Deep Silence

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

As always, I owe a debt to several wonderful people. Thanks to my literary agent, Sara Crowe of Pippin Properties; my faithful and long-suffering editor at St. Martin’s Griffin, Michael Homler; Robert Allen and the crew at Macmillan Audio; my film agent, Dana Spector of Paradigm; and my brilliant audiobook reader, Ray Porter.

Thanks to the winners of the Joe Ledger “Name the Character” contests: Francesco Tigninii, Dennis Crosby, Thom Erb, Johns D. Curtis, Dominic Oviedo, Geoff Brown, Jenny Robinson, Robert Thomas, and Kelly Littleton. Christopher Hitchcock, CEG, principal engineering geologist InfraTerra, Inc.; Scott M. Ausbrooks, assistant director and assistant state geologist, Arkansas Geological Survey; John Geissman, professor and department head, editor in chief of Tectonics, University of Texas at Dallas Geosciences; Dr. Wendy Bohon, geologist, Arizona State University; Dr. Blake P. Weissling, research assistant professor and senior lecturer in geophysics, University of Texas at San Antonio; Dr. David H. Salzberg, seismologist; Chris MacInnis, P.Geo, vice president (geology), Goldspot Discoveries Inc.; Marc Byrne, formerly of the School of Geosciences, University of South Florida.

Quote from The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman, used by permission of the author.