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Thank you to all those without whom this book could not have happened.

Those competitors who gave up their time over coffee, beer, Skype or e-mail to talk to me with such unflinching candour: Amy Baynes, Josh Boggi, Darlene Brown, Bart Couprie, Kai Cziesla, Seb David, Christine Gauthier, Mike Goody, Maurice Manuel, Stephan Moreau, Sarah Rudder, Maurillia Simpson, Fabio Tomasulo, Phil Thompson, Zoe Williams, Mary Wilson and Rahmon Zondervan.

The wonderful Cake Lady, Kath Ryan, for telling me her own unique story.

Sara Trott, for her insight into what life is like for friends and families.

At the Invictus Games Foundation, Dominic Reid, Julie Burley and Mickey Richards.

The staff of the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court, particularly Peter Haslam, Lt Col Rhodri Phillip, Kate Sherman, Mark Thoburn and Lt Col Gareth Thomas.

Hannah Lawton of the GB Rowing Team Paralympic Programme and all the other coaches and hopefuls at the Bath University training weekend, who tolerated me asking them questions when they had better things to do.

At HarperCollins, Liz Dawson for suggesting me for this project, Oliver Malcolm for agreeing with her, Emily Arbis for pulling everything together, and Simon Gerratt and Jane Donovan for eagle-eyed copy-editing.

At Caskie Mushens, Juliet Mushens and Nathalie Hallam.

At Kensington Palace, Kat McKeever and of course Prince Harry, whose passion for and eloquence about the Invictus Games cause comes from the heart and is awe-inspiring.

My parents, David and Judy Starling, and my in-laws, Jenie and Jeremy Wyatt.

And as always, my wife, Charlotte, and our children, Florence and Linus, the three captains of my soul.