I will definitely be at Balticon this year, where I hope readers like you help spread the word about my books. *grin* I'm glad you enjoyed them all. The general concensus seems to be that book 3 is the best, although if you'd asked me before book 3 hit the shelf I would have said book 2. But the writer can never tell how good the book is. We're just too close to it (and frustrated with it) by the end.