Core Punch (15 page)

I
'd like
to acknowledge the assistance —both as an editor and for her world-building/flight dynamics insights—of Alexis Glynn Latner. Her invaluable assistance has made this book possible. Her help was much appreciated.

I'd also like to acknowledge my son, Nathan, who was my weather/How New Orleans Might Be in the Future consultant for this novel. His ideas on how to make my characters suffer were spot on and oddly cathartic.

My thanks to Ana Baird for her keen copyediting eye and unfailing support. :-)

I'd also like to thank Elizabeth Vargas for her innovative cover design. No project is complete without great packaging. :-)

I would be remiss if I also didn't acknowledge my family—who suffers through my flights of fancy—and my readers—who stick with me through my flights of fancy. :-)

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o part
of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder, except for brief quotations used in a review.

This is a work of fiction, and is produced from the author's imagination. People, places, and things mentioned in this story are used in a fictional manner.

Cover art image sources NASA (creative commons license) and Shutterstock (licensed). Repurposed and altered by Elizabeth Vargas.

Copyright © 2014 Pauline Baird Jones

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-9960566-9-4