Scott Schultz wrote: >Where's Mahasamatman when you need him? For that matter, if Steve keeps >finding it Cool to write about Vlad, will _The Final Contract_ ultimately >find Vlad playing Sam's role as the guy who liberates the world from the >yoke of the Gods so that it can determine its own destiny? > >Maybe not, given that Paarfi is writing in a time that should be long after >Vlad's death by old age and the Empire appears to be ticking along as it >always has. > > > Great things can happen outside of Paarfi's "world".