ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank the many people who helped put together this book. Their input has been invaluable. My thanks to my Patreon subscribers for their invaluable support and encouragement, to Mary Lou Mendum, Elaine Kant, and especially to Tamara Wiens for her insights. To Kurt Miller for creating such a wonderful cover. To all the excellent folks at Baen Books, including my publisher and editor, Toni Weisskopf and David Afsharirad, also to Alex Bear, Ben Davidoff, Carol Russo, Jason Cordova, Joy Freeman, Leah Brandtner, Marla Ainspan, Rabbit Boyett, Thom Ketring, and everyone else there who helped make this book possible. A special thanks to the Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency for their excellent work on my behalf, including Ethan Ellenberg, Bibi Lewis, Raelene Gorlinsky, Evan Gregory, Ezra Ellenberg, and Maria Santos. Most of all to my daughter, Catherine Kendall Asaro Cannizzo, with all my love.