GRADUAL INTERVIEW
SPOILER WARNING!   ..........   Spoilers - Fatal Revenant
Dennis Smith:  Dear Mr Donaldson,
I just finished reading FR and wanted to thank you for such a strong and powerfull story.
I still can not decide in what Linden did was a bad thing or not

I strongly suspect that this is a RAFO question but I thought I would take the chance and ask

Near the end of FR Infelice says that Linden's Dead are 'commanded' bot not speak that she must make her decision unaided or influenced by their consul. Who is responsible for this?

Linden assumes its Covenant but its already clear by that point that she is mis-reading certain things

Thank you again.
I don’t want to get too specific about this. However, you might want to consider the possibility that Linden’s Dead are commanded, not by an individual, but rather by their comprehension of what’s at stake. I know, I know: the word “commanded” usually implies a “commander”. <rueful smile> In that respect, Berek seems as good a candidate as Covenant (whose appearance on the scene is certainly reluctant). But (you should pardon the expression) there may be more to this being Dead business than meets the eye.

(03/23/2008)