On 3/15/26 14:35, David Johnson wrote:
> Hi Mike.
>
>> Thanks for the shoutout for Way of the Sword Worlds. When we were
>> writing the book John and I did discuss how "dark" we wanted to make
>> Space Viking society. We decided it was actually "darker" for everyone
>> involved to act like robbery and murder were just normal business
>> activities.
>
> I can see that. No worries -- it was a quibble anyway. I enjoyed the book.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David

That seems accurate to how HBP  depicted it.