Time Period Combat Training: Cadets train in a variety of hand-to-hand combat training so that they can use period-appropriate techniques when apprehending a Butterfly. Often this training is done in full period-appropriate costume.

Language and Accents: Cadets are trained to speak and understand multiple languages. They are also taught a variety of accents in order to better blend in with whatever historical time period they are sent to.

Costuming: Cadets are taught specific fashions and clothing trends throughout history. They also learn the proper way to correctly wear tricky items such as corsets and waistcoats.

Simulation Training: A way for cadets to practice their Glitching skills in the safety of the Academy using computer-simulated missions.

Physical Fitness: Since being in good physical condition is essential to a Glitcher’s survival, cadets are put through vigorous physical fitness training to ensure their health is at its best. This includes strength training and extensive cardio work.

Acknowledgments

Raising kids takes a village, or at least a grandparent willing to step up and babysit so you can keep your sanity, and I believe that books are no different. And I have the best possible village. From a husband who routinely sends me off to Starbucks or the library on weekends so I can work while he wrangles our three kids, to a mom and mother-in-law who swoop in to babysit so I can do the author visits to schools, I am beyond blessed.

I’m also blessed to have people in my life who love me enough to tell me when my stories don’t make sense, my characters are unlikable, or my time-traveling rules are giving them a headache! It’s amazing how God brings the exact people into your life that you need to help make your dreams a reality. So I owe a big thank-you to my amazing writing group and my ever-patient editor, Tara Weikum, and her assistant editor, Sarah Homer, for all their amazing input on Glitch.

A huge thank-you is also owed to my agent, Jodi Reamer, whose faith in my work opened up the door to publishing that I’d been pounding on fruitlessly for years.

And finally, a big shout-out to coffee and the French vanilla creamer that makes it taste like heaven in a cup. Without you, this book never would have been completed. You’re the real MVP here.

Ephesians 3:20

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be the glory.

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