Jessica Strawser, Simon Gervais, Jon Land, James Tyler Brooks, José H. Bográn, Dawn Ius, J.B. Stevens, David Darling, Steve Stratton, Kerry Frey, J.T. Patten, Jared Macarin, Lawrence Colby, Benjamin Thomas, Joe Goldberg, Eric Bishop, and Jeff Clark. Your talent, creativity, and support inspire us every day.

Thank you, independent reviewers and vocal advocates of our work Andreas Tornberg, Abibliofob, Rellim Reads, Deep Reads, Jenny Jones, Robb McKeeganish, Colonel Steve, Tom Dooley, Steven Hendricks, Jen Wesner, Kean Bouplon, Josie Lanaker, Vikki Faircloth, Mark Elliot, Cynthia Williams, Nadeem, Merritt Townsend, Sara Wise . . . and everyone else who deserves to be mentioned but was not top of mind when we wrote this.

And finally, to you, our readers, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your patience, for your time, and for going on this exciting journey with us.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Andrews & Wilson is the bestselling writing team of Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson—the authors behind the Shepherds series, the Tier One and Sons of Valor series, and Rogue Asset, the ninth book in the W.E.B. Griffin Presidential Agent series. They write action-adventure and covert operations novels honoring the heroic men and women who serve in the military and intelligence communities.