Death of a Spy (33 page)

Acknowledgments

The more I write, the more I realize how lucky I am to be lifted up, with such regularity, by people who are in equal measure intelligent, constant, and kind.

With that in mind: I am deeply grateful to my agent Richard Curtis for his wise counsel, editorial advice, and for role he played in publishing this novel. I also can’t thank Christina Henry de Tessan, my developmental editor, enough; her contributions to the Mark Sava series, and to this novel in particular, have been invaluable. Tim Gifford, David Mayland, Scott Stone, Heather Cathrall, John Vickerstaff and Mark Burstein all read early versions of
Death of a Spy
; the novel is far better as a result of their corrections and suggestions. Mike Lindgren did a brilliant job proofreading the book.

Christopher Lane deserves special thanks for bringing the Sava series to life in his outstanding audio versions of the novels. With foreign accents galore and place names like Nakhchivan, I know these aren’t easy stories to narrate, but he makes it seem as though they are.

XNR Productions of Madison, Wisconsin did their usual great work with the maps for
Death of a Spy
. The Book Designers of Fairfax, California designed the cover—which I absolutely love—as well as the interior of the book.

While researching Death of a Spy, I traveled to the regions in which the story is set and interviewed a wide range of people. The contributions these individuals made to the novel were enormous, but given the political realities of the situation, to name these people here—many were government officials—would do them no favor. I am, nevertheless, indebted to them. I would also like to thank the many reporters, scholars, and ex-CIA officers who, through their books, lent insight to this novel. An annotated bibliography can be found at danmayland.com.

Finally, many thanks are due to my wife, Corinne, and my children Kirsten and William—for their enduring love and support, but also for serving as my sounding board of first resort.

About the Author

Dan Mayland lives in Pennsylvania with his family and frequently travels to the remote corners of the world that he writes about. His first novel,
The Colonel’s Mistake
, was the inaugural novel of the best-selling Mark Sava series.