I thought Glen had deliberately turned Croaker into his ultimate narrator, for the express purpose of continuing the series (and maybe a universe of new series): a skeptical, insatiably curious perspective, with a passion for root causes, sympathy for human frailty, respect for courage and sacrifice, a strong moral and ethical structure (but non-judgmental), infinite resources, and no dog in the fight. It's as if he engineered the possibility of an infinite series of books, written from his favorite perspective (Glen has repeatedly stated that he and Croaker share a worldview) . Croaker could tell stories for aeons. Hell, we might find out later that Croaker narrated the Darkwar books. This was (IMO) a stroke of pragmatic genius. Here's what I hope: when Glen finishes his Garret contract, he will return to Croaker as a narrator, whether the books are "BC" or not, and write what *he* wants to write, for many years to come. ---- Michael Llaneza <maserati@speakeasy.net> wrote:

On Oct 31, 2008, at 4:20 AM, Grim213@aol.com wrote:

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I'm sure future books will be narrated by Croaker, he is after all the penultimate immortal historian now.

Why does anyone think Croaker would no longer be in the series?

Good point. Hell, Croaker can tell the OLD stories too.

-- Michael Llaneza maserati@speakeasy.net