David McCaleb was raised on a farm on the rural Eastern Shore of Virginia. He attended Valley Forge Military College, graduated from the United States Air Force Academy, and served his country as a finance officer. He also founded a bullet manufacturing operation, patented his own invention, and established several businesses. He returned to the Eastern Shore, where he resides with his wife and two children. Though he enjoys drawing, painting, and any project involving the work of hands, his chosen tool is the pen. Recon is the third novel in the Red Ops series that began with the acclaimed thriller Recall, which was nominated for the International Thriller Writers Best First Novel Award, and continued in Reload. Please visit David McCaleb on Facebook or at www.davidmccaleb.com.