Didn't Pug travel to a dying world at some point in order to rescue someone? and on said world there was no magic per-say except for in a crystalised form and had something to do with totems? It may well have been one of the Krondor books as Woodsman said.
With regards to the Dread the way i've read them is this,
As far as I know no-one has ever destroyed a Dreadlord, Pug and thomas trapped one but didn't destroy it. Thomas remembered in WoaMG that the Valheru encountered the Dread at the edge of reality(?) and after losing a few of thier number they decided to retreat, which in thier eyes was a victory of sorts.
I too think that the next book will feature heavily around an attack on the beings (forgot thier name) who are protected by the Quor, why else waste half a book introducing them.
Will we get to read more about the Talnoy? I was all up for a great battle between the Talnoy and the Dasati and was a bit gutted the way things got to where they ended.
I think the dread didn't come through the demon realm as they are somehow closely linked?
Is this the last we hear of the Tsurranni peoples who left kelewan through the rifts, I know some ended up in Midkemia but what about the others?
Mmmm who knows, thats my little rant over, for now
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