On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, mary whalen wrote: # In the introduction to _The Lord of Castle Black_ Paarfi describes #how his description of Zerika's journey at the end of the last book #was "an encapsulation of and triumph over the 17 Great Houses" but #doesn't specify any more. # # I think I can see which incidents correspond to the #Houses. [followed by 18 incidents, completing and closing the Cycle] Without going to the books to look, that sure looks good. -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website