Andrew Lias wrote: > [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. I am pretty sure that tVoA was very much intended to be split.