Acknowledgements
No book is conceived in isolation, nor written in it. Thanks to the following people for their help:
My wife Kathleen, who makes it possible for me to write at all
My beta-readers, who catch me when I mess things up
Vincent Chong, for capturing the images in my head in a truly awesome cover
Chuck Rothman, who long ago gave me the advice: "Never make it easy on your character." Sorry, Sasham—this is all Chuck's fault.
and
Stephen J. Reed, who may be gone but who helped create the character who became Sasham Varan