They left us for dead, didn’t they? We told them this would happen. We came all this way to try and save them. You’d think they’d have the decency to let us out when they saw we were right.Probably th...
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 least not until they were dead. The dead were ex...
They’ll probably gang up on you this time. Lovely! Any advice? Pray. Which god? All of them.
This book is entirely dedicated to my wife, Robin Sullivan.Some have asked how it is I write such strong women without resorting to putting swords in their hands. It is because of her.She is Arista.Sh...
This isn’t over, Merrick replied. DeLancy is dead. You have no idea what that means. The scales are balanced. The demon is unleashed.
This isn’t the future I’d expected. Even a glowing wasteland or Mad Max desolation would have been better. No God. No family. No country or patriotism. Just a bunch of Ken dolls without Barbies. The g...
This —she indicated Gifford with both hands— can hardly be mistaken for the face of . This —she clapped him on the shoulder— is what you get from a life of careful misjudgment and a bunch of drunk-off...
Time had sneaked in and stolen her recklessness.
Time to die, you fat cow!
You came all this way for a whore? Albert asked, and Royce shot him a harsh look.Don’t call her that if you want to live a long and happy life, Hadrian said as they dismounted.But this is a whorehouse...
Troublemakers in times of peace become heroes in times of trouble.
Unlike all other living things, people were never content to just live in a place, to be part of it; they always wanted to change things, to make places conform. Maybe that was why the gods and spirit...
Usually to make something truly great, you need to start from scratch, Royce remembered him saying. You need to break everything down, strip away the impurities, and it takes great heat to do that, bu...
You don’t believe in right and wrong? Good and bad? Sure, right is what’s good for me, and bad is what I don’t like, and those things are very, very wrong . You really were raised by wolves, weren’t y...
Very slowly Royce pushed the door inward, peering through the gap. He looked left and right, then closed it once more and replaced the bolts. What is it? Hadrian asked. He's right, Royce said dismally...
Wait a minute, Hadrian said. Was it a beat-up brown leather notebook?About this big? He gestured with his hands.Yes, the Patriarch said.Arista looked back and forth between them. How do you know that?...
Wake up, buddy, Royce whispered, nudging him. Hadrian was damp with sweat.About time you got here. I was starting to think you ran off and left me.I considered it, but the thought of Magnus as my best...
You don't win battles with hate. Anger and hate can make you brave, make you strong, but they also make you stupid. You end up tripping over your own two feet.
We don’t want anyone suspecting us of stacking the deck the way we are.
We have but the roads that lie before our feet, and all too often our choices are limited to walking or standing still. And standing still gets us nowhere.
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