[Mark Robson]

Mithridelle, that was a rather embarrassing mistake that slipped past all the proof readers, the editor and myself. Ferdand was actually a typo in the first mention of his name in book 2 that got perpetuated throughout the book. As soon as I realised his name had been corrupted from Ferrand in Book 1 to Ferdand in Book 2, I contacted the publishers and asked them to change one of them - they've still not got around to it. It would make sense financially to change Ferrand to Ferdand, as his name is only mentioned 3 times in the first book, but lots in the second. Whether they will ever do it is another question entirely.