Go back, he said.Can’t. Stand aside?Can’t.So it’s like that? I said.Fix exhaled. Then he nodded. Yeah. And for the first time in a decade the Winter Knight and Summer Knight went to war.
Give it to 'em!Take 'em down!First Aleran!Kick their furry--Assault formation!
Form up, I murmured, because it sounded more military and tougher than saying, You guys go first.
For the good of the people, some must place themselves in harm’s way. Some must pledge their courage and their lives to protect the community.
For some reason, she didn't want to take the motorcycle, so that left my car, the ever trusty (almost always) Blue Beetle, in old-school VW Bug that had seen me through one nasty scrape after another....
Fear and anger always come hand in hand. Anger is my hiding place from fear, my shield and my sword against it.
Faith, Harry. God has a way of seeing to it that things fall into place.
Evil food smells amazing—which is either proof that there is a Satan or some equivalent out there, or that the Almighty doesn’t actually want everyone to eat organic tofu all the time. I can’t decide.
Everything’s mine, Francis, she replied in a merry tone. The only question is whether or not it knows it is yet.
Everyone dies alone. That’s what it is. It’s a door. It’s one person wide. When you go through it, you do it alone.
Even days that culminate in a grand battle against an insane ghost and a trip across the border between this world and the spirit realm usually start out pretty normally.
Do you want your blood to stay where it is sochar-lar?Tavi lifted both eyebrows at the unfamiliar word, and glanced at Varg.Monkey, Varg supplied, in Aleran. And male-child.He called me monkey boy? Ta...
Dismembering monsters with a chain saw is one thing. People are another. Yeah. People are easier. Bob, I growled. They’re people.
Death is certain, Aleran—for all of us. That being true, we know that all of those we love will either be torn away from us, or we will be torn away from them. It follows as naturally as the night aft...
Death comes, old man. Its hand is on your heart now. And your life has been spent in vain.
Dead before the sun rises, I said. Stars, Bob, why don't you just go over the melodramatic edge and tell me that I'm going to be sleeping with the fishes?
Come with me if you want to live, I said. Excuse me? No time, I said. It isn’t your fault, but you’re into some bad business, Harvey. There’s a woman with two hired goons about to come up your back st...
Come on, I said to Karrin. Head for the other boat.Should we? she asked. That Erlking guy seems a little..do-it-yourselfy.
Chicago is what a polite person would call a colorful place. It’s a den of crime and corruption. And it’s a monument to architecture and enterprise. It’s violent and dangerous, and an epicenter of mus...
Chew and smile? At the same time? Do I look like Jackie Chan?