Ha! I sent Story 9 to the Copyright office three days ago. (Took me longer than I would have liked to decide it was ready) and I just noticed that not only is it Story 9, but it will also be the 9th story I publish! I realize if you don't know me, you're thinking "that makes sense", but in my world it's a crazy coincidence. See, I have published Story 1 (Taken) and it's sequel, story 6 (Solace) and it's sequel, story 5 (The Shadow Dragon) and its sequel, story 8 (Not Human), and story 11 (Heart of the Emperor). So it is amusing...umm... to me. :) Okay back to writing.
So hopefully this book will be out before Christmas. The cover isn't going as well as I would have liked, so that will be the deciding factor.