Thank you to the usual suspects: my agent, Jonathan Lyons; my editor, Jennifer Heddle, and her intrepid assistant, Julia Fincher; Erica Feldon and all the folks at Pocket who’ve shepherded this series from the start.
My thanks to Nancy and Melissa, two of the amazing and patient people who read multiple drafts of this book, and who didn’t kill me dead for changing the ending at the last minute.
And to my loyal readers: thank you so much for following me on the next adventure in the Meta Wars world. I couldn’t do this without you.