The author wishes to thank all the folks who made this book possible. In particular, the Pearl Street Gang as early readers: Mario Acevedo, Warren Hammond, Angie Hodapp, Aaron Michael Ritchey, and Jeanne Stein. Thanks also to John Helfers and Colleen Kuehne for their enormous help during the editing process.
I am also incredibly thankful to Chanel for her tremendous support in the dark hours of bringing this behemoth into existence, as well as to Kaya for her helpfulness and for putting up with all the missed nights of Harry Potter when deadlines were looking scary.
I am grateful as well to master calligrapher Naoko Ikeda for gracing this volume with her art.
Any omissions are purely the author’s fault. Grievances may be filed in person or with the gods.