Acknowledgements
It is a very rare thing for a novel to be written by a committee, but to acertain extent, that’s what happened with
The Brigade.
There are a lot of people,too many to name, who read the sample chapters over a period of eighteen months,and who deserve an expression of gratitude for their time, effort, constructivecriticism, and input. Besides the multitude of readers involved, it is an unfortunatefact that in the present paranoid political climate in America, it may well bedangerous for me publicly to acknowledge their contributions.However, I simply can’t resist giving kudos to a few people without whomthis book would not have been written. We’re not in a position to give medals yet,so this will have to do. The first comrades who require homage are the Secret Sixwho kept a roof over my head while I was writing the book. You know who youare. Marcus the Computermeister kept my ancient machine functioning and sprangfor updated software that has proven invaluable. Finally, I want to thank my three proofreaders Cinda Haupt, Matt Krause, and Joe Ryncarz, who took a first draftthat was little short of gibberish and made it readable.Whatever effect this book may have on future events, and on the hearts andminds of our people, the credit is by no means mine alone. I don’t know what tosay, except thank you all.
-H. A. Covington
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