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For one reason or another, some books never get finished. Though uncommon, some series of books are never completed. The reasons in most cases are related to an illness the author may have suffered, or in the worst case, a premature death. In other situations a writer may have simply given up, lost interest, or moved on to other pursuits; by analogy, the ultimate writer's block.Regardless of the specific cause related to the DRAGONS AMONG US series, the multi-book project will likely never be completed. The good news is that, as the author, I wrote extensive outlines for the remaining two novels that would have brought the series to an initial conclusion. I say “initial” because a third outline was also written for the project – a (first) trilogy called The Diaries Of Kathryn Baxter: Dragon Hunter. This third outline expands the basic story (Books 1&2) into new but familiar territories, all of which are the imaginative extensions of a highly complex, yet thoroughly comprehensible tale. The story's depth of detail and large number of diverse characters, both human and dragon, allowed for a virtually unlimited continuation of fantasy adventures, all of them filled with twists, turns, and other surprises. In hindsight, it could be argued that no work of fiction, fantasy or otherwise, is ever truly finished. As in real life, nothing ever really ends – or begins – but is always little more than a sequence of chapters that are part of an endless continuum.If I might be granted a moment to “toot my own horn” as the saying goes, allow me to say that I'm grateful for having had the opportunity to complete the writing of at least the first two introductory novels of the DRAGONS AMONG US series. Book 1) The Ghosts Of Walker Pines; and Book 2) The Lost City Of The Dead. Both books take readers on an amazing thrill ride filled with lots of action, humor, and intrigue – some of it adult in nature – but all of it brimming with dragons. Throw in some fascinating chunks of science fiction, a love story like none other, plus a bunch of great illustrations and readers get their money's worth – and then some.Fortunately the story doesn't end there. Literally. Thanks to my obsession with details and a need to know where the DAU series was headed, plus an increasingly involved plotline populated with interesting characters, I wrote extensive outlines for the final two books – or what may have resulted in a final three or more books. In addition, I wrote a single (and lengthy) outline – The Diaries Of Kathryn Baxter: Dragon Hunter – which covers the years subsequent to the conclusion that ends the last books (outlined Books 3&4) of the original series.The Diaries of Kathryn Baxter: Dragon Hunter was originally envisioned as a trilogy that included: Book I) Sins of the Brotherhood; Book II) The Search for Strakx; and Book III) Dragonocalypse.Here then, presented for the (dubious) enjoyment and edification of those who felt they were left hanging by an unfinished series (which they were), are the revised and extended versions of the original outlines written for the DRAGONS AMONG US series. I hope you will read them and derive a good sense of not only where the project was headed, but how we might have arrived there.Thanks again to all of those who read the first two books, and I hope this extra bit of effort makes the trip worthwhile – and better late than never.

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