ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank my publisher, Bernadette Foley, my editors in the US, DongWon Song; the UK, Bella Pagan; and in Australia, Abigail Nathan; plus everyone else at Orbit Books who had worked so hard and so long on this series. I would also like to thank my agent, Selwa Anthony, for her support, encouragement and assistance over the past fifteen years and many, many books.