Oh, I figured that's what you meant, Harry. No big deal. I just get a chuckle out of the idea that a book--which basically has a three-book pre-requisite--can still be referred to (especially in the SFF genre) as a "stand alone" novel.
I propose we need a new term which means; "clearly still dependent on what has come before (and maybe even introducing stuff which won't come into play until later), but definitely won't leave its own main story-arc dangling."
