This one's for Shawn Holsapple, brother-in-law, police officer, and kindred spirit.

Acknowledgments

To my husband, Gary, who first took me into the hills of Tennessee.

To my writing group, the Alternate Historians: Tom Drennan, N. L. Drew, Deborah Millitello, Rett MacPherson, Marella Sands, Sharon Shinn, and Mark Sumner, and our newest member, W. Agustus Elliot, who missed the critique of this book by a few months. Here's to the best writing group I've ever been a part of.

Here is the correct address to get messages to me online: [e-mail] It was edited by an overzealous copyeditor in the acknowledgments of the last book.