City of Dark Magic (42 page)

Acknowledgments

Magnus Flyte would like to thank the following for their invaluable assistance, counsel, donated services, patience, fortitude, and sense of humor:

Charlotte Sommer, whose passion for Prague and mysteries inspired this volume. Bruce Walker, master of the alchem΀y of wine and conversation. John and Jennifer Brancato, experts in burrata
and
action sequences. Loren Segan, who masterminds a vast conspiracy of kindness. Art Streiber, who waited twenty-three years to take the picture. Mark Ganem, Web wizard and keeper of the passwords. Travis Tanner, who made horses and humans feel like supermodels. Danielle Belen, who knows her way around a violin. Kathleen McCleary, cheerleader extraordinaire. Betty Luceigh, whose courses nourish the imagination. Claudia Cross and Sally Brady, without whom this book would still be a work in progress. And Carolyn Carlson, who knows no fear.

Editor’s Note

Because Magnus Flyte can be quite elusive and shuns the public eye, we would like to thank Mr. Flyte’s representatives for their cooperation in the publication of this book:

Meg Howrey is the author of the novels
Blind Sigh
t
and
The Cranes Dance
.

Christina Lynch is a television writer and journalist.

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C. C.