Acknowledgments

Thank you Mom and Dad for instilling in me from a young age the love of music, reading, and writing. Your support from the beginning for Shadows of Valor was the anchor that kept me focused and motivated. Dad, thanks for all your historical knowledge you let me tap into, and Mom, for being my alpha reader/editor.

Thank you, Barbara Knudsen, Lisa Rees, and Rachel Johnson, for reading the first versions of my story and being brutally honest so I could correct and improve it.

Thanks, Rose Marie Greene, for your patience and skill in teaching me throughout my school years to read music, play piano, and compose songs of my own.

Thank you Jolly Fish Press for seeing the potential in my book and graciously adding it to your wonderful collection of published works.