[ScottSF]

I was reading the first Tawny man book right up until the fool showed up and from one conversation between the Fool and Fitz I realized that I was missing stuff so before I read another word of Tawny Man I read all three liveship books. So, I was suspicious of Amber from the start but I thought she might be the "other one" the fool was talking about, the one that Fitz had an encounter with durring a sea battle (it's all fading now). So for a while I thought Amber was the one who turned out to be the White Prophet woman. As I read on I became more convinced that Amber was one of Beloved's personas. I kept waiting for the scene on the boat where Fitz stepped in via the dream world to help out. In Tawny man I was so annoyed with "Lord Golden" that I wished she would go back to being Amber. I enjoy all of Hobbs work but nothing comes close to live ships for me. I hope one day she will write something again with the same depth and intensity as liveships.