Preface

Dedication

I'd like to dedicate this book to Sgt. Jack Reynolds

Jack, as an author I'm expected to be able to write.

But these few words have been harder to write than anything I've ever written.

Do I call you my spotter, no that's not enough.

Do I call you my mentor, that's not quite right.

Do I call you my FRIEND, it's still not complete.

Do I call you my Father, that's close because you were more like a father to me than anyone else.

I think I will call you simply the best thing I can think of, a Marine.

You and I both know what that means.

Take care of your lovely wife and young son.

Thank You

Semper Fi!

Banzai Ben

Jack, thank you for taking care of Ben!

Masha, thank you for helping me to understand Ben better and for loving Jack, it paved the way for Ben to let me into his heart!

Little Vanya our Godson, listen to your parents and be a good boy, you couldn't have better parents to raise you!

Jack, I look forward to you giving me away.

Masha, I look forward to you being my maid of honor.

Hugs and Kisses

Amazing Anastasia

We would like to say that the hardest part of writing this book together has been integrating our different styles. We did our best and then sent it to our excellent editor and he fixed our mistakes and made it much better. A book is only as good as its editor and we have one of the best.

Finally, we want to thank our readers for taking this journey with us.

Reader notes:

You will notice that the format has changed in this book. Some of you will like it and some of you won't. We chose to do this for many reasons and we're happy with the choice. We will try, but can't promise, that the very first section will be in the present time, the other sections are marked as present or flashback.

The first chapter retells some history of the previous books, this is in case someone jumps into this book without first reading "Captured" or "Escaped."

Writing together has been more fun than we ever imagined it could be and we both look forward to continuing this for a very long time. We've tried our best to integrate our different styles so we're not going to tell you who wrote what. Some of our more astute readers have noticed a change in the style as my lovely wife-to-be has become more involved in helping.

Thanks again for reading our books

Ben and Nastya

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