The Books of Lost Swords, Saberhagen. No. Prompted by recent reading, I re-read all eight of the Lost Swords books. I get the feeling Fred gave up about mid-way through (probably around the Sherlock Holmes hommage), and by the last couple wanted to kill the series so badly that he ignored the previous rules by which the Swords had operated. My disappointment with the tying up of loose ends in this series was similar to my disappointment with Ardneh’s Sword, though this one didn’t so much end up contradicting existing canon (Sword rules notwithstanding) as leaving me thinking "Really? That’s the best you can do with an abiding enigma?" Quite unsatisfying.