Acknowledgments for the original edition
Thank you to Eric Flint for creating the 1632 universe and making it a shared universe.
Thank you to Walt Boyes and Joy Ward, editors of Ring of Fire Press, who made sure this novel got better along the way.
Thank you to the 1632 community, especially Grantville Gazette editors Paula Goodlett and Walt Boyes; Virginia DeMarce, who created the grid and found historical characters for me; David Carrico, for his example and encouragement; Kerryn Offord, who keeps track of character claims and posted some of the first feedback I received; Terry Howard, who developed the Anabaptist community in Grantville; Michael Knopp, who answers all my questions about maps and what is where; Rainer Prem, who put together the GridViewer site that let me see family relationships among the characters; and Mike Watson, whose search engine is invaluable to maintaining continuity in the 1632 universe. Thank you to those who have borrowed my characters and let me borrow theirs, who welcomed a newbie to 1632 cons, and to many others who have offered suggestions and posted comments.
Thank you to my family and to David and Jennifer Monath, who have listened to me talk about these characters a lot and offered some really good suggestions.
Additional acknowledgments for this edition
Thank you to Toni Weisskopf and Baen Books for acquiring the NESS books.
Thank you to everyone who asked if you could still get the books and who waited for them to come back.