Goodreads asked Hunter Ripley Rawlings:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Hunter Ripley Rawlings Mark Greaney and I were at the United States Marine Corps Birthday Ball in Las Vegas, Nevada. He and I had coffee one day while our wives went out to get their hair and nails done. We chatted for a couple of hours about 'what ifs' and war and global bad guys and their motivations to do ill will and how that its usually for reasons that seem perfectly legit to them, but they seem to be wearing the black hat to the rest of the world. Mark said, "Rip, we just had some really great ideas, I want to write this book with you." I've been in a bro-mance with that guy ever since.

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