We writers like to think that we work in splendid solitude. But every morning when I go to work, other people make the lights go on. When I drive to do research, taxpayers and workers built those roads. When I work safely at home, military and police provide that security. I’m grateful to them all and to so many others.
There are people I want to thank specifically:
Shane Salerno, my friend, fellow scrivener, agent, and partner in crime fiction had the idea to do a volume of novellas in the first place. I’m glad he did, and, as always, I owe him more than I can repay.
Liate Stehlik at William Morrow agreed to publish it, an act of confidence for which I am humbly grateful.
Jennifer Brehl was a wonderful and discerning editor, and Maureen Sugden saved me from many embarrassing errors. Thank you both for your hard, creative work and care.
I owe Brian Murray, Andy LeCount, Sharyn Rosenblum, Kaitlin Harri, Jennifer Hart, Julianna Wojcik, Brian Grogan, Chantal Restivo-Alessi, Ben Steinberg, Frank Albanese, Juliette Shapland, and Nate Lanman debts of gratitude.
And to all the publicity, sales, and marketing folks at HarperCollins/William Morrow, know that I know that without you I would be unemployed.
To Deborah Randall and all the people at The Story Factory, my sincere appreciation.
To my lawyer, Richard Heller, thanks for all the care and hard work.
To Matt Snyder and Joe Cohen at CAA—as always, thanks.
To the people at Kids In Need of Defense, thank you for your help and for everything that you do.
A shout-out to the following people for reasons they will understand: Teressa Palozzi, Drew Goodwin, Right-Click, Colton’s Burgers, Drift Surf, Jim’s Dock, Java Madness, TLC Coffee Roasters, David Nedwidek and Katy Allen, Miss Josephine Gernsheimer, Cameron Pierce Hughes, Tom Russell, Quecho, El Fuego, and Andrew Walsh.
To my mother, Ottis Winslow, for the use of her porch.
Finally, to my wife, Jean, for all her tolerance, enthusiasm, sense of adventure, and love.
ILYM.
About the Author
DON WINSLOW is the author of twenty-one acclaimed, award-winning international bestsellers, including the New York Times bestseller and sensation The Force, and the #1 international bestsellers The Cartel, The Power of the Dog, Savages, and The Winter of Frankie Machine. Savages was made into a major film by three-time Oscar-winning writer-director Oliver Stone. The Power of the Dog, The Cartel and The Border sold to FX in a major multimillion-dollar deal to air as a weekly TV series beginning in 2020. A former investigator, antiterrorist trainer, and trial consultant, Winslow lives in California and Rhode Island.
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Also by Don Winslow
The Border
The Force
The Cartel
The Kings of Cool
The Gentlemen’s Hour
Satori
Savages
The Dawn Patrol
The Winter of Frankie Machine
The Power of the Dog
Looking for a Hero (with Peter Maslowski)
California Fire and Life
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Isle of Joy
While Drowning in the Desert
A Long Walk Up the Water Slide
Way Down on the High Lonely
The Trail to Buddha’s Mirror
A Cool Breeze on the Underground
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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