What are the currently dangling story hooks? These come to mind off the top of my head: * Vlad's lost thumb * Jumping chasms while underestimating the jumping ability of the pursuit * Savn's homecoming * A trip to Fenario * Hiding in a pile of garbage for an entire day * Far too much potato soup * Noish-Pa and his current condition * Cawti's current condition (see _Dzur_) * The Lavode in training (see _Dzur_) * Bargaining for the soul of the Necromancer * Fighting a demon that had taken Blackwand away from Morollan * The Diaspora - That is, the establishment of the Taltos family in Adrilankha. Not really a hanging plot hook, but possibly an interesting way to bridge _Brokedown Palace_ and the Paarfiad into the Vladiad. Something (vague references to plagues) drove the exodus of people to leave the East as refugees rather than invaders that, in turn, brought about the establishment of the slums of South Adrilankha. Blackchapel and its environs as described by Paarfi don't seem to be subject to any particular miseries that might account for it, nor do Morollan and his followers appear to be encounter any such troubles during their own wanderings from East to West. Maybe an opportunity to tell yet another version of the story of Fenarr and his horse. *heh* Actually, would you as a reader want to read a story that featured a youngish "Noish-pa" and his struggle to build a home in a strange land? Would it spoil your image of Vlad's grandfather as we currently know him?