Steve has numerous times that there will be 19 Vlad books, a first one, Taltos, one for each House, then a final one, The last Contract. If this assumes he doesn't die or get bored of the series first. On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 17:22:15 -0400, Timothy Nelson wrote: > If there will eventually be 17 Vladiad books, as there must be (at least in > the author's mind!), which house is most likely to be left out to include > "Taltos"? >