With deepest gratitude I acknowledge the following for their
support: The staff at Café Rouge, Dorking (keep the coffees coming…); the
folks at Psion, whose extraordinary 5 Series was home to this novel’s first
draft; Daryl and crew at Café Hosete; and, of course, Simon Taylor and the rest
at Transworld. For my family and friends, thank you for your faith and
encouragement, without which all that I achieve means little. Thanks also to
Stephen and Ross Donaldson for their kind words, James Barclay, Sean Russell
and Ariel. Finally, a big thank you to those readers who took time to write their
comments on various websites – writing is a solitary, isolating activity, but you
have made it less so.
