About the author
William Beecher is a Pulitzer prize winning former Washington correspondent for The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times who, in more than twenty-five years based in Washington, made annual two to three-month reporting trips around the world. He also served two tours in the government: two years in the Defense Department, rising to the rank of Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Public Affairs (Acting), ten years as Director of the Office of Public Affairs for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and seven years as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland. He is a Knight in the
Ancient Order of St. John of Medina. Previous novels include Mayday Man, Submerged Rage, The Acorn Dossier, Nuclear Revenge, The KGB Hoax, Arabella Undercover and Double Agent Stallion.