slapped it down on the coast between San Juan Capistrano and Oceanside, right on top of Camp Pendleton, which obviously doesn’t exist in this

reality (our apologies to the U.S. Marines). Just as we created our own city, we came up with a university and rehab facility. But there are scenes

that take place in Anaheim Stadium and other actual locations. While those portions of the book were researched heavily, it is possible that

errors slipped in. If so, please forgive us.

In this reality, the kingdom of Ruslund is located in the western half of the Ukraine, a few miles to the west of Kiev. It was formed about the time

of the Union of Lublin, with a splinter section al ying itself with the Cossacks to form the new country with one of the nobles becoming king. The

religion was Eastern Orthodox (which pleased the Cossacks), and the people resisted the Polish conversion to Catholicism that actual y caused

rifts in the Ukraine in our version of history.

—C. T. Adams and Cathy Clamp

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I pulled the Miata to the curb and checked the address one more time. I stared at the building and the

neighborhood. It wasn’t what I’d expected. The interview I’d had with the prince’s retainer had taken

place in a conference room at one of the very best Los Angeles hotels. In fact, at this moment I knew

that the press and several royal bodyguards were stationed at that same hotel. This place was nice,

palatial even, but it was far enough off the beaten path that I’d had to use MapQuest to find it.



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