Many thanks to those who have helped bring this novel to your e-reader, smart phone, computer screen and to that old-fashioned mass of wood pulp called a book. At Macmillan these include Natalie McCourt, Lauren Welch, Louise Buckley, Amy Lines, Phoebe Taylor, Jessica Cuthbert-Smith, Neil Lang, James Long and others whose names I simply don’t know. Further thanks go to Larry Rostant for his eye-catching cover image, Bella Pagan for her copious structural and character notes and Bruno Vincent for further editing.