Our last note this month comes from Sarah Zettel, who explains why Sword of the Deceiver was an unlikely book:

I really didn't think I'd be going back to the Isavalta story after I finished The Firebird's Vengeance, but these characters wouldn't leave me alone.  They all but demanded I tell their story as well.  Of course, the fact that this gave me the opportunity to write about somewhere warm and beautiful while I was living in the depths of winter may also have had something to do with it.  I hope you will enjoy.