Gold Digger (21 page)

Cybele is modeled on the one gold stock my partner and I are holding. All gold mining references, numbers, and expressions are based on their press releases and some things overheard from mining and resources analysts in my real-life career. All mistakes remain mine, as usual.

Nikolai is a minor character from the free online epic
Special Forces
, and I hope
Gold Digger
answers some questions that readers have had about him (and a couple others).

While I plucked New Zealand from memory, I had help regarding some Canadiana from Alyssa, Jocy, GB, and Heidi, who saved me from embarrassing mistakes. My friend Indigene fed me info on the Cree, and took us out one evening to the Ottawa-based Greek restaurant that inspired the
Hellas
in this story. My Tweeple and Goodreads friends provided encouragement and sanity checks throughout. Thank you!

Many special thanks to my editors, JoSelle and Rachel, and Alex Whitehall.

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Country Mouse, with Amy Lane

Dark Soul Vols. 1–5

Break and Enter, with Rachel Haimowitz

Counterpunch

Scorpion

Dark Edge of Honor, with Rhi Etzweiler

The Lion of Kent, with Kate Cotoner

For a full list, go to www.aleksandrvoinov.com/bookshelf.html.

Aleksandr Voinov is an emigrant German author living near London, where he makes his living editing dodgy business English so it makes sense (and doesn’t melt anybody’s brain). He published five novels and many short stories in his native language, then switched to English and hasn’t looked back. His genres range from horror, science fiction, cyberpunk, and fantasy to contemporary, thriller, and historical erotic gay novels.

In his spare time, he goes weightlifting, explores historical sites, and meets other writers. He singlehandedly sustains three London bookstores with his ever-changing research projects and interests. His current interests include World War II, espionage, the history of money and banking, gold exploration, medieval tournaments, and prisoners of war. He loves traveling, action movies, and spy novels.

Visit Aleksandr’s website at http://www.aleksandrvoinov.com, his blog at http://www.aleksandrvoinov.blogspot.com, and follow him on Twitter, where he tweets as @aleksandrvoinov.

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