ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
My profound thanks go to—
— my loyal legion of advance readers, but particularly Tom MacCarrol;
— Ian Tregillis, PhD, high-energy physicist at Los Alamos, who vetted the theoretical logic of the Wasserman Drive;
— my late mother, who believed that I could and should pursue the calling and life of an author;
— and my late father, who imbued me with his own interest in the future and the limitless possibilities of space.
But above all, this book is . . .
DEDICATED TO:
My wife Andrea Trisciuzzi,
without whom it would
never have been written.