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The Road Home



GuardiansOf The Flame 07



Joel Rosenberg



Dedication
Thisone's for three of my teachers:

Robert A. Heinlein
Donald Hamilton
David Drake.



Acknowledgments



Some Acknowledgments and
a Mercifully Short Hail and Farewell:



The truth is that the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching.

тАФYoshida Kenko
тАФwhich is the quote with which the book begins, quite appropriately; but it bears repeating here.



As I write this, it's been a dozen years since I soldThe Sleeping Dragon to Sheila Gilbert, then editor of
what was then the Signet SF lineтАФthe line of books that's now the Roc imprint of Penguin USA. I'm not
sure, sometimes, if that feels like yesterday, or like a million years ago. A bit of both, I guess.Long
enough, certainly. While it's time for both me and further books in and out of the series to move on (and,
yes, the Guardians stories will continue), I wanted to take this last opportunity to express my gratitude to
all the good people who have worked at this companyтАФin management, in editorial, in production, and
in marketing and salesтАФwho have helped with the books over such a long, and largely rewarding, period
of time.

Thanks, folks. It's been real.

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