>>What order to read them in? I started with Phoenix Guards back in 1991 or 1992. After that I read the Vlad books in the order they were published, which is the way I recomend. The books are not written in chronological order and I would like to believe that Steve has a reason for writing them this way. (Even though he may not. Maybe he is as disorganized as myself. What a surprise.) The other books, ie. Freedom and Necessity, Ayagar, Cowbot Fengs, I read as I could find them in bookstores. I enjoyed them all very much. John D. Barbato, O.D.