I introduced the Athena Team in my thriller Foreign Influence and am very happy to have given these incredible women their own book. As with all of my novels, I would not be able to do what I do without the generous support of many people.
I want to thank my good friends Barrett Moore, Ronald Moore (no relation to Barrett), Scott F. Hill, PhD, James Ryan, Rodney Cox, Cynthia Longo, Jeff Chudwin, Mitch Shore, Frank Gallagher, Steven Bronson, Gary Penrith, Chuck Fretwell, and Steve Hoffa for all their help.
I also wish to thank my terrific readers and all the wonderful booksellers who have helped introduce so many people to my work. My thanks as well go out to the fantastic moderators and members of the BradThor.com forum.
At Simon & Schuster, there are many extraordinary people to thank: my editor, Emily Bestler; my publishers, Judith Curr, Louise Burke, and Carolyn Reidy; my publicist, David Brown; the Atria/Pocket sales staff, art and production departments; the audio division; as well as Michael Selleck, Kate Cetrulo, Sarah Branham, Irene Lipsky, Cristina Suarez, Mellony Torres, and Lisa Keim.
I also wish to thank my incomparable literary agent, Heide Lange, of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, Inc. as well as the exceptional Jennifer Linnan and Rachael Dillon Fried.
My thanks as well go to my outstanding attorney and good friend, Scott Schwimer.
Last, but not least, I want to thank my beautiful wife, Trish. She was not only my inspiration for this book, she is the inspiration for everything else I do. Each of the Athena Team members has a little something special from her. Thank you, honey. I love you.