The Blade Itself

Acknowledgments

Four people without whom…

Bren Abercrombie, whose eyes are sore from reading it

Nick Abercrombie, whose ears are sore from hearing about it

Rob Abercrombie, whose fingers are sore from turning the pages

Lou Abercrombie, whose arms are sore from holding me up

And also…

Matthew Amos, for solid advice at a shaky time

Gillian Redfearn, who read past the beginning and made me change it

Simon Spanton, who bought it before he got to the end