Acknowledgments

I should like to thank Alex Myers for reading the first draft and for his suggestions which transformed the book. Michael Mirolla for agreeing to publish my debut novel, and Julie Roorda for her thoughtful editing. Ulrike-Luisa Eckhardt for helping me find my way. And Marina Iglesias González, Antonio González Díaz, and Jorge Rodriguez González for welcoming me into their lives and making Asturias home.

About the Author Scott Walker grew up in West Virginia and currently lives on the northwest coast of Spain. In between, he taught high school history, shilled for a Congressman, and has worked as a news analyst and editor while living in Virginia, Florida, New Orleans, Prague, and Berlin.