Welcome to the second week of our build up to the release of The Mage in Black. First, a little fun business. The winner of Mark Henry's Battle of the Network Zombies is Melissa T! Email me your address (jayewellsatgmaildotcom) and I'll get your copy to you ASAP.

Now, I thought we'd switch things up a little this week. Instead of me summarizing the whole second part of the book, I'm going to throw some comments and questions out there.

The second quarter of the book (Chapters 9-16) begins and e...