Andrew Kaplan is a former journalist and war correspondent covering events around the world. He served in both the U.S. Army and in the Israeli Army during the Six Day War and worked in military intelligence. The CIA has tried on several occasions to recruit him. He has consulted with groups that advise governments and as president of a technical communications company worked on a contract basis with a number of leading U.S. corporations and government agencies. He is the author of four international best-selling novels: Hour of the Assassins, Scorpion, Dragonfire and War of the Raven and is best-known as author of the Scorpion series. His next two books, Scorpion Betrayal and Scorpion Winter are scheduled for publication as lead books by HarperCollins in 2012.