Hrm. Well, you had to figure Z was the most endangered character still around simply by virtue of being the least important one, but I thought he might stick around for a little while longer to give Nale some much-needed firepower. Guess not.

It strikes me that Durkula still has a Resurrection handy, so a member of the Order could conceivably bite it here and still be around for the next book. Tempted to switch my bet to Haley, but...if I do that and she doesn't die here, I may have to wait a long time to change my bet again and she's unlikely to die early in the next book. Sigh...I guess I'll leave my bet where it is.