When fact and fiction are combined in novels, it's not always clear to the reader which is which. Early readers of the manuscript for Wild Fire have asked me what is real and what is a figment of my imagination, so I thought I'd address that here.

Welcome to the Custer Hill Club, a mountain hunting lodge whose members include some of America's most powerful business leaders, military men, and government officials. The club appears to be a place to relax with old friends. But one fall weekend, the club's executive board gathers to talk about 9/11--and finalize a retaliation plan, known only as Wild Fire. Soon after, a member of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force is found dead near the hunting lodge.

Investigating this mysterious death, Detective John Corey and his wife, FBI Agent Kate Mayfield, uncover a shocking plot that begins with the Custer Hill Club--and ends with American cities locked in the crosshairs of a nuclear device. Now Corey and Mayfield are the only ones who can stop global chaos from being unleashed.