Ghost Flight

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the following: literary agents at PFD Caroline Michel, Annabel Merullo and Tim Binding for their unfaltering support and perceptive comments on early drafts. Thanks to Laura Williams, Associate Agent at PFD, as ever for all her Herculean efforts. To Jon Wood, Jemima Forrester and all at my publisher, Orion – Susan Lamb, Sophie Painter, Malcolm Edwards, Mark Rusher, Gaby Young and everyone on ‘Team Grylls’.

To Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE MD CBRN, Avon Protection, for his advice and expert input on chemical, biological and nuclear weapons and defence and protection measures. To Chris Daniels, and all at Hybrid Air Vehicles, for their insight and guidance on all things Airlander. To Dr Jacqueline Borg, foremost expert on brain-related disorders, including ASD. To Anne and Paul Sherrat, for their incisive advice and criticism on all things Nazi and Eastern Bloc.

And the final, biggest thank you, of course, to Damien Lewis for helping build on what we discovered together in my grandfather’s war chest, marked ‘Top Secret’. Bringing those documents to life in the way you have is pure brilliance.