On Thu, 22 May 2003, Chris Olson - SunPS wrote: > > that does not mean that he is going to write ONLY two more Vlad books > > does it? > > No, just that he is under contract for two more. > > Besides, he knows he'd have a mob at the door if he stopped > at two.... <evil little grin> Having watched the final episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and knowing that it's really final (given various central characters being killed off; a faltering network and a slowly declining audience; and the main actor hastening to other projects), I'm glad there's no such thing as a last book (in the author's lifetime). I was counting on 17 Vlad novels, but even if Vlad dies or becomes a god after #10, there's always the past to mine (a demon takes over Blackwand, the fight for the Necromancer's soul, ...)