Will Hutchison is a retired officer in the US Army and Marines, and later became a Federal Special Agent. He has engaged in interesting and often dangerous endeavors from combat while in the Marines, to undercover narcotics, to counter-terrorism at nuclear plants. He resides in Gettysburg, where he pursues his writing and occasional law enforcement consulting projects. As an avocation, he has written and lectured on military history internationally for over twenty years. He is a meticulous and passionate historical researcher. To bring this novel to life, he spent long hours at numerous archives within the UK, and made several visits to the Crimea. His writing goal is to give readers a great story, surrounded by accurate history.