As more and more books in the Ethan Warner series are published I’ve come to realise that writing novels is no longer a solitary pursuit, and the knowledge that I have so many people supporting my efforts is a huge comfort when staring at a computer monitor and wondering where the story should go next. As ever, I owe an immense debt of gratitude to my literary agent Luigi Bonomi and his team at LBA, to the publishing team at Simon & Schuster who all work so hard to develop and promote my work, and to my family and friends who all champion my work so enthusiastically. There cannot be many people who feel that they have the best job in the world, so I am very fortunate to count myself as one of them.