Yet there is good. Honor's Paradox can break us, or make us stronger while honor itself is our strength. And we are strong, despite everything.
I would like to thank all the fine folk who have responded to my LiveJournal entries at <a href="http://tagmeth.livejournal.com">http://tagmeth.livejournal.com</a> with everything from literary criticism to encouragement to information on parasitical fish.
A special thanks to those who have given me permission to use their poetry in the current work:
Tiel Aisha Ansari—“Massacre at Gothregor”
Cindy Duckert—“Shwupp”
Ry Herman—“What the Dead Know”
Paul Howat—“Ashe’s Limerick”
Paula Lieberman—“The Three Lordan”
Scott Life—“The Highlord Calls”