I wasn’t a huge fan of the Firebrand off shoot (it may have just been the writer) and the Osmark book was just okay, so I was wary to stray from main storyline again, but I thoroughly enjoyed all these stories (and finally loved the writing/performance for Abby and Otto in their short story- two characters I’ve wanted to like who were treated haphazardly in Firebrand). I really look forward to seeing some of these characters again in the main story, like Sheklak (sp) and the Illusionist.