Hi, In response to a posting from MedCat7.aol.com on Sat, 05 Feb 2005 about Vlad and Sethra's interesting conversation on "Aggressive on defense?" in Dragon, Chapter 12, page 204-205 (this conversation with Sethra starts on page 202), Jeff Gibbons wrote on Sat, 5 Feb 2005 16:54:34 -0700 >Actually, I was quite impressed with the author, as this is a subject >(active defense, or more commonly defense in depth) that is not so well >known in non-military circles. It also increased the chances for success in >a campaign such as the one Sethra (acting for Morrolan) was undertaking. I >wonder what books he studied, or if he is simply a very gifted amateur? Clauswitz >From http://www.dreamcafe.com/books.html Dragon SKZB> Another Vlad novel, and I'm one I'm pretty happy with. I have a lot > of sympathy with people who want to read the books in chronological order, > so I wrote this one to help them out: it falls before and after Yendi. > Heh heh heh. It also provided me with an excuse to read Clauswitz, which > was actually fairly entertaining. The character of Napper is loosely based > on the late Bruce Beesman, a guy I played a lot of poker with, and whom I > miss. Bye. Linda G.