This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE SURVIVOR. Copyright © 2012 by Gregg Hurwitz. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew.

The survivor / Gregg Hurwitz. — 1st ed.

       p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-312-62551-1 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-250-00972-2 (e-book)

  1.  Veterans—Fiction.   2.  Psychological fiction.   I.  Title.

PS3558.U695S87 2012

813'.54—dc23

2012013914

e-ISBN 9781250009722

First Edition: August 2012