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I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the following people: Melanie and Fanie Cilliers, to whom this book is dedicated, for their interest and suggestions, and for bringing useful sources to my attention; my excellent literary agent, Daniel Lazar, who asked questions (via e-mail from New York) that prompted restructuring and several rewrites; Alida Potgieter, my editor at Human & Rousseau, for her belief in me and for insightful comments; Louis and Ann Hiemstra for sharing their medical knowledge with me (if there are errors, go ahead and blame them, what do I know?); Louise Steyn, for editing with precision and helping to improve several scenes; Mignon van Coller for technological support; and the team at Human & Rousseau for their contributions to making this book – still, I believe, an artefact that has soul, which is lacking in electronic versions, convenient though they are. E-books just won’t ever compete, in my opinion. They have no texture, no heft and no smell.

Thanks to my friend Amanda Botha who helps to promote my work in various ways.

As always, I would like to thank my husband, Chris. He offers criticism that doesn’t occur to other readers but can’t be ignored. This time, his contribution was far greater than usual: he pulled me out of a plot hole, pushed me into rewriting and took me to Istanbul. Despite occasional complaints, he is a singularly supportive and patient writer’s spouse on top of his own remarkable projects, which are time-consuming and numerous. Thank you, Chris, for all of that.