Thank you to Corinne Turner for making my dreams come true. I am so grateful for your faith, encouragement, and friendship. Thank you to Simon Ward for your support and passion. Thank you to Phoebe Taylor for your generosity and insight. Thank you to Ros Taylor for your kindness. Thank you to the best agent there is, Sue Armstrong. Thank you to Jonny Geller, Viola Hayden, Kathryn Cheshire, David Highfill, and the whole team at HarperCollins UK and US.
Many people were generous with their time and expertise during the writing of this book. Thank you to the friends and family who read versions and discussed ideas. Thank you to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine. Thank you to Seb Brechon at Alpine and Andrew Franklin at Thruxton. Thank you to Fedor Bryant-Dantés for sharing your stories. Thank you to Will Daniel-Braham, aka Big Billy, who remembered the code. To Simon Latimer, whose mind could power a quantum computer. To Tom Godano, my action adviser. To Antony Herrmann, who knows the coolest things. To Dr. Lucy Brooks, my medical adviser. To Jess Gaitán Johannesson and Adam Ley-Lange, who advised on science and whisky and kept the secret. To my father, Craig Sherwood, who has been everywhere.
Thank you to Billy Brooks, who took me to see Bond in the cinema for the first time. Thank you to my sister, Rosie Sherwood, for walking and talking. Thank you to my mother, Ellie Baker, for always being there. Thank you to my husband, Nick Herrmann, for living the creation with me—and listening to the Bond themes on repeat for three years.
Thank you to the Fleming family for the honor of a lifetime.