> Maybe, if they don't like the uber-badass concept, they'd prefer the > Khaavren romances? That might be enough to get them hooked. That, of course, is the next step in my evil scheme. But I need to give the guy a chance to finish all the other books that I've pushed on him; you all may be Brust pushers, but I'm equal opportunity--I've loaded this poor guy down with Tolkien, Dostoyevsky, and Emma Bull in addition to SKZB, and that's just the fiction... <sinister chuckle> N. "There are people who read too much: the bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing." --H.L. Mencken --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 1/21/03