Acknowledgments
My thanks to Aly Parsons for critiquing the entire manuscript and to the Aly Parson’s writers group for their critiques on selected scenes: Aly Parsons, Bob Chase, Carolyn Ives Gilman, John Hemry, J. G. Huckenpöhler, Simcha Kuritzky, Mike LaViolette, Bud Sparhawk, Connie Warner, Kelly Dwyer, and Mary Thompson; to the amazing Lina Perez, who somehow managed to keep me organized; to my editor Tony Daniel for his superb editing suggestions; to my publisher Toni Weisskopf, to Ben Davidoff for his excellent copyedit, to cover artist David Mattingly, to Carol Russo, Elizabeth O’Brien, and to all the other fine people at Baen for making this book possible, with patience and compassion. My thanks to my agent, Eleanor Wood, of Spectrum Literary Agency, for her much-appreciated support and kindness; and to my publicist Binnie Braunstein for her enthusiasm and hard work on my behalf.
A heartfelt thanks to the shining lights in my life, my husband John Cannizzo, whose loving support made me the writer I am today, and to our daughter Catherine Jr., whose love, support, and care makes all the difference.