I WANT TO THANK the following people: Katherine V. Forrest, for her sage advice and valued friendship; Charlotte Sheedy, agent and advocate; Neil Nyren, conscientious editor; Paul Reidinger, for the free lunches and long conversation about this craft of writing; Rob Miller, Dan Edelman, the people at Paramount, for movie and legal lore (and if I got it wrong, my apologies); Phyllis Burke, for her book Gender Shock (a crucial work); and of course the Daughters of Darkness, who kept me company.