Apocalypse

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Since the publication of the first Ethan Warner novel, Covenant, time has flown by so incredibly quickly. The writing of new novels in the series, the rounds of edits on each of them, the new projects and the crime festivals have been a constant whirlwind of activity. I couldn’t have done any of it without the fabulous support of the publishing team at Simon & Schuster, my literary agent Luigi Bonomi at LBA, my wonderful partner Debbie and our beautiful daughter Emma, and my family and friends who continue to champion my work so enthusiastically. Thanks also go to aspiring author Dean Owen, who won my blog competition to suggest the title for this book while I was writing it. Although ultimately not used by the publisher, it was an inspired choice and I’m sure his is a name you’ll see on bookshelves before long.

Finally, at the time of writing, a team working at the CERN laboratories in Geneva have reportedly found the fabled Higgs boson, the particle that holds our universe together and is responsible for gravity: many thanks to them for spearheading the forward march of science and perhaps bringing the subject matter of this novel a little closer to reality.