Blessings on my agent, Kris O’Higgins, and L. Timmel Duchamp who weren’t afraid to believe in this novel when I first wrote it in 2007. I pour libation to all the people who have supported my writing for the last fourteen years. You know who you are! Ama Patterson, Liz Roberts, and Sheree R. Thomas never let me give up. Without Pan Morigan and James Emery there would be no book. Thanks to Lee Harris and the folks at Tordotcom for giving this story a second life.