JOHN FENZEL is a retired senior Special Forces officer who served on our nation's battlefields throughout Europe and the Middle East. He served on the personal staffs of the Secretary of Defense, Army Chief of Staff, and the Vice President of the United States. Following the Cold War, he led the first U.S. deployments to the Baltic States. He lives with his wife and three children in Annapolis, Maryland. He is also the author of The Lazarus Covenant and The Sterling Forest.