ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Once again I am thankful to my first readers who keep me from making egregious errors or mistakes.

For Nimisha’s Ship, I owe Harry Alm in his capacity of naval architect and my son, Todd J. McCaffrey, for their input, timely additions, and corrections. Marilyn Alm, Lea Day, and Mary Jean Holmes have all read and made suggestions for which I am truly grateful. To J. R. Holmes, a special thanks for his valuable contribution of PanSpermia.

An unknown number of online folks have inadvertently helped me name my characters. Syrona gave me permission to use her name as a main character and I ruthlessly borrowed others. And, as always, my gratitude to Vaughne Hansen in Virginia Kidd’s office and especially to my editor, Shelly Shapiro.