ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I took a lot of poetic license with my interpretation of Viking ghosts, and Nordic gods, but I hope that devotees of Nordic history will forgive any trespasses. If you have a comment you’d like to make about that, or anything else in the book or series, feel free to e-mail me. Links to my e-mail and mailing address can be found on my Web site at www.katiemacalister.com.

And finally, I’d like to thank my friend Tobias Barlind for answering my endless questions about Sweden and Vikings, and providing translations. No matter what time of day I asked him for help, no matter how strange the request (and how many people have the opportunity to translate the phrase “legless weasel”—the name of the nearby town in Circus of the Darned?), Tobias always came through for me. Tack så mycket, Tobias.