Acknowledgements

 

I’d like to thank all those who contributed to the creation of this book:

- Richard J. Galloway, who carefully revised and improved the English translation;

- Martina Munzittu, for her suggestions during the English translation;

- Julia Gibbs for the accurate proofreading of this book;

- Fabio Delfino, who created the book trailer;

- Dr Philip Metzger, physicist and planetary scientist at NASA Kennedy Space Center and Florida Space Institute, for his precious suggestions on NASA’s terminology;

- Stephen M. Bassett and Gary Stephenson, co-founders of Mars Initiative, for supporting my work;

- Polydream, who gave me permission to use their song “Catch Me If You Can” for the promotion of the series;

- my whole publishing team in Italy, who worked with me on the original version of the “Red Desert” series: Veronica De Lorenzo, my aunt Gabriella Serrenti, Alessandra Fadda, ChiaraOB1, Stefania Mattana, Diego Luci, Luca “Adso da Melk” Cassia, Emanuele Piccolini, Marco Mark, Giovanni Venturi, Germano Dalcielo, and all those who encouraged my work with their comments and support;

- Omar Serafini and the whole FantaScientificast.it crew, who supported me in Italy;

- my parents, who on this occasion turned into science fiction fans;

- and above all Federico Fadda, my first reader, for his constant and loving support.