To Mitch Hoffman, who knew “hell” could be so much fun;
To David Young, Jamie Raab, Emi Battaglia, Jennifer Romanello, Tom Maciag, Martha Otis, Anthony Goff, Kim Hoffman, Bob Castillo, Roland Ottewell and all at Grand Central Publishing, who support me every day;
To Aaron and Arleen Priest, Lucy Childs Baker, Lisa Erbach Vance, Nicole James, Frances Jalet-Miller and John Richmond, for keeping me straight and true;
A special shout-out to Maja Thomas, for taking my digital world to a whole new level;
To Maria Rejt, Trisha Jackson and Katie James at Pan Macmillan, for helping me rock across the pond;
To Grace McQuade and Lynn Goldberg, for superb publicity;
To Donna, to whom I owe the title;
To Scot, thanks for the assist;
To Neal Schiff, for all your help on Bureau procedures;
To Bob Scule, for your eagle eye and lobbying insight;
To Frank Verrastro and John Hamre, for the D.C. details;
To Marisa Friedman, Stephen Garchik, the family of Dr. Fuat Turkekul and Tom Gross, hope you enjoyed your roles, and the various charities you contributed to certainly benefited;
To Lynette, Deborah and Natasha, and you know why.