Dry Ice (46 page)

Thanks, too, to fellow author Barbara Caridad Ferrar, who was generous with sharing her insight into the mindset and outlook of a first-generation Cuban-American woman.

I offer my heartfelt thanks and deepest respect to the researchers on “the Ice” at the Dumont d’Urville Station, Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, Sky Blu Logistics Facility, Halley Research Station, McMurdo Station, and Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, and the many others connected with the British Antarctic Survey, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, and the U.S. National Science Foundation. You willingly put civilization on hold and your lives on the line to advance the cause of science and give the rest of us things to chat about at cocktail parties. I wouldn’t change places with any of you, but I cannot thank you enough for your dedication and good humor, as well as your websites, diaries, blogs, photographs, and the other great information you have shared so openly. You rock.

Despite all the generous help from the subject-matter experts mentioned above, I know there will be errors. All mistakes are my own.

My favorite former spook and fellow author, Jody Novins, was once again invaluable for her willingness to share some insights into the world of capital-I intelligence, and for having a dark, sharp, and lovely sense of humor. Thanks, too, to author Karen Kendall for being my beta reader, for offering excellent advice on myriad topics, and for being able to make me laugh like no one else can. Agent and attorney Elaine English and author Laura Resnick provided lots of insight and assistance. I thank all of you for always being at the other end of the phone when I’ve needed you.

A little closer to home, thanks to my usual peeps: Nancy Mitchell, Pam Taeckens, Vicki Rowan, and Debbie Marsh, who always have my back, and to Cathy and Steve Vollmer, for describing what it feels like to be in the Oval Office. Thanks, also, to Maribeth Wonson, who was the high bidder at the CMS Fine Arts Auction and won the opportunity to have a character named after her in this book. It was a pleasure getting to know you and I hope you’re pleased with your namesake.

The many talented and wonderful people at Tor/Forge have my deepest thanks for their hard work and immense talent. Most especially, this book would not be what it is without the talent, insight, candor, and deeply appreciated patience of Melissa Ann Singer, editor extraordinaire and all-around fabulous woman. Thank you times a million.

Usually last on the list but always first in my heart are my husband and children, for whom I am very, very, very thankful.

—M
ARIANNA
J
AMESON

BY BILL EVANS AND MARIANNA JAMESON

FROM TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES

Category 7

Frozen Fire

Dry Ice

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously.

DRY ICE

Copyright © 2011 by William H. Evans and Marianna Jameson

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Evans, Bill.

Dry ice / Bill Evans and Marianna Jameson.—1st ed.

    p. cm.

“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”

ISBN 978-0-7653-2472-6

1.  Agricultural industries—Fiction.   2.  Meteorology—Research—Fiction.   3.  Corporations—Corrupt practices—Fiction.   4.  Natural disasters—Fiction.   5.  Meteorologists—Fiction.   6.  Antarctica—Fiction.   I.  Jameson, Marianna.   II.   Title.

PS3605.V364D79 2011

813'.6—dc22

2011013446

First Edition: August 2011

eISBN 978-1-4299-8156-9

First Tor eBook Edition: August 2011