WILLIAM BEGLEY is a former Air Force intelligence officer who received two national awards from the Director of Central Intelligence. He also worked in the U.S. civil service and in the commercial sector in China, Japan, and Germany for nearly three decades. These experiences informed the people, events, and places in his debut novel.
Begley sworn in as a regular Air Force officer in 1982 by General Charles Donnelly Jr., Commander of U.S. Forces, Japan and Fifth Air Force at Yokota Air Base.