Chris Olson - SunPS <Chrisf.Olson at Sun.COM> wrote: > Hmm... Maybe that's the Last Contract? Kelly hires Vlad > to assassinate the Great Cycle!. . . Not a bad idea. Here's mine, spun off of yours. How about the Gods find out there's a traitor among them, helping the Jenoine to come in - but the only way to truely close the door is to end the cycle. And doing that requires unanimity among the Gods, so Vlad is hired to take out the dissenter. Neatly bring Dragaera as we know it to an end, and makes a nice exit note for Vlad. -- "...too many people want things to be simple when they are not and cannot be. Encouraging that desire is seductive and rewarding, but also dangerous." Iain M. Banks, 'Against a Dark Background', pp 299