Thank you, Lord Jesus, for always being with me.
Thanks also to:
Alice Kurata, the amazing model pictured on the book's cover to represent Nanako.
Juliet Lauser, for her invaluable critique, suggestions, and editing.
David Hamono, for the time he put in to creating such an amazing full jacket book cover.
Ben Hamono, whose enthusiasm to read my work motivates me to write faster, and for his helpful editing.
Faith Blum, for her editing, and comments that had me in stitches.
Hannah Stone, for all the priceless chats we had while reading the book to her.
Tim Steen, for his amazing eye for spotting so many errors while editing the book.
Peter R Stone is an award-winning writer, winning the Faithwriters Writing Challenge on three separate occasions, as well as frequently being a Faithwriters Editor's Choice top ten winner. His winning entries include The Medal and Dreams Forsaken.
Peter R Stone, an avid student of history, was reading books on Ancient Greece from the age of four. Periods of interest include the ancient world, medieval era, Napoleonic times, and the Second World War. He still mourns the untimely passing of King Leonidas of Sparta and Field Marshal Michel Ney of France.
A product of the Cold War Generation, Peter Stone studied the ramifications of a nuclear missile strike when he was in his senior year of high school, learning the effects of nuclear fallout and how to (hopefully) survive it. He has ever been drawn to post-apocalyptic and dystopian novels and films, and eagerly devoured The Day of the Triffids and John Christopher's Tripod Trilogy when he was a child. He is also an avid fan of science fiction, and his favorite books include the Lensmen Series by E.E.Doc.Smith, anything by Alastair Reynolds, and the Evergence trilogy by Sean Williams.
Peter Stone graduated from Melbourne School of Ministries Bible College in 1988. He has been teaching Sunday School and playing the keyboard in church for over twenty-five years. His wife is from Japan and they have two wonderful children. He has worked in the same games company for over twenty years, but still does not comprehend why they expect him to work all day instead of playing games.