To Diana Gill, for her downright supernatural instincts for story and character, as well as all of her hard work shepherding my musings along. I would be lost without her guidance. Thanks, Diana, for your editing voodoo.
To the phenomenal Julie Kane-Ritsch, for her continued friendship, enthusiasm, diligence, and a multitude of other superpowers. Thank you, Julie.
A lot of wonderful people worked very hard to help bring this tale to life. I would like to express my deep appreciation to the following people for all of their efforts and contributions: Jie Yang, Dale Rohrbaugh, Paula Szafranski, Rich Aquan, Pam Spengler-Jaffee, Shawn Nicholls, Jessie Edwards, and Will Hinton.