Violent Python

Acknowledgements

In military slang, “watching your six” literally means keeping a look out behind you. While a patrol leader presses forward in the twelve o’clock direction, at least one of his teammates walks backward scouting the six o’clock position for dangers that the patrol leader cannot see. When I first approached my mentor about writing a book, he warned me that I could only do this if I had team members committed to watching my six. I pondered about those in my life that this massive endeavor would affect. Three seconds later, I knew that they were all strong enough.

To my technical editor, Mark Baggett, your endless technical revisions protected this book. To Dr. Reeves, Dr. Freeh, Dr. Jacoby, and Dr. Blair—thank you for picking up ...