In a message dated 2/19/2003 9:21:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Ruhlen, Rachel Louise (UMC-Student)" <RuhlenR at missouri.edu> writes: Greater Revelation of _Orca_ S P O I L E R > > This is covered on Mark's Cracks-and-Shards page but hasn't > been discussed on this list. Here's my take on it: > > 1. In the initial books, Steve had no idea that Kiera is > Sethra. > 2. When he "discovered" that, he either didn't remember > that inconsistency, or more likely did remember and cackled > evilly and left it as it was. I have to disagree; there are too many little clues in the early books, and even a couple mid-sized clues like the diamond in _Yendi_ and the comment "Boss, have we met her before?" in _Taltos_. --KG