Thank you to Tamara Thorne and Dean Koontz for impressing upon a young writer the importance of the technical side of writing (syntax, grammar, etc.). Though not the sexiest part of the job, it’s at least equal to the creative aspects in the pursuit of delivering to the reader a quality story. And thank you to Kathryn Cheshire and Janette Currie, editors extraordinaire, for their eagle-eyed attentiveness to early versions of the manuscript. Everything right with this novel is in large part due to these four individuals. Any shortcomings are solely on the shoulders of the author.