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First edition: June 2007
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Weldon, Phaedra.
Wraith I Phaedra Weldon.-1st ed. p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-441-01497-2 (trade pbk.)
1. Single women-Fiction. 2. Astral projection-Fiction.
4. Murder-Investigation-Fiction. I. Title.
PS3623.E4647 2007
813'.6-dc22 2007003769
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
3. Witnesses-Fiction
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IN APPRECIATION .. .
Much of my gratitude goes out to my parents, DeLois and Leonard Weldon, whose gift
of a typewriter when I was twelve definitely set the bar high. And to my siblings
Amber, Tara, and Marc, for not making fun of me too much, as well as Sarah Milligan-Weldon,
the best sister-in-law a girl could have.
A powerful thank you goes to Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, for without
whose guidance and evil red pen (as well as Dean's "grumpy face") my plans of becoming
a writer would have tanked. Several times. I miss those weeks in Oregon, but I'll
never forget the lessons learned.
I owe the following for their support and friendship: Ken "Evilboy" Gunter (Best
Friend and First Reader), Dr. I1sa J. Bick (my voice of reality), Dayle Dermatis
(the other half of my brain), Ken Cooper (Mr. Mischievous), "1000 Marietta Blvd"
(Ken Gunter, Rachelle Udell, Roy Wilson, Jr., Joe Yost, Blake Sorensen, J. P. Rhea,
and Maylon Walker), The Oregon Writers Network-especially the Omega Master Class,
Loren L. Coleman and the gang at BattleCorps, Chris and Steven York, and Darren "Dags"
McKinty
(yes, that's you behind the bar, mate-skoshi bukimi!).
A special thanks to my editor, Ginjer Buchanan, for taking a chance on me and a
wacky idea and having faith in Zoe. To Jodi Reamer, for taking on a new writer with
a wacky idea and being the best agent ever.
Last, but by no means least, Dr. Ernest C. Steele, Jr., husband and accidental supporter,