Acknowledgments
Here’s a shout-out to a few of the people who helped me with this story: Dyah Laksmi who did not save me from dengue fever, Karla Kay, who managed to read all the way through an early half-baked version of the novel, Andrew Pool with his invaluable guidance on the speech habits of terrorists, Michael Anderle who introduced me to the arcane new truths about publishing in the 21st Century, and Rosie Smith and Robin Hanson, who reminded me what I should be doing on this turn of the wheel. I hope the final novel fulfills at least some of your desires and expectations.