24 Declassified: Operation Hell Gate

This novel is dedicated to the men and women on the front lines, at home and abroad, who fight the war against terror every day.

People who spent their lives in bureaucracies were typically afraid of breaking rules. That was a sure way to get fired, and it cowed people to think of tossing their careers away. But…James Greer had given him all the guidance he needed: Do what you think is right.

— Tom Clancy. Clear and Present Danger

Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.

— George Washington. General Orders, Headquarters, New York, July 2, 1776

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

— Sir Winston Churchill. The Malakand Field Force