Wyman Ford

Wyman Ford is a fictional character found in many of the solo novels by American author Douglas Preston.

Background

Ford was an agent in the Central Intelligence Agency for several years, all prior to his first appearance in literature. His wife was also a CIA agent, but she was killed when a car they were in during a stakeout in Cambodia was bombed. Ford became depressed and spent some time in a Benedictine monastery (The Monastery of Christ in the Desert) near Tewa-Towa Pueblo and Jicarilla Apache country in the American Southwest. Eventually, after 30 months, he left the monastery and started his own private investigation firm.

The events in Tyrannosaur Canyon occur during his time in the monastery, while the events in Blasphemy mark the first assignment of his investigation agency, which is given to him by Dr. Stanton Lockwood III, science advisor to the President of the United States. Blasphemy also reveals some more of Ford's backstory at UC Berkeley, where he met and fell in love with Kate Mercer, who also appears in Blasphemy. Ford and Lockwood both return in Impact and The Kraken Project, continuing Ford's investigative work on behalf of the government.

Wyman Ford is a devout Catholic, though he has struggled with his faith since the death of his wife.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Harvard University
Masters Degree in Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctorate in Cybernetics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Appearances in literature

Tyrannosaur Canyon (2005)
Blasphemy (2008)
Impact (2010)
The Kraken Project (2014)

Book covers

Works by Douglas Preston and/or Lincoln Child

Agent Pendergast series

Relic (1995)
Reliquary (1997)
The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002)
Still Life with Crows (2003)
Brimstone (2004)
Dance of Death (2005)
The Book of the Dead (2006)
The Wheel of Darkness (2007)
Cemetery Dance (2009)
Fever Dream (2010)
Cold Vengeance (2011)
Two Graves (2012)
White Fire (2013)
Blue Labyrinth (2014)
Crimson Shore (2015)

Gideon Crew series

Gideon's Sword (2011)
Gideon's Corpse (2012)
The Lost Island (2014)
Beyond the Ice Limit (2016)

Other novels

Mount Dragon (1996)
Riptide (1998)
Thunderhead (1999)
The Ice Limit (2000)

Characters

Douglas Preston

Tom Broadbent series	The Codex (2004) Tyrannosaur Canyon (2005)

Wyman Ford series	Tyrannosaur Canyon (2005) Blasphemy (2008) Impact (2010) The Kraken Project (2014)

Other novels	Jennie (1994)

Other works	The Monster of Florence (2008, with Mario Spezi)

Characters	Wyman Ford

Lincoln Child

Jeremy Logan series	Deep Storm (2007) Terminal Freeze (2009) The Third Gate (2012) The Forgotten Room (2015)

Other novels	Utopia (2002) Death Match (2004)

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