FIRST, THANK YOU to David Moore and the wonderful folks at Solaris, and Jon Oliver; as well as to my agent, Jennifer Jackson, and her assistant, Michael Curry.
Thank you to my beta readers: Joseph Betzwieser, Chris Chinn, Daedala, David Gillon, Helen Keeble, Mel Melcer, Sonya Taaffe, Vass, and Ursula Whitcher.
Also, special thanks to Marie Brennan, worldbuilding expert, for her help in figuring out how the h*archate works in ways small and large.
This one is for Helen Keeble, author of the best ashhawk ever. Burn brightly.