He was tempted to pull one out and read it, but instead he started the longer letter to his brother, Duke Arcolin, explaining what had happened and why Soldan Masagar was coming. He had just completed the first page when another knock came on his door.
"Sir? I need to speak with you."
"Come in," he said.
The End
Author's Note on "The Last Lesson"
Some things young men learn only from old men, and only from old men willing to teach the hardest lessons the hardest way. I have been fascinated all my life by how people of different ages cope with the same challenges--how innate personality and experience interact to produce both wisdom and folly (and sometimes in the same individual.) A man whose own experience is both deep and complex, who has faced his own darkest desires and fears, who has lived past his failures and accepted the tragic outcomes of his own choices, is a man from whom the young can learn much, if they will. Some learn from a hint, others from a demonstration, still others need a clue-by-four upside the head. Some cannot, or will not, learn at all.
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STANDALONE NOVELS
Speed of Dark
Remnant Population
THE DEED OF PAKSENARRION
Sheepfarmer's Daughter
Divided Allegiance
Oath of Gold
Oath of Fealty
Kings of the North
Echoes of Betrayl
Limits of Power
Crown of Renewal
THE LEGACY OF GIRD
Surrender None
Liar's Oath
VATTA'S WAR
Trading in Danger
Marque and Reprisal
Engaging the Enemy
Command Decision
PLANET PIRATES (with Anne McCaffrey)
Sassinak
Generation Warriors
THE SERRANO LEGACY
Hunting Party
Sporting Chance
Winning Colors
Once a Hero
Rules of Engagement
Change of Command
Against the Dark
SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
Lunar Activity
Deeds of Honor*
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