Goodreads asked Jeff Wade:

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

Jeff Wade I teach martial arts and self defense for a living. I do not believe in fighting, which I define as a physical confrontation used to settle a non-life-threatening dispute. Self Defense, on the other hand, I define as avoiding or escaping a threat to life or health. I do tons of research on violent crime and violent criminal psychology in order to better understand the latter. In so doing, I feel I'm a more effective instructor of self defense.

As part of this research, I read "Strong on Defense" by Sanford Strong. The book is a collection of police reports involving violent crime. One of the reports was about a little girl who was abducted in a grocery store parking lot and had to struggle for her life. Having daughters myself, the story moved me. I also had great respect for the kid's efforts! I used to tell her story in my classes, because the strategies and attitudes involved so poignantly illustrated the concepts I was trying to teach.

Then one day it dawned on me that the tale would make an excellent novel. I took a few liberties with the details, spent seven years tinkering with it and then one day... VOILA! Survivors.

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