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Acknowledgements


I have been reading Baen books for the majority of my reading life. When I had to take a chance with limited funds, that little rocket ship told me I was in for a good time. It’s with giddy joy I say thank you to the amazing team at Baen—Toni, David A., David B., Scott, Joy, Marla, Leah, and everyone I haven’t met yet—for ensuring Team Breezy’s book is ready to hang out with the deep catalog of awesome at Baen.

A special thanks to Jason Cordova—Baen pinch hitter and a fabulous author—specifically for his anthology-editing and insightful support. A founding member of #TeamBreezy, this is all his fault. Thank you for the invitation to Chicks in Tank Tops (an excellent anthology all around), championing the story, and being an overall awesome dude who knows his stuff.

Speaking of overall awesome—Jennifer Wolf and Melissa Olthoff were the first people to see this book, when it was still about half [cool stuff here] and [figure out who dies in the battle and have survivors in this part]. Their love for this story definitely helped keep me focused when the middle went all wonky, and their comments and insight made it about 1000x better. Related, Melissa is an Air Force veteran and incredible author, so her advice is priceless—also her gif game is top notch. Jennifer is my sister, and not above punching me in the arm when things didn’t land right—or landed too right. I love you both!

Thanks are due to the miscreants and mayhem-ers of the CKP Cantina—these are authors and editors who are ridiculously talented and hardworking, and trying to keep up with them makes me smarter every day. About writing, anyway. All other matters are fully redacted.

Any book or story I write, know that I am sending all my thanks to the sister of my soul, Kacey Ezell. I am a published author because of her support, and a better one for getting to work alongside her brilliance so often. Literal decades of writing with Kacey, from fanfiction to bookstore shelves, and every time we’re done I’m ready to bounce to our next project together. Love you. Mean it.

To the Badasses—thank you for letting me gush and vent about things (sometimes the same thing). I am unendingly grateful for you, and love you all like a lot a lot.

Big thanks to Dr. Funk, who tried to set me right on science more than once. She is an expert in computational biology, so please know that all genetic . . . creativity is due to author stubbornness, not lack of science-y brilliance.

Cheers to the crew at Charlie Brown—the first people I got to tell about this book!—and thank you for your support and celebration and love. I will rave about you until the end of time.

My forever gratitude to Mary (find her terrific books under Mary McKenna)—one of my oldest friends, my first editor, and the kind of person who can tell me “this is not up to your standards, you can do better” in a way I can hear and put into action. Also our mid-week calls never fail to brighten my day and re-engage me in getting to work, so win-win-win.

Enormous thanks to Sam Kennedy, the artist behind the absolute perfect cover for Talinn and Bee—the noise I made when I first saw it was audible only to my dogs, and I will continue to have that reaction for all of time.

And to Jeremy, my deeply wonderful husband who I love an alarming amount. You took on extra work and all the cooking and socializing and excuse making when I took over the couch and refused to leave the camper for days in order to get more done on this book. Keeping me alive and semi-connected to the world isn’t easy, and I’m lucky to have you.



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