Interestingly enough, I recall deciding within the first couple or three pages that the 'author' was an immortal of some sort; seeing as I'd been elbows-deep in Anne Rice at the time, I'm pretty sure that the vampire connection was more-or-less instantaneous. Page two of the text, if what's offered by Amazon.com is reliable; 'Maybe longer or shorter, depending upon what you mean by around here' is the phrase that gave it to me first, and the conversation(s) that followed only improved upon the impression. Maybe it's just me. Lord Felix Eisen, the Forgiven Reeve and Special Ambassador Court of Aetheri I, King of Krace --------------------------------- Be a chatter box. Enjoy free PC-to-PC calls with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.