Predator One

Acknowledgments

As always, I owe a debt to a number of wonderful people. Thanks to Doctor John Cmar, of the Infectious Diseases Department of Johns Hopkins Hospital; Doctor Todd Humphreys, the University of Texas at Austin; Doctor Steve A. Yetiv, professor of political science, Old Dominion University; the International Thriller Writers; my literary agents, Sara Crowe and Harvey Klinger; all the good folks at St. Martin’s Griffin: Michael Homler, Joe Goldschein, Aleksandra Mencel, Rob Grom; and my film agent, Jon Cassir of Creative Artists Agency. Thanks to Clint Blackwood, Michael Bailey, and Vinessa J. Olp for the computer info.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the food-bank fund-raiser: Lani Jones, Michelle Woodstead, Lynne Dempsey, Shannon Sauter, Geoff Brown, Kya Aliana, Joanne Durann, Brad Tappin, Thomas Stoops, Tabitha Floyd, Patrick Freivald, Eric Besel, Nick Pulsipher, Jason Manning, Jason Stout, James Shields, Justin Estes, Sandra Gurin Krieg, Bob Murphy, Tafmara Brown, Mindy Rimel McGee, David Alspector, Eugene Johnson, Stephanie Daugherty, Brian Anderson, Michael Chrusciel, Kirk von der Heydt, Richard Pione, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Jonathan Lambert, Elektra Hammond, Cheryl Rimel, Larry Martinez, Angie Courville Green, Dennis Marcello, Mike Jackson, Stacy Kingsley, Garrett Ison, Rob Montgomery, Kee Lee, Traci Loya, Linda A. Colandrea, Brandon Pruchnik, Roger Cox, Jennifer Dee, William Tilly, Kevin Bosemer, Brandon Botley, Patrick Seiler, Irene and Chris McCann. Thanks for being Joe’s “friends in the industry.”

Thanks and congrats to the winners of the various Joe Ledger contests: Jay Faulkner, Tom Erb, Joseph Capozzi, Sinh Taylor, Mike Jacobus, Michael Daugherty, Daniel Johnston, Michael Keenan, Brandy Buchanan, Rob Meyer, Jonathan Clark, Gavin Cooksley, Jason Stout, Lindsey Ann Brewer-Muñoz, Mary Gavin Kurec, and Craig Curnew.