Gaertk at aol.com wondered aloud to the group: > > > >Greater Revelation of _Orca_ > > >S > > >P > > >O > > > >I > > >L > > >E > > >R > > > > >> >> 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_. Definitely disagree. Back in '88 or so, I wrote Mr. Brust a fan letter, asking inter alia whether the similarity between "Kiera" and "Kieron"--the one being an Indo-European feminization of the other--was indicative of a connection, and his response indicated that there was a story there. It seems fairly evident that the author's known that Sethra was Kiera all along. -- "Never, in the history of man, have so few done so much for so many." --Winston Churchill mailto:Dr.Elmo at whiterose.org http://www.whiterose.org/dr.elmo/blog/