Tom Clancy was America's, and the world's, favourite international thriller author. Starting with The Hunt for Red October, all of his books have hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Seven of his novels were made into major motion pictures and Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, is now a hit Amazon TV show. Clancy died in 2013.

Jack Stewart is a retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot with over two decades of service and multiple combat deployments, including an assignment to the Joint Special Operations Command. Stewart is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN), and holds a Master of Science in Global Leadership from the University of San Diego. He is the USA Today bestselling author of the Battle Born series, Silent Horizons, and W.E.B. Griffin Direct Action. He lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife and three children.