[Dragons and Devera sightings) > It was the best theory I could come up with. I do concede that it is not >rational to see a dragon and say hey it's Devera all the time :) >Also It's very possible she has only one appearance through the three books >(which can be thought of as one) The latter theory was not mine, but my 2 >cents is that it's just as good as mine given they are both theories. Does anyone know if Brust originally intended to have tVoA published as a single novel but that it got split up, after the fact, due to its size (or other considerations)? If it was written with the intent to have a single publication, then I think that this theory is, indeed, quite credible. On the other hand if SKZB intended, all along, to have it published in three segments, I can't imagin that he wouldn't contrive to have a Devera sighting in each one. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail