NICHOLAS IRVING is the New York Times bestselling author of The Reaper and Way of the Reaper. He’s spent six years in the Army’s Special Operations 3rd Ranger Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment, serving from assaulter to Sniper Team leader. He was the first African American to deploy in the G.W.O.T as a sniper in his battalion and is now the owner of HardShoot, where he trains personnel in the art of long-range shooting, from Olympians to members of the Spec Ops community. He also appeared as a mentor on the Fox reality show American Grit, and has consulted on various movie films and t.v. shows. He lives in San Antonio, Texas.

A. J. TATA, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Retired), commanded combat units in the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and the 10th Mountain Division. His last combat tour was in Afghanistan in 2007 where he earned the Combat Action Badge and Bronze Star Medal. He is the author of seven national bestselling novels, including books from The Captain Jake Mahegan and Threat Series. He is the National Security Expert for One America News Network and a frequent foreign policy guest commentator on Fox News and CNN.