I've been lurking for about a month now and have finally decided to join in on the great discussions. I think one of my main questions is, did everyone else find it a complete shock in the first book when Gen turned out to be the Queen's thief of Eddis and had the gift? or was my brain turned off when I read that book because I'm normally not shocked like that (honest truth ;)) Also did anyone else enjoy the scene at the beginning of The Thief when the Magus says to Gen that they may one day attain a relationship of mutual respect and Gen thinks that he'll see gods walk on th earth first (on the re-read I got this of course)