First Strike: Loudoun County

PREFACE This novel is entirely a work of fiction and is not a fantasy of any future that either of us – nor anyone with even just an ounce of sense – would either want or desire. Fiction, though, requires several elements, no matter the genre or style. To us, a decent work of fiction should be complete with heroes, villains, major and minor players, and stories both grand and intimate. Are some of our novels pulled from today’s headlines? Of course they are. To deny that would be to deny reality, which all good fiction must in some way or another rely on at least in small measure. The question to ask then is this: “What if?”