Jean Lafitte and Will Ludlam...Together at Last

I was going to spend today's "Shop Talk" railing at Internet piracy after finding my Penton series at a pirate site yesterday where more than 1,700 people had downloaded free copies--don't they realize that every stolen copy means a reduced chance that the author will make enough sales to warrant the publisher buying more books?

But that's a hopeless cause. Most of the pirate sites are registered outside the U.S., which conveniently allows them to ignore copyright laws.

So, instead, I'll invite...