"Nance, John J. - The Last Hostage" - читать интересную книгу автора (Nance John J)

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PS3564.AS46L37 1998 9%44861

813'.54-dc21 CIP

ISBN 0-385-4905%0

Copyright й 1998 by John J. Nance

All Rights Reserved

Printed in the United States

February 1998

10987654321 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

eing a professional author is seldom a solitary pursuit. An impressive
retinue of marvelous people are required to support the work of the
author from conception to publication, and many kindnesses are needed
along the road of research and review.

It all begins with family, and the love and support of my wife, Bunny,
who shoulders the thankless task of working on the ideas and the raw
copy as it comes out of the computer.

But my works would not be possible without my agents, Olga and George
Wieser, to whom this book is dedicated.

My thanks as well to my editor at Doubleday, Shawn Coyne, whose
strategic suggestions and outstanding ideas added immeasurably to the
force and excitement of this work. My thanks also to my publisher,
Arlene Friedman, Chief Editor Pat Mulcahy, and Matthew Shear, my
paperback publisher at St. Martin's. My appreciation also to Helen Verno
and Winifred White-Neisser of Columbia TriStar Television, and to
producer Bernie Sofronski -- my partners in bringing this work to the
screen.

Before anyone in New York or Hollywood sees a page, my business partner
and primary editor, Patricia Davenport, has spent untold hours working
on the manuscript, and the end result would be impossible without her.

Thanks as well to retired FBI veteran Larry Montague, who helped make
sure the Bureau is presented correctly in these pages, and to my friend
and neighbor, Federal District Judge Frank Burgess, who helped this
lawyer vet the legal side of the equation.

University Place, Washington October, 1997 Near Ft. Collins, Colorado.