Kitty Goes to War
(The eighth book in the Kitty Norville series)
Carrie Vaughn
To the men and women
of the U.S. armed forces,
who have some of the toughest
jobs in the world.
Acknowledgments
A big thank-you to Kevin McLean, who read the first draft for me and gave me suggestions for which I’m grateful. Thank you also to the usual suspects—family and friends and writing cohorts—for listening to me complain a lot, getting me out of the house, feeding me, and taking me on vacation. Thank you also to the people who helped make this a book, rather than just a bunch of notes on my hard drive: Ashley and Carolyn Grayson, Stacy Hague-Hill, David Hartwell, Jaime Levine, and Kim Hoffman. And thanks to Craig White for the iconic artwork. I’m the luckiest kid in the world.
The Playlist
JOHNNY NASH, “I Can See Clearly Now”
DEACON BLUE, “Fergus Sings the Blues”
TOO MUCH JOY, “Magic”
DRESSY BESSY, “Shoot, I Love You”
SAM THE SHAM AND THE PHARAOHS, “Li’l Red Riding Hood”
NEW ORDER, “Love Vigilantes”
OINGO BOINGO, “Stay”
BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY, “Roadblock”
LED ZEPPELIN, “When the Levee Breaks”
DEPECHE MODE, “Peace”
PINK MARTINI, “Autrefois”
FAIRPORT CONVENTION, “Farewell, Farewell”
PAUL SIMON, “Late in the Evening”
Chapter 1
I SAT AT my desk, my monitor and microphone in front of me, maps and notebook paper spread over the whole surface. I was writing down addresses and marking points on the map as people called in.
“So you’re saying it burned down and nobody could find out why?” I asked Pam from Lexington.