Yay! I finished! / / / / / / / / / / / / I agree with a great deal that Matthew has said. I note that, while The Paths of the Dead ended up as a somewhat finished story (Zerika has emerged with the Orb back into our world), LoCB is by *no* means a finished story, but a cliffhanger in the first degree. *When* does the next one come out again??? Did Brust write the Afterward, or was there another hand? Fun stuff! Mia