Acknowledgments:
I’d like to extend my thanks to Toni Weisskopf and Tony Daniel of Baen Books—great editors both—and to the entire Baen publishing team, including copyeditor Scott Pearson. Thanks, too, to artist Dave Seeley, who produced superb cover art based on my imagination. As well, appreciation to my wife, Mona Pinette, my first reader, and final thanks to the science fiction community for welcoming me back after a decades-long absence.