These are just fun. :-) I knew the villain at first mention. I mean, really, when every other character is, as we know, a family member or in law or connection, starring in earlier books, it wasn't hard! The mystery of why, though, kept my interest. I admit that there was a scene I expected after the rescue, that wasn't there, but that's OK. Just thought it'd be fun to see Devil's reaction. :-)
7-10-13 There are some laugh outloud moments. And it's fun to go back to certain scenes once one is done with the book.
Smite, however, is definitely the most interesting.
I sat on this book for years; I have no clue why...somehow (for no reason whatsoever!) I associated it in my mind with Deliverance...which I far-more-than-hated and with which it has NOTHING in common. (Well, horror...but people-behavior-horror and sci-fi-monster-type horror don't belong in the same universe for me. They need to be completely different words.)
Too short but then it's a short story, isn't it? :-) Glad to have read it for the background on the sword.