The Anti-Terrorist Task Force (ATTF) represented in this novel is based on the actual Joint Terrorism Task Force, though I
have taken some literary license where necessary.
The Joint Terrorism Task Force is an organization of dedicated, professional, and hardworking men and women who are in the
front line in the war on terrorism in America.
The workings and procedures of the Task Force, as well as the New York Police Department and other law enforcement and intelligence
agencies represented in this novel, are factual or based on fact, though I have taken some dramatic liberties. I have also
altered some facts and procedures that were told to me in confidence.
