Thanks also go to my husband for his tireless support—for reading early drafts, brainstorming, and proofreading, and for making sure we have food, clean dishes, and, most important, cat food whenever I'm lost in storyland.

Nothosaurs were equipped with large, slightly curved teeth, which could provide a scissor-like bite like crocodiles.

The North is a noyer to grass of all suites, / The East a destroyer to herb and all fruits.

[…] the economic and financial mismanagement of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government and chronic infighting within the regime have contributed to the economic chaos […]