This book is dedicated to all the editors who have put up with, inspired, corrected, and aided me, to the ends of imrpoving the work and making me look good: Adrian Zackeim, Nick Austin, Pat LoBrutto, Janna Silverstein, Malcolm Edwards, and my current guides, Jennifer Brehl and Jane Johnson.
Also, to Peter Schneider, who has done far more on my behalf than he realizes.
My deepest thanks to them all.
Raymond E. Feist
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
May 1999