Slanted Jack
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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. First printing, June 2008 Distributed by Simon & Schuster Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pages by Joy Freeman (www.pagesbyjoy.com) |
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-5549-0
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To Gina Massel-CastaterFor a lunchtime conversation that Baen Books by Mark L. Van Name One Jump Ahead
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSAs with my first novel, David Drake reviewed and offered insightful comments on both my outline and the second draft of this book. All of the problems herein are my fault, of course, but Dave again deserves credit for making the novel better than it would have been without his advice. Toni Weisskopf, my Publisher, has my gratitude for taking a chance on promoting a first novel and buying more in the series before the initial volume had even seen print. To everyone who purchased One Jump Ahead, my great thanks; you've made it possible for me to get to live and write a while longer in the universe I share with Jon and Lobo. My business partner, Bill Catchings, has both done all he could to encourage and support my writing and also been a great colleague for over two decades. I've traveled a fair amount while working on this book, and each of the places I've visited has left a mark on me and thus on the work. I want to tip my virtual hat to the people and sites of (in rough order of my visits there during the writing of this book) Portland, Oregon; Santa Clara, California and other parts of Silicon Valley; Florence, Italy; Baltimore, Maryland; New York City; Holden Beach, North Carolina; Yokohama, Kyoto, and Tokyo, Japan, as well as all the countryside I glimpsed in moments of thought while writing on the wonderful high-speed trains; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and, of course, my home in North Carolina. My gratitude always extends to my children, Sarah and Scott, who continue to be amazing teenagers and wonderful people despite having to live with The Weird Dad and put up with me regularly disappearing into my office for long periods of time; thanks, kids. Several extraordinary women—my wife, Rana Van Name; Allyn Vogel; Jennie Faries; and Gina Massel-Castater—grace my life with their intelligence and support, for which I'm incredibly grateful. Thank you, all. |
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