But those volumes turned out not to be the end of the story, either, even though in the Sword-Sworn Author’s Note I said it might be. So here I am again with a seventh volume, and an eighth to follow.
Tiger and Del obviously have their own ideas about how and when their tales are told. I now acknowledge that they are in charge. Certainly I am not!
—J. R.
Tucson, Arizona
November 2012