Don't judge the treatment of ferrets in Spellsinger too harshly based just on the early ones. There are a few evil ferrets in the series, but also a lot of very nice mustelids. One's ability to overcome species stereotypes also features fairly prominantly in the series. The one series I do hate for this is the Redwall books from Brian Jacques. Talking mice I can stand, but inherently evil ferrets just strains the credibility of the books beyond the breaking point IMO. He even had a whole book dedicated to the concept that a ferret raised by nice rodents would still turn out evil in the end because it's just the way things are. Eric A. Schwartz [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2195]