The "Southern European thread", or "Western South Europe and South Central European thread", or perhaps more appropriately, the "South-central and southwestern European thread" involves characters introduced in the short story {{ROF-1|s="To Dye For"}} by [[Mercedes Lackey]] but the thread plot action proper kicked off in the second published novel sequel of the series, the best selling ''<!--{{34TGA}}'' Substand its direct sequel, ''{{35TCL}}''d, Template:34TGAboth follows..co-written by Flint and [[Andrew Dennis]]. The main characters are in part, Lackey's {{16char|s=The Stone Family}}, combined with Flint's {{16char|Sharon|Nichols}} and {{16char|Larry|Mazarre}}.
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