This is the most complicated series I've written to date, plotwise, and inevitably Mistakes Were Made... so once again, thank you to my editorial team: Bertha, Anastasia, Grey, Jenn, Cap, and Lola. Y'all were awesome. Rowyn, I will forever look at That Scene and laugh and it's your fault, but that's okay because your fine-tooth comb made this book much, much better. And yes, I'm leaving those adverbs in. *grin* Special thanks to Engineer Sam this time around, because the suggestion about photographing the fleet movements instead of animating them probably saved this book from at least half a year's delay as I cheerfully messed with Clip Studio's animation tools. That might have been fun, but having the book out sooner is better. For all of us!
To my Patreon folks, whose monthly tips make it less fraught for me to write books with smaller audiences: thank you all. Even the smallest donation is an enormous vote of confidence, and I am humbled to be one of your most valued entertainers. Special call out to the Patreon Chat members, who listened to me through every step of writing this book, from "I'm never going to finish this" to "formatting never ennnnnnnds." (I sense a theme there.)
And finally, to the fans who stuck with this series to the very end. One more book, folks. Then: the future.
—M