I would like to acknowledge the screenwriters of The Scorpion King—Jonathan Hales, Stephen Som-mers, David Hayter and Will Osborne—for providing such a fun, action-packed, well-crafted script. I had a wonderful time writing this, thanks to these gentlemen.
Cindy Chang of Universal provided her usual solid support, by way of scripts, photos and other materials; she also treated me with consideration and patience—thank you!
Similar thanks for patience and support go to Tom Colgan of Berkley Books; that Scorpion King of agents, Dominick Abel; and the lovely sorceress who could never have predicted what life with me would be like—my wife, Barbara Collins.