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The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to appear and go on from book to book, and other things about the world began to feel constricting. And there were other things I wanted to do, so I closed the series up and stopped it.

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Fred Saberhagen
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Fred Saberhagen
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Fred Saberhagen
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Fred Saberhagen
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Fred Saberhagen
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Fred Saberhagen
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Fred Saberhagen
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Fred Saberhagen
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Fred Saberhagen
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Fred Saberhagen
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Fred Saberhagen
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Fred Saberhagen
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Fred Saberhagen
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