THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO

Scarlett Rogencamp and Nitzan Mendelson—
the two women cold-bloodedly executed
by the hijackers of EgyptAir Flight 648.

The forty-nine other passengers—
from Israel, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Egypt, France, Ghana,
Greece, Mexico, Morocco, the Philippines, Spain, and Tunisia—
killed during the storming of the plane.

The eight children
who spent their last hours as hostages
aboard the plane.

And to the thirty-five men and women who survived:
My prayer is that you found the gift behind the tragedy.