Acknowledgements
Thank you to those who helped with research and technological accuracy: Ron Nelson, David Mann, Pam Mann, Dave Gast, and Jesse Nice. Thank you to Gena Smith and Meriah Crawford who provided first-reader feedback and polishing insights. Thank you to Toni Weisskopf for extremely helpful editorial direction and to all the folks at Baen Books for giving me the opportunity to share this story with readers.
And thank you especially to Andy Presby for invaluable support throughout.