Acknowledgments

My deepest thankfulness and appreciation go to my brother Pete Anderson and my fellow author Deva Fagan, who faithfully read each chapter of this book as it was written, shared their thoughts on how it was progressing, and gave me the courage to believe that it might actually be a good story; as well as to my second-round critics Saundra Mitchell, Kerrie Mills, Brittany Harrison, Liz Barr, Erin Fitzgerald, and James Bow, who helped me figure out where Rhosmari’s story wasn’t quite right and how to make it better.

As always, there are a million little details of research and inspiration that go into making up a book. Liz de Jager was kind enough to share with me her holiday photos from Wales. Emily advised me on the finer points of Welsh nomenclature, as did Helen Hall and the other helpful members of dysgu_cymraeg on LiveJournal. Claire Margerison helped me find a new name for my fictional pug, and Claudia Gray inspired me to put pugs in my books in the first place. Many kind members of the little_details community counseled me on matters of archery, along with honeysucklebowyer, Markus77 and CraigMBeckett from the Primitive Bows forum on PaleoPlanet. But these are only a few of many who helped me along the way, and I am grateful to you all.

Finally, I want to thank the fans who wrote to express their enthusiasm for the previous two faery books and ask if there would be another one–hearing from my readers is always a pleasure, and I’m honored that you take the time not only to read my books but to let me know how you feel about them. This story is for you, too.

R.J. Anderson