The final spread will be wordless. The spires of Liberty City sparkling in the light of a noonday sun. High above them, the Brotherhood of Wings soars, with Cardinal and Sally Sparrow in the lead, hand in hand.
Hope you like it. Save me a front row seat for Hamlet. I’ll be home soon.
Love,
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Acknowledgments
SPECIAL THANKS to my pal and official science advisor, Dr. Kenneth Fortino, who was kind enough to set me up with a couple world-class scientists whose advice was invaluable to me as I worked on this book. All my thanks to Laura Thomas, PhD (Research Health Scientist, War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, DC VA Medical Center) and Catherine Franssen, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychology at Longwood University). Memory is a bafflingly complex subject and you both helped make it just a little bit clearer.
Thanks as well to Martha Brockenbrough, Joelle Charbonneau, Eliot Schrefer, and Roland Smith. Also to Ken Weitzman and Danielle Mages Amato, who were kind enough to give me their thoughts on early drafts of this book.
Huge, heaping helpings of thanks to Sara Crowe, the whole team at Clarion, and my wonderful editor, Lynne Polvino, who were all tireless in helping me make this the best book it could be.