Not spoilers, exactly, but surmises made apon reading PotD that make
it unreasonabe for one to expect those so far not intimately
accquainted with said book to be willing to read without due
warning...
And those more crass-minded might very well consider some of the
statements within this missive to reveal knowledge only properly
gained by reading the books in question.
Steve Simmons writes:
>In re Sethra the Younger:
>Someone commented that StY wants to take over Dzur Mtn/etc some day.
It is explicitly stated within _Paths of the Dead_ that StY is being
groomed for exactly that purpose.
>I must disagree. An apprentice doesn't necessarily take over the masters
>business. The apprentice is usually there to *learn* the business and
>then strike out on his own.
>
>Someone commented that StY wouldn't survive the last volume. Since she
>appears in several of the Vlad novels, this seems unlikely.
Indeed, they did not. Unless that "someone" was someone other than
myself, who commented that -Tazendra- was unlikely to survive the
books, for a number of good and sufficient reasons.
--
Joshua Kronengold (mneme at io.com) "I've been teaching |\ _,,,--,,_ ,)
--^--him...to live, to breathe, to walk, to sample the /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;'
/\\joy on each road, and the sorrow at each turning. |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\
/-\\\I'm sorry if I kept him out too late"--Vlad Taltos '---''(_/--' (_/-'