> Which just goes to show again that tastes vary. I enjoyed seeing Vlad > through Savn's eyes and mind. We'd never seen Vlad from anyone else's > point of view before (unless you count Kelly, Paresh, et > al.'s reactions > to him, as reported by Vlad himself), and this POV was very different > from Vlad's and those of anyone else who'd met him. Additionally, I think it helps dodge the trap that a series to an author, where the books starting becoming clones of previous books... I personally enjoy the fact that most of the books that he's written is "presented" (is that the right word?) in a different way. Whether it is telling the story through an unexpected set of eyes (Orca, Athyra, Agyar) or the non-linear storytelling (Dragon), it keeps the stories from simply being "old hat" as it were. :)