Key Selling Points- Mercedes Lackey is one of fantasy's hottest writers, author of the bestselling Heralds of Valdemar series (DAW). Her books routinely soar to the top of the genre best-seller lists and she has her own fan club of over 1,000 members. She was one of the first writers to have an online newsgroup devoted to her writing.- Eric flint is a popular new star of fantasy and alternate history SF. The mass market edition of his alternate history novel 1632 has an 88% sellthrough. His humorous fantasy The Philosophical Strangler has an 87% sellthrough in mass market.- Dave Freer is the author of The Forlorn (Baen) and of many articles in scientific journals, and was an unwilling conscript in the "undeclared" South African-Angolan war.- Two recent collaborations between Eric Flint and Dave Freer--Rats, Bats & Vats and Pyramid Scheme--have had strong sales and enthusiastic praise from all directions, including Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, etc.