The area was home to wolves, elk, deer, bears, outlaws, and anyone seeking solitude, such as the monks of the Winds Abbey.
The best neighbor you can have is a tree, a living tree. They listen more than they talk, provide shade on hot days, give you food and shelter, and don’t ask for anything in return.
The bishop grew old, then just stopped changing. The elderly were like that. Children matured quickly, then hovered briefly in that sweet period of perfectly ripe youth. Soon after, the scourge of age...
You realize the moment you dropped that book, we stopped being partners, Royce said. Oh yeah-you’re right. Huh. I should have left you for dead after all. What’s the real reason? Just before we starte...
The day had warmed, but the rain continued, which Gwen saw as a benefit. Just like with Ethan, the downpour would keep people indoors. Until she was able to get the place sealed up, she felt they were...
The dwarf? Malcolm paused and thought a moment. Well, I wasn’t referring to him specifically. But now that you bring it up, I should point out that you run the risk of painting a whole race with the s...
The empire took Rhenydd through deceit, murder, and trickery. I don't speak treason. I speak loyalty- loyalty to the monarchy. To sit by and let the empire rape this kingdom and burn this city is trea...
Well, I did see The Crown Conspiracy while in Colnora. I found the sets pathetic and the orchestration horrible, but the story was good.
The greatest minds and the most advanced engineering went into its creation. They carved the prison out of solid rock from the face of the mountains just north of the lake. They sealed it not only wit...
The guards at the gate nodded and smiled at them.I hate that, Royce muttered as they passed.What?They didn’t even think to stop us, and they actually smiled. They know us by sight now—by sight. Alric...
The idea of how others see you becomes more important than the reality of you.
The main paused only a moment, then pulled the boy around so he could look the lad in the eye. There's doing what's right, and there's doing what's safe. Most of the time you do what's safe because do...
Church people had a strange way about them. They smiled too much, were quick to compliment and support, but behind the stretched lips and soft words was a judgment. No one was ever good enough—at leas...
The more you know about the past, the easier it is to divine the future.
The one you posed to the Crescent Forest. Brin sat up straighter, closed her eyes, and recited, Four brothers visit this wood. The first is greeted with great joy; the second is beloved; the third alw...
Time to die, you fat cow!
This isn’t over, Merrick replied. DeLancy is dead. You have no idea what that means. The scales are balanced. The demon is unleashed.
The sled runners had been replaced by wheels and they traveled on a rutted, muddy road that formed a dark line between two fields of snow that occasionally showed a patch of matted, tangled weeds. See...
You broke into Drumindor? Wyatt looked impressed. I thought that was impossible. Just about, Royce answered, and we didn't get paid enough for the trouble it gave me. Hadrian snorted, You? I was the o...
The thing about the old is that we never change so much as the young. We slip in degrees, adding rings like trees--a new wrinkle here, a shade less color there, but the young transform like caterpilla...
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