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Dies the Fire
by S. M. Stirling.

ISBN 0-451-45979-2
Set in Weiss Designed by Erin Benach.
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To Gina Taconi-Moore, and to her Andrew, currently serving the great Republic
in a far-off, sandy, unpleasant place. Long life and happiness!

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to Nick Pollotta, for a neat idea,- to Dana Porter of Outdoorsman,
Santa Fe, for advice on cutlery and survival,- to Stephen Stuebner (author of
Cool North Wind and many wonderful books on Idaho) for his works and advice,-
to the folks at Saluki Bows,- to Kassai Lajos, whose Horseback Archery is a
fascinating chronicle of his reconstructions of ancient and medieval horse
archery, which were invaluable,- to Melinda Snodgrass, Walter Jon Williams,
Emily Mah, Yvonne Coates, Daniel Abrams, Terry England, Janet Stirling and
George RR Martin of Critical Mass for their analysis and criticism,- to
Charles de Lint for advice on music and some cracklin' good tunes,- to Parris
McBride for help with the Wiccan religion and the loan of helpful material,-
to Kiers Salmon for help with Wicca and also for going all around Oregon doing
research for me; to Robin Wood, for still more help with Wicca,- and to Alison
Brooks for inventing the phrase "Alien Space Bats," which I stole.

Special thanks to Heather Alexander, bard and balladeer, for permission to use
the lyrics from her beautiful songs "The Star of May Morning," "John