I would like to thank everyone who critiqued this novel and gave me encouragement over the years, especially Jason Pratt.
I’d also like to thank Alasdair Brooks, for the unwitting loan of his finds tent at Castell Henllys, where I wrote substantial portions of the later chapters. It was the only place in the entire camp where I could plug my laptop in, and also the only place with chairs. I am very grateful for these things.
Final thanks, of course, go to Devi Pillai and Rachel Vater, for being the ones to finally get me over this hurdle.