Dogs of War

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

As always, I owe a debt to a number of wonderful people.

Thanks to John Cmar, Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore; Dr. Steve A. Yetiv, Professor of Political Science, Old Dominion University; Michael Sicilia, formerly of California Homeland Security; my friends in the International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, and the Horror Writers Association; my literary agents, Sara Crowe and Harvey Klinger; my stalwart editor at St. Martin’s Griffin, Michael Homler; Robert Allen and the crew at Macmillan Audio; and my film agent, Jon Cassir of Creative Artists Agency; my brilliant audiobook reader, Ray Porter. Thanks to Patrick Seiler of the Raymond James Group; thanks to my translators, Donna Marie West, Jessica Michelle Weigner, Samantha Yanity, Stacy Kingsley, and Carol Kasser. Thanks to Sarah Schoeffel. Thanks and congrats to the winners of the various Joe Ledger contests: Steve Duffy, Tricia Owens, Claire Deeming, Natasha Fedyszyn Zoby, Christina Seeling, and Maritza García Boak.

Special thanks to my fellow thriller writers James Rollins (the Sigma Force novels), Weston Ochse (SEAL Team 666), Jeremy Robinson (Chess Team), F. Paul Wilson (Repairman Jack), Larry Correia (Monster Hunter International), and Joe R. Lansdale (Hap & Leonard). Mr. Church isn’t the only one who has friends in the industry.

Thanks to Tony Eldridge of Lonetree Entertainment and Donna Isham of Vintage Picture Company.