For their enormous impact on this novel and my career I’d like to thank Ken Bruen, Bret Easton Ellis, Lee Child, Kristian Moliere, Shane McNeil, Charles Ardai, John David Coles, Sandy Starr, Brian DeFiore, Nick Harris, Diogenes Verlag, Ion Mills, Steven Kelly, Marc Resnick, Sarah Lumnah, Andy Martin, Matthew Shear, Matthew Baldacci, and everyone at Minotaur Books.