[Dragaera] Verra's knowledge, Vlad's trip East

[Scott Schultz]

>Hmmm... Certainly the first two Vlad books are basically "detective
stories" 
>(Though I would vote more for "scrambled" rather than "hard-boiled) and 
>basically /Orca/ is, as well.

Yeah, I was thinking of Vlad's narrative style more than anything
plot-related. That and Steve's own admissions that he was, originally at
least, attempting to incorporate that particular style of writing.