The Hunt

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Special thanks to the following: literary agents at PFD Caroline Michel, Annabel Merullo and Laura Williams, for their hard work and effort to support this book; Jon Wood, Brendan Durkin, Bethan Jones and all at Orion, for their courage and faith to help bring this story to life – & Malcolm Edwards and Leanne Oliver.

Thanks also to the following: Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, Ollie Morton and Iain Thompson of Avon Protection, for their invaluable insight, advice and expertise on all things CBRN, and their input into the chemical, biological and nuclear aspects of this book, including the defence and protection measures.

Chris Daniels and all at Hybrid Air Vehicles, for their unique insight and expertise on all things Airlander, and for pushing the envelope in terms of what is possible with such an airship; to Paul and Anne Sherratt, for such potent insight into Cold War relations immediately following World War Two; to Peter Fawbert, of Shindo Wadokai, for his self-defence and unarmed combat expertise; to Bob Lowndes, of Autism Wessex, for his psychology input.

And a final special thank you to Damien Lewis, trusted friend and author about many UKSF operators. Thank you for helping to build upon what we discovered together in my grandfather’s war chest marked ‘Top Secret’. Bringing those World War Two documents, memorabilia and artefacts to life, in such a modern context, has been the adventure of a lifetime.