In the end, my reasons for moving down the timeline and introducing a new cast have more to do with keeping myself entertained, on the assumption that if I get bored, my readers are going to be even more bored.

Never underestimate the potential for human stupidity when wealth and power are at stake.

But for the most part, love is a recognition, an opportunity to say, 'There is something about you I cherish.

Friends can betray you, but with an old enemy, you always know where you stand.

You would do well to know, Marcus, that irritating a better swordsman than yourself is a good way to end up dead.

Jigsaw Lady is the working title of a science fiction novel I've had in my head for darn near 15 years. I think I'll start work on it next year (in all my spare time) but I'd like to get it finished some day.

Some loves come unbidden like winds from the sea, and others grow from the seeds of friendship.