Stephen Coonts is the author of the bestselling Deep Black, Jake Grafton, Tommy Carmellini, and Saucers series, among many others. His first novel, Flight of the Intruder, spent over six months on The New York Times bestseller list. In 1986, the U.S. Naval Institute honored him with its Author of the Year Award. Coonts served eight years in the Navy, including two cruises on the USS Enterprise during the last years of the Vietnam War.
Best known for American Sniper, Jim DeFelice is the author of over a dozen New York Times bestsellers and a host of other books. His standalone novels include Leopard’s Kill and The Helios Conspiracy, and he has collaborated with other bestselling authors including Richard Marcinko and Larry Bond.