F. Freeman Marvin is a former Army officer, data analyst, and instructor in data analytics. He earned an undergraduate degree in national security from the US Military Academy at West Point and a master's degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is a lover of American history and literature. This is his debut novel. Freeman has two grown daughters and lives with his wife, Monica, in Warrenton in Northern Virginia. He has more Neanderthal genes than eighty-five percent of other 23andMe users.