Tom Clancy was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than eighteen books. He died in October 2013. nDon Bentley spent a decade as an Army Apache helicopter pilot, and while deployed in Afghanistan, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal with V device for valor. Following his time in the military, Bentley worked as an FBI special agent focusing on foreign intelligence and counterintelligence, and was a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team member.n