Changeling (28 page)

Some humans immerse themselves so utterly in dark magic that the things that mark them out as human are lost forever. They are driven to cross between the realms and enter the world with no light. Their fate is too horrible to mention here.

My thanks to:

My agent, the wonderful Catherine Pellegrino, for seeing something in my work that others could not. Thank you for all the help, guidance and suggestions (and for making me feel warm and fluffy when I needed it most). And to all the other members of the RCW team for their hard work and dedication.

Rebecca McNally, my brilliant (and immensely busy) editor, who helped me to steer my work in the right direction. Thank you for convincing a potty-mouthed author the error of his ways, for making
Changeling
the very best book that it could be and for enabling it to make it into the bookshops.

My publisher, Macmillan, and the unknown army of people there who have worked in the background on this book without my being aware of it.

Hope and Kyran, for knowing that when dad closed the kitchen door in the evening it meant that it was time to be quiet(ish).

And finally, to my beautiful and long-suffering wife, Zoe, who has put up with my moods and writing-induced despair, and who has kept all of us going during the hardest of times. To her, most of all, my heartfelt thanks. Her love and support mean everything to me.