ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author would like to thank the following people for their various contributions to this book:

Janna Silverstein, Tom Dupree, Pat LoBrutto, and Ricia Mainhard for getting me into this mess.

Sue Rostoni, Allan Kausch, and Lucy Autrey Wilson for continuing to let me work in the Star Wars universe.

Peter Schweighofer, Peet Janes, Bill Slavicsek, Patty Jackson, Dan Wallace, and Steve Sansweet for material they created, ideas they encouraged, and advice they offered.

Aaron Allston and Timothy Zahn for letting me play with characters they created.

Paul Youll for another stunning cover.

Lawrence Holland and Edward Kilham for the X-Wing and TIE Fighter computer games.

Chris Taylor for pointing out to me the ship in which Tycho was flying in Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi. (It was the 2nd A-wing that flew out of the Death Star to lead off some pursuit.)

My parents, Jim and Janet; my sister, Kerin; my brother, Patrick; his wife, Joy; and Faith, my niece; for their encouragement and support.

Jennifer Roberson and especially Elizabeth T. Danforth for listening to bits of this story as it was being written and enduring such abuse with infinite patience and grace.