Labyrinth

Acknowledgments

ALL MY BOOKS ARE, in a sense, collaborative efforts, for the knowledge, expertise, and patience of many others are duly tried and given. Listing all is not possible. The names that follow are the most select who deserve far more than this simple mention. Any mistakes that appear in Labyrinth are wholly mine.

For assistance in the scientific realm, thanks once again to John Signore and especially to Emery Pineo, who never fails to solve even the most impossible problems.

For help with the economic end, thanks to Robin Dumar.

Thanks to the real Colin Burgess for his help with England’s landscape and geography.

For technical assistance on the names and capabilities of World War II fighter planes, I am especially indebted to Martin Caidin for his excellent book, Ragwings and Heavy Iron (Houghton Mifflin, 1984).

For advice on things medical and for providing moral and editorial support, I owe a special debt to Dr. Morty Korn, the only reader to have suffered through all my works.

I am also ever so grateful to a superb editor, Daniel Zitin, and to Ann Maurer for her creative genius along the way.

As usual, my deepest appreciation to a miraculous agent, Toni Mendez, who puts everything together.

And last, an extra special thanks to Elmer Blistein, a man who believed I could do it when no one else did even after weeding through a dismal first novel for my senior thesis at Brown. Enjoy your retirement, Professor, you’ve earned it!