The Issue of the Jaran Novels

Although I am hesitant to do so, I feel I must discuss the issue of the Jaran novels. I am hesitant to do so not because I do not want readers to ask about the possibility of more Jaran novels--I don't mind such questions at all and I think it is completely reasonable for people to ask--but because I don't like the answer I feel I have to give, which is not "yes" and not "no" but "it's complicated."



There are (somewhat confusingly) four published Jaran books, although I consider these to in fact