City of Lost Dreams (32 page)

Magnus Flyte would like to acknowledge the many people who have aided and abetted him during this project: Eva-Maria Berger for her generosity, advice, and good company in Vienna; Charlotte Sommer and Bruce Walker, for ongoing ground support of every kind in Prague; Renato Marena for wonderful hosting and the finest samosas in all of London; Nina Viswanathan for being the best virtual dinner guest ever; Matteo, Berta, and Sabine Tamanini for joining Magnus for a mad dash through Schloss Ambras; Kathleen McCleary for being the first reader; John and Jennifer Brancato for fueling Magnus with moral support and mortadella; Betty Luceigh for unveiling the wonders of nanotechnology; Claudia Cross and Sally Brady for knowing when to send in either the cavalry or the caviar and champagne; Carolyn Carlson, Ramona Demme, and all of Team Penguin for taking a leap of faith (twice); Lindsay Prevette and Laura Abbott for putting Magnus up in style; man-in-the-field Brian Wilson for buoying all things Magnus; Nick Sherman and Adam Dannheisser for guerrilla-style video-making; Patrick Tully for five musical notes on a winter evening
; and a special thank-you to all those gorgeous, brilliant, sexy people working at bookstores across the land. You know who you are.

Because Magnus Flyte can be quite elusive and shuns the public eye, we would like to thank Mr. Flyte’s representatives for their cooperation in the publication of this book:

Meg Howrey is the author of
Blind Sight
and
The Cranes Dance
.

Christina Lynch is a television writer and journalist.