Woo! That was fun! And long… That's the first story I ever finished, makes me happy! Before anything, there are a lot of people I need to thank- trust me, without them, this thing wouldn't have gone on till the end.

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From Fictionpress-

Melissa Jackson (BuffLie), who's been there since the beginning, and thinks her reviews are useless…if that's so, I have yet to see what a useful one really looks like, 'cuz she pointed out almost every typo in every chapter, and of course, gave lots of encouragement.

Nicole (lucid-psyche), who also reviews like a comb! She too has been there since the very beginning, helping me out the whole way! Muahaha, she also taught me to appreciate short stories, without which EOTS might have gotten boring to write.

Anthony Pinkett (Master Chief), the man upon whom I release truckloads of ideas and possibilities! A lot of how EOTS was written comes from conversations with this guy; it simply would not have been possible without him.

Nikita Gill (Punk'd), my best friend, for making me aware of this website's existence.

Abhishek Chaturvedi (DaggerKnight), my brother, for enduring my massive talks about what's supposed to happen in the storyline! AND, most of all, for designing that RTS game with me, a project that spawned the whole concept of the Aiuans (They were to be a faction in it).

Justin Huang (ShippoSan), who's been keeping up and reviewing for a long while now, also a sci-fi fanatic! And I still hafta read his story! Just gimme till after my exams dude, sorry for being an ass so far.

Sam Johnston (ChristianGeekGuy), who joined in later, but has since been reviewing and pointing out things that just completely slipped by me. A lot of things he made apparent cant be changed in this part, but trust me, I'll be sure to address em in the redraft.

Dan Ruthenberg (Militarynut32489), who accounts for a massive number of reviews in one go. He too joined in later, but went through each chapter quickly and efficiently, pointing out various things as a whole.

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From Elsewhere-

Raoul Uberoi, without whom Ethan Jones would not exist! He helped out tons with a lot of background info I needed too.

Sonali Saigal, to whom I owe the name Michael Vance!

Sukhamrit Kanwar, a thug who's been there since BEFORE I started writing! He helped me out with a lot of early ideas for the story, as well as pointed out nasty typos, he is quite rulant.

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OK so what's next? Obviously I'm gunna be writing part 2 of the story (The Shadow of Aiua), but I still need to plan it, a process that wont start till June, due to evil exams. I'm also gunna need to do some research during my stay in college, so when I'm ready, I'm gunna do a complete redraft of EOTS itself- there was a lot more story I wanted to tell, and a lot of plot holes to fill, more detail needed in the politics, but with my current knowledge base, its not possible. So, keep an eye out for that! When I start SOA, you'll know ;-)!

Thanks you guys, it's been an awesome 8 months, you've been great!