DAVID HAGBERG has published more than seventy novels of suspense, including the bestselling JOSHUA'S HAMMER, SOLDIER of GOD, and ALLAH'S SCORPIION. Since my first novel, TWISTER, was published by Dell as a mass market paperback original in 1975, I’ve published at least one novel, and sometimes as many as seven or eight every year. It’s been a long run, and over the years I have continued to learn the art of story telling, and I’m still learning! One of the most frequently asked questions thrown at me at book signings and conventions is: Which is your best book (as opposed to which is your best selling book)? My answer has always been: My next book. BURNED June 9, 2009 Burned is inspired by the horrifying ordeal of Yvonne Bornstein. Kidnapped in Russia in the 1990s by Islamic terrorists, Yvonne and her husband were held for ransom. During her captivity she was tortured, starved, and abused. Her captors were affiliated with early al Qaeda partisans. While this book is fiction, Burned captures the spirit of Yvonne’s resistance and ultimate triumph. THE EXPEDITER hit the New York Times bestseller list on April 12.