> It is not about the reader. It is about the salesman for the publisher, > "taking a lunch" with the B.Dalton buyer, and showing him the new > catalogue. > And saying, "And then we have the Enchantress of z...the Ench...the > thingie...a new Terry Brooks novel that I'm sure you'll love." What amazes me is the thought that after writing some twenty novels over a twenty year span, the salesman even bothers to mention the name of the book. I imagine the salesman telling the book store's buyer, "We've got the next Steven Brust book," and the buyer disolving into trembling goo and emitting happy animal sounds as dollar signs light up in his or her eyes. I can't seem to find any comprehensive sales figures for your books on the web... but, uh, if you go to amazon.com and search for "The Lord of Castle Black", there is a review attributed to "Publishers Weekly". It refers to your novel, "Paths of Glory," and says that the "psuedo-Emperor Kuna" plays a major role in "The Lord of Castle Black." You win. Bryan