To the ROTC cadre at Gettysburg College, especially Colonel John Tartala, Major Collins, Captain Terry Briggs, Sergeant Major Steven Hoffman, Master Sergeant Alex Anderson and Professor/Lieutenant Commander Bruce Bugbee. What you taught me is showing up in all of this year’s stories.
Acknowledgments for the original edition:
Thank you to Eric Flint for creating the 1632 universe and making it a shared universe.
Thank you to Jim Baen and Toni Weisskopf, who have supported the 1632 community from the beginning and gave us a place on Baen’s Bar.
Thank you to Walt Boyes and Joy Ward, editors of Ring of Fire Press, who made sure this novel got better along the way. Thank you to the Ring of Fire Press staff. There’s a big difference between hearing about all the steps of publishing a novel and watching people make your novel happen.
Thank you to Dave and Aaron for their good advice along the way.
Thank you to everyone who has read the Neustatter stories. Thank you for asking for more.
Additional Acknowledgments for this edition:
Thank you to Toni Weisskopf and Baen Books for acquiring the NESS books.
Thank you to everyone who asked if you could still get the books and who waited for them to come back.