<link href="StyleSheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:7d1d4364-f60e-4127-be49-9ec0e640703c" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <p> <br/></p> <p> <br/></p> <p class="title"><b><big><big><big>Deleted Scenes</big></big></big></b></p> <p> <br/></p> <p> <br/></p> <p class="section"><i>T<small>he</small> R<small>ed</small> H<small>and</small></i> is a <i>looong</i> book. And while we at Abaddon love our books, and love Toby’s prose even more, one of the sadly necessary considerations when publishing a book is always: can we afford to print a book this long? Publishing is a hairy endeavour, when it comes to cost and profit, and when the printing costs and sales figures come head to head, difficult decisions have to be made. After some consideration, we regretfully asked Toby to cut some passages to make the book affordable.</p> <p>But with the miracle of ebooks, all such considerations go out the window! <i>You,</i> gentle reader, have made the wise decision to purchase the electronic copy of <i>Hunter of Sherwood: The Red Hand,</i> and it is to you that the following passages – think of them as the ebook equivalent of those “deleted scenes” extras you sometimes get on DVDs – are dedicated.</p> <p>Happy reading.</p> <p> <br/></p> <p> <br/></p> <p style="rext-align:right;"><i>David Thomas Moore</i></p> <p style="rext-align:right;"><i>Oxford</i></p> <p style="rext-align:right;"><i>December 2014</i></p> </body> </html>