First, and most important:

Q—
How DOES one pronounce his Excellency's name?

A—
AHN-dray
You-LEK'svich
Koe-SHOO-skoe

Questions
Q	How many novels are there in the Koscuisko storyline?
A	There are seven Koscuisko novels that are either in print or in draft at this time. These are: An Exchange of Hostages (Avon, 1997) Prisoner of Conscience (Avon, 1998) Hour of Judgment (Avon, 1999) The Devil and Deep Space (Roc, 2002) The Inquisitor's Cup (in draft) Safehaven (in draft) Crimes Against Humanity (in draft) There may be one to three more in there, depending, as discussed in the next FAQs . . .
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Q	What about the years in the story that you've skipped over? There's a gap of more than four years between PRISONER OF CONSCIENCEand HOUR OF JUDGEMENT. What happened during that time?
A	There's a lot of ground to cover with Andrej Koscuisko's arrival at the Ragnarok and his adjustment to Captain Lowden, Security Chief Stildyne, and Serge of Wheatfields, not to mention the other personalities involved. There may be a Koscuisko novel to cover that adjustment, or if we do an omnibus edition of the first three novels (since they've gone out of print) I might do a novella to cover that material.
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Q	Where do ANGEL OF DESTRUCTION and the in-work novel, WARRING STATES, fit in?
A	These books are Under Jurisdiction, but His Excellency is not the protagonist. "Angel of Destruction" falls between "Prisoner of Conscience" and "Hour of Judgment," and is intended to (a) explain why Garol Vogel's in such a bad mood in "Hour of Judgment" (b) get some resources in place in Gonebeyond Space, because I might need them later and (c) introduce the terrorist Angel of Destruction, because Andrej Koscuisko has to go head-to-head with the Angel in "The Inquisitor's Cup" (hint: he loses the battle, but wins the war). "Angel of Destruction" takes place shortly after Andrej Koscuisko has been assigned to the Jurisdiction Fleet Ship Ragnarok. In this novel you're seeing Andrej and Stildyne and Kerenko soon after they've met for the first time (it's just one scene, but hey, I take what I can get). "Warring States" follows the action of "The Devil and Deep Space," but though Andrej Koscuisko is a major character, it's actually Jils Ivers' story -- not a mainline portion of Andrej's story per se.
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Q	(SPOILERS) It hasn't been the same for me since Joslire left the story. Why did you do that, anyway? Are you going to write more about Joslire?
A	It's never the same after someone you've been close to "leaves the story." Joslire continues to be an important part of Andrej's life. There's a possible story between "An Exchange of Hostages" and "Prisoner of Conscience" that would feature Joslire but I don't have any details on that yet; I have, however, taken the opportunity to visit Joslire again in a short story to be published in an anthology "New Faces in Science Fiction (edited by Mike Resnick) scheduled for publication in 2003, I believe. You've checked out the Joslire material in "Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor," I expect? And it's not my fault. The first Koscuisko novel I ever wrote was The Inquisitor's Cup (first draft 1979). Then I worked back from there to The Devil and Deep Space, back one step further to Hour of Judgment, forward to Safehaven and Crimes Against Humanity, and only then went back to the beginning with An Exchange of Hostages. Joslire didn't come into the story at all until the first draft of An Exchange of Hostages, thirteen or fourteen years ago. When he did, he identified for me (finally) some reasons behind details in Andrej's background that I knew were there but had never exactly figured out, such as what a man of Andrej's social class would be doing with something as low-class as throwing knives and why he was so attached to them. At the same time Joslire's participation in the story had clearly come to a traumatic end somewhere between "An Exchange of Hostages" and "Hour of Judgment," by which time Robert St. Clare was still there and Joslire wasn't. That background, including the traumatic event that separated Joslire from the story-line, was simply too important a part of who Andrej is by that time for me to be able to skew the story-line to preserve a character that I loved. An integral part of Andrej's character is the fact that somebody that he loved was killed in an ambush that was meant for him, and that Andrej had to be the one to let Joslire go. It's made him a little intense on the subject of assassination attempts: he understands why people would want to kill him, and he doesn't take it particularly personally; but if you touch a single hair on the head of one of his Security while you're trying to kill him, he is going to be really, really unreasonable about the whole thing.
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Q	What about all the "little" stories that would talk about developments in the over-all storyline between novels? Will you be writing any short stories?
A	I may try to start to write shorter format supporting material (I've got a Joslire story coming out in one anthology (see above), a story about Nurail in Gonebeyond coming out in "Women Writing SF as Men," and a short you might want to look for in the Orycon program book -- Sylyphe and Skelern in Burkhayden, after the Ragnarok has gone). However, between working full time and writing a novel a year my plate's about as full as I can stand as it is; I'm not sure how much time I have left over for other things like short stories, my pets, research, staying married, etc.
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Q	ANGEL OF DESTRUCTION was in the Jurisdiction universe, but it wasn't a Koscuisko novel. Do you anticipate writing more Jurisdiction novels without Andrej?
A	It's a definite possibility. There's a lot going on under Jurisdiction and Andrej Koscuisko is not going to be intimately involved in 100% of it. At the end of "The Devil and Deep Space" there are major political issues in which Andrej Koscuisko himself is an observer and participant, but far from a central player; that's why "Warring States" isn't really a Koscuiko novel per se, though there are a lot of Koscuisko issues in it (including a meeting with Joslire's brother, as a matter of fact). At the same time Andrej also faces some major challenges in the near and for the foreseeable future which may generate novels that I don't know about quite yet.
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Q	Azanry culture seems pretty repressed. Surely people don't live that way every day?
A	In Andrej's class, they do. Check out the The Infamous Linen Document for a glimpse at one aspect of Dolgorukij courting rituals...
Q	Clearly, Dolgorukij refer to their family and other relations differently than I do. Please help me understand all the different forms of address.
A	Dolgorukij are fussy about titles. The Firstborn and Eldest can only scratch the surface of a subject dear to the heart of everyone on Azanry.
Q	What happens next?
A	"Warring States" happens next (hee hee hee). So, I'll have to ask you to wait for publication of my next novel.
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Q	What are you writing now?
A	"The Devil and Deep Space" has been released and is on the shelves. I've been writing its sequel, "Warring States," and doing some short-format. I may be attacking a novella that would addressing Andrej's transition from the Scylla to the Ragnarok, depending on what publication plans look like in the near future. In background, my daddy and I are developing a character that I can put into play in "The Great Game" in Afghanistan in the late-middle nineteenth century.
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Q	I have a different question! What do I do now?
A	Send me an email, Ask Susan, and let me know! We'll update the FAQ from time to time as issues come up.