The Pitchfork of Destiny (29 page)
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Authors: Jack Heckel
He lifted his nose to the wind, smelling the possibilities on the night air. Unfurling his great wings, Volthraxus leapt into the sky and was gone.
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fair listing of acknowledgments is never possible, because the page count of such a list would begin to rival the novel itself. Having said that, we would like to try and thank everyone who has helped us on our quest to write this, the most challenging of any author's career, the second book. As always, someone will be forgotten in this list, but this won't be the last. We will get it right next time.
To Taba and Heather, there is no Jack Heckel without the two of you.
To all of our beta readers: Taba, Heather, Kayla, Kim, Dorothy and Carleigh. We cannot thank you enough for everything you do to help us become better writers.
To our families, we love you all and appreciate all you have done over the years to make us who we are.
To our fellow Harper Voyager authors, thanks for the continued friendship, community and support.
To W.R. Gingell, for inspiring us with a dedication.
To everyone at Unboxed Technology, especially the QA team and all honorary members for the encouragement and support.
From John to Mom, thank you for taking all the winding roads on every journey, and letting me explore all those mysterious caves we inevitably found at their ends.
From Harry to Dad, thanks for the support every step of the way.
Finally, again a big thanks to Rebecca and Kelly and Jessie and everyone else at Harper Voyager.
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JACK HECKEL
's life is an open book. Actually, it's the book you are in all hope holding right now (and if you are not holding it, he would like to tell you it can be purchased from any of your finest purveyors of the written word). Beyond that, Jack aspires to be either a witty, urbane world traveler who lives on his vintage yacht,
The Clever Double Entendre
, or a geographically illiterate professor of literature who spends his nonwriting time restoring an eighteenth-Âcentury lighthouse off a remote part of the Vermont coastline. Whatever you want to believe of him, he is without doubt the author of
A Fairy-ÂTale Ending
. More than anything, Jack lives for his readers.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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THE PITCHFORK OF DESTINY
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EPub Edition APRIL 2016 ISBN: 9780062359315
Print Edition ISBN: 9780062359322
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