About the Author

LTG (Ret.) William G. "Jerry" Boykin , author of Danger Close , spent thirty-six years in the United States Army, some of them as an original member of Delta Force, the worldõs premier Special Operations unit. His life reads like an action-adventure film; Boykin helped capture Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, hunted notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar, served in Vietnam, Iran, Mogadishu, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and worked with the CIA. Tom Morrisey , coauthor of Danger Close , is an internationally known adventure-travel writer and all-around wordsmith. A rock climbing and backcountry ski instructor, certified cave diver, and NRA handgun competitor, he is also editor-at-large for Sport Diver magazine and author of the award-nominated novels Yucatan Deep and In High Places .