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She couldn’t help but laugh. Good old Eddie. “It’s not offensive. Don’t be such a snowflake.”
“You’re the snowflake.” Eddie wiped Franklin’s now somewhat less special pen on his jeans and handed it over. “Now hurry up and sign the forms so we can eat.”
AUTHOR’S NOTE
Real Heroes
I JUMPEDFORJOY, right there in the airport, wearing my best business suit. A TSA security guard gave me a sidelong glance, but I didn’t care. Compassion International had said yes, and I had the same rush I’d felt years before when *REDACTED* from *REDACTED* tapped me on the shoulder and offered me a special assignment.
With Compassion International’s permission to give them a starring role in a spy novel, I had an opportunity to contribute to God’s special ops team. Allow me to explain, and when I’m finished, I hope you’ll consider being a part of this team too.
Let’s talk about unconventional warfare.
Authors are prone to exaggeration, but in this case, the comparison is valid. Unconventional warfare is multipronged and synergistic. Likewise, Compassion combats child poverty along multiple avenues like health care, nutrition, education, spiritual development, and confidence building. They serve the whole child.
Unconventional warfare is quiet warfare. Compassion operates in the background through local churches—more than 7500 in 25 countries at the time of this writing. The local church remains the focal point of love and help in the community. The glory goes to God, not Compassion.
And like any good unconventional warfare team (Talia, Tyler, and company included), Compassion leverages the power of personal relationships to achieve a strategic objective. Through sponsorships, they are defeating global poverty one child—one relationship—at a time.
Unconventional warfare. God’s special ops. Real heroes with a major impact.
You can be part of the team.
Becoming a Compassion child sponsor is not just about giving $38 a month. Through the exchange of letters, sponsors build a one-on-one relationship with a child. This love fosters a sense of self-worth and identity that is foundational in the child’s battle against poverty and makes them less susceptible to tangible threats like human trafficking.
I write escapist fiction about pretend heroes. The lives Talia and Tyler save are in our shared imagination, yours and mine. But Compassion child sponsors change real lives. They save real lives. A child sponsor is a real hero. If you’re ready to become one of these heroes today, visit www.compassion.com.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
GODISGREAT. God is good. And he demonstrates this to me daily. My ability and opportunity to write are the direct result of God’s goodness. Thank you, Lord.
There are, of course, many others to whom and for whom I’m grateful.
I’ve said it many times. My wife Cindy is my first-line editor, my cheerleader, and my shoulder to cry on. She keeps me on task and quietly shakes her head when I hand her a chapter with a spectacled bear (long story, different series). I love her, and cannot write (or live) without her.
Revell is staffed with amazing professionals. I am blessed to have Andrea Doering, Barb Barnes, Michele Misiak, Brianne Dekker, Karen Steele, and the rest. I’m also blessed to have an agent like Harvey Klinger. As with my other characters, he had a hand in Talia’s genesis.
Some unnamed folks helped me with the Agency scenes. They’re in undisclosed locations, shaking their collective heads. An old military buddy, Brian Andrews, became my boots-on-the-ground in Bangkok. Dr. Jeremy Evans became my go-to counselor. Thanks to all of you. And thanks to Steven James and DiAnn Mills, who’ve given so much of their time to mentor me. Come to think of it, DiAnn’s critique group members helped with this book as well. It pays to have folks willing to read your work aloud and tell you when it’s terrible.
Finally, there are the usual suspects behind my novels: Todd and Susie, John and Nancy, Chris and Melinda, Seth and Gavin, Danika and Dennis, Rachel and Katie, James and Ashton, Nancy and Dan, Steve and Tawnya, Randy and Hulda, and the Barons. So many encouragers. I love you all.
JAMES R. HANNIBAL is no stranger to secrets and adventure. A former stealth pilot from Houston, Texas, he has been shot at, locked up with surface-to-air missiles, and chased down a winding German road by an armed terrorist. He is a two-time Silver Falchion Award winner for his Section 13 mysteries for kids and a Thriller Award nominee for his Nick Baron covert ops series for adults. The author of The Gryphon Heist, James is a rare multisense synesthete, meaning all his senses intersect. He sees and feels sounds and smells, and hears flashes of light. If he tells you the chocolate cake you offered smells blue and sticky, take it as a compliment.
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