Peter H. Granzeau wrote: > It means that Steve will never be able to write _Dzur_, > however, unless he goes back to Ace. > No, it means that Steve will cross this particular bridge if and when he comes to it. With the third volume of Viscount, there was more than one way to title the book such that the title character remains the same. One of the two choices considered has the word Dzur in it. The other doesn't. Steven decided that it didn't make that much difference to him. A theoretical future _Dzur_ may be an entirely different proposition. He has a plan for the titles of the Vlad books that would *require* that _Dzur_ be the title. But remember, he has also threatened from time to time that as soon as he is no longer entertained by Vlad, he will stop. Don't bother borrowing trouble from tomorrow. We gots plenty here. Casey