I mean, is there really anything else to add about Hillel Italie's AP piece? Of course Charles Frazier's second novel wouldn't sell as well as the first. And of course 100,000 copies sold (by someone's mathematical estimation) counts as "less of a success" because COLD MOUNTAIN did so stupendously well. And of course there will be obvious quotes like "it's very tough for a second book to equal a first that's been a sensational best seller," as delivered by Random House Publishing Group spokeswoman Carol Schneider. That's not the story; what is the story is that THIRTEEN MOONS could have done much worse, and didn't, and will actually make some money for Random House - if not now, then when the paperback is released and lasts forever. Post-mortem pieces like this one have to be written, I guess, but couldn't there be a better effort to find a fresher angle?