I'm just really curious to know if anyone else has ever read this series. I have looked around, but I'm hardpressed to find even a hint of someone. Maybe here, on a writing website full of book afficionados (sp?), I'll be able to find someone. I'm currently trying to get my mom to read it, but I don't think she's warming up to it. She's into Dean Koontz and Danielle Steele. -sigh-