Dragons vs. Drones (22 page)

Acknowledgments

I would like to start by thanking Ben Schrank at Razorbill for giving me this amazing opportunity. I love spending time with Marcus and Dree, and I can't wait to continue. Also thanks to my editor, Marissa Grossman, for helping me craft an engaging story and a world that readers will hopefully love. And thank you to the rest of the team at Razorbill for all your work putting this book together. I have felt right at home since we started.

As always, I would like to thank my wonderful agent, Brianne Johnson, who has been with me from the beginning and who will hopefully keep me around for a long time to come. Thank you as always for your insight, advice, and inspiration to tackle new projects.

Thank you to my loving wife, Juliana, who continues to bear with me while I journey off into worlds of dragons and sometimes forget to come home for dinner (which is still delicious when it gets reheated). To my always encouraging family, thank you for always being there to read anything and everything I throw your way. And because your older brother got to be in a book, welcome to the world, Dallas! Your brother may get to journey off to space, but you get to ride a dragon.

It seems for almost every book I write, someone I care about has passed away before it could come out, and this one was no different. We lost my beloved father-in-law, Rick Niedziela, after a long and incredibly arduous fight against cancer. He fought for every minute, as was his way, and when he finally left, he went on his own terms. We miss you greatly, and we will never forget the many, many things you taught us.

And finally, because he keeps getting skipped over, thanks to Paul N.

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