Deeper-than-the-benthic-zone love for my universal partner and first reader, Cindy Cheung.
Sunyoung Lee started the ball rolling.
Kirby Kim and Eric Reid are playas.
Marcia Markland and Kat Brzozowski rock hard. Hector DeJean never sleeps.
John Schoenfelder has perfect pitch.
All respect to clans and extensions of Kaya, Cheng, Cheung, Kim, Lin, and Liu.
Detective Yu Sing Yee, NYPD (retired), and Detective Thomas Ong, NYPD (retired), thank you again for everything.
The Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University granted me access to their archives. You continue to be awesome and beautiful people: Jack Tchen, Laura Chen-Schultz, Alexandra Chang, and I-Ting Emily Chu.
Heavy bows and spicy noodles to Chez Ong, Corky Lee, Neela Banerjee, Karen Maeda Allman, Chris Bowe, Alan Chisholm, Mario Diaz, Harvey Dong, Stuart Gersen, Maryelizabeth Hart, Eric Nakamura, Cate Park, Eugene Shih, Barbara Tom, Kristine Williams, and Martin Wong.
Epigraph from A Dream of Red Mansions, translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang.