`  == How convient ==  :HarperCollins: ``So, Mrs. Holmes (Vicky), when do you think Mrs. Baldry (Cherith) will get the next Warriors book done?`` :Vicky: ``Well, actually, we've got it all done.  I think that it can easily be released sometime around the end of December.`` :HC: ``Oh, OK.  I know!  Let's put The Dark River on shelves December 26, the day AFTER Christmas, so instead of children's parents getting them the book for Christmas, they can go out the next day, in the bitter cold, and please their child's begging for the new book!  Sounds great, right?`` :(Vicky hangs up) :HC: (Hangs up) ``Oh well.  Now, let's get started!``  Ugh.    `