There were two things going on: 1) I had already established in my own mind where I wanted to go with the next series, and having James around as a Grey Eminence would have complicated matters. He had had an amazing life and it was time to bid him good-bye.

Feist acknowledges that the Tekumel setting from M. Margaret Weis)
The Wood Boy (1998) in Legends (ed. Barker's Empire of the Petal Throne was the source for much of Kelewan.

Raymond Elias Feist (born Raymond E. He is best known for The Riftwar Cycle series of novels and short stories.