There are certain books from which I have or do draw inspiration from. Brian Jacques' Redwall series was my inspiration to start as a writer of anthro fiction a few years ago and still influence my work to this day (though far less than they did in previous years). About two years ago I bought a book on a whim, knowing nothing about it beyond what was depicted upon its cover. To this day, I use it to draw some inspiration for societal norms and the formal interactions scripted by those norms. Yet I do enjoy it simply as a reader for the bits of romance thrown in and I do so love the ending. That book is "Tooth and Claw" by Jo Walton ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_.....aw_%28novel%29 )

Recently I have reread it for the first time in months and I've come to love it again as I did the first read through. Of course, it having been a couple years since I bought, I thought that by chance perhaps there was a sequel and so I began the hunt for such information. Well, I found it, but I'm saddened... saddened, by the fact that the author has no intentions of finishing what she has released online for free ( http://www.forgottenfutures.com/gam.....e_htm/fire.htm ). When I began to read "Those Who Favor Fire", I found myself enjoying it just as I did Tooth and Claw as it ventured further into the political aspect of the world introduced in "Tooth and Claw". I regret reading the three chapters that are shown there, as now I find myself longing for what may never be...