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Is this some sort of test?Everything that doesn't kill you is.Mind you, he added, surviving doesn't always mean you passed.

Michelle Sagara West

Is this some sort of test?Everything that doesn't kill you is.Mind you, he added, surviving doesn't always mean you passed.

Tags: sanabalis, surviving, test

Sanabalis never seemed to eat, and he deflected most of her questions about Dragon cuisine. Then again, he deflected most of her questions about Dragons, period. Which was annoying because he was one,...

Michelle Sagara West

Sanabalis never seemed to eat, and he deflected most of her questions about Dragon cuisine. Then again, he deflected most of her questions about Dragons, period. Which was annoying because he was one,...

Tags: food, kaylin neya, sanabalis, students, teacher

About Author
Michelle Michiko Sagara (born May 5, 1963) is a Canadian author of fantasy literature, active since the early 1990s. She has published as Michelle Sagara, as Michelle West (using her husband's surname) and as Michelle Sagara West. Sagara has received two nominations for the John W. Campbell Award.She lives in Toronto and is employed part-time at Bakka-Phoenix, a local bookstore.

I'm sworn to uphold his laws. Saying that you killed someone because they annoyed you isn't codified as acceptable, by those laws, anywhere I'm aware of.You are clearly not looking carefully enough.

Michelle Sagara West

I'm sworn to uphold his laws. Saying that you killed someone because they annoyed you isn't codified as acceptable, by those laws, anywhere I'm aware of.You are clearly not looking carefully enough.

Tags: sanabalis

Bellusdeo laughed. It was, for a moment, the only sound in the quiet of the fief’s night, and it was warmer and deeper than the lingering night chill. When her laughter faded, she glanced at Kaylin. I...

Michelle Sagara West

Bellusdeo laughed. It was, for a moment, the only sound in the quiet of the fief’s night, and it was warmer and deeper than the lingering night chill. When her laughter faded, she glanced at Kaylin. I...

Tags: family values, home, kaylin neya, survival

When you have all eternity, the word hurry is relative.And the guards, being mortal, have less of it, and their version of slugglish doesn't approach your version of fast?Something very like that.

Michelle Sagara West

When you have all eternity, the word hurry is relative.And the guards, being mortal, have less of it, and their version of slugglish doesn't approach your version of fast?Something very like that.

Tags: sanabalis

Stop judging your life only by the failures, he whispered.What should I do? she whispered. I'm always going to fail.We all do, he said softly, his voice closer now. We all fail. But none of us fail al...

Michelle Sagara West

Stop judging your life only by the failures, he whispered.What should I do? she whispered. I'm always going to fail.We all do, he said softly, his voice closer now. We all fail. But none of us fail al...

Tags: kaylin neya, severn

You'll be with me, won't you?indeed.Then what could go wrong?Lord Sanabalis visibly grimaced. You clearly do not believe in angry gods.

Michelle Sagara West

You'll be with me, won't you?indeed.Then what could go wrong?Lord Sanabalis visibly grimaced. You clearly do not believe in angry gods.

Tags: sanabalis

What would this have been, if it had more power to give?This may come as a surprise to you, he replied dryly, But I am not an Ancient. Nor am I, human philosophy aside, a living construct.Which means...

Michelle Sagara West

What would this have been, if it had more power to give?This may come as a surprise to you, he replied dryly, But I am not an Ancient. Nor am I, human philosophy aside, a living construct.Which means...

Tags: kaylin neya, magic, tiamaris

I don't make the laws, I just enforce them.Then remind me to introduce a new set of laws, since the ones we have clearly assume a level of common sense that's lacking.

Michelle Sagara West

I don't make the laws, I just enforce them.Then remind me to introduce a new set of laws, since the ones we have clearly assume a level of common sense that's lacking.

Tags: kaylin neya

History is not our guide, it is not our friend. It is a passing stranger, one which shadows legend, sprinkling it with the seeds of truth.

Michelle Sagara West

History is not our guide, it is not our friend. It is a passing stranger, one which shadows legend, sprinkling it with the seeds of truth.

No...if the world demanded their deaths in return for safety, she would have watched it burn.

Michelle Sagara West

No...if the world demanded their deaths in return for safety, she would have watched it burn.

I'm missing something, aren't I? Brains, he snapped. And survival instinct. The Hawklord's been waiting for you for three hours.Tell him I'm dead.

Michelle Sagara West

I'm missing something, aren't I? Brains, he snapped. And survival instinct. The Hawklord's been waiting for you for three hours.Tell him I'm dead.

Tags: marcus

Success and failure are two edges of the same blade, two sides of the same coin. To fear one is to forever deny the possibility of the other.

Michelle Sagara West

Success and failure are two edges of the same blade, two sides of the same coin. To fear one is to forever deny the possibility of the other.

Tags: success

Is there anyone’s life story you don’t want to know?Not really. His expression was unexpectedly serious. Because people make a story of their lives.Gains, losses, tragedy and triumph—you can tell a lo...

Michelle Sagara West

Is there anyone’s life story you don’t want to know?Not really. His expression was unexpectedly serious. Because people make a story of their lives.Gains, losses, tragedy and triumph—you can tell a lo...

Tags: life, rennick, story

Manners,[...] are severely underappreciated in my opinion.Oh?Where practiced well, they remove the probability that someone in my position will be forced to go through the effort of killing someone in...

Michelle Sagara West

Manners,[...] are severely underappreciated in my opinion.Oh?Where practiced well, they remove the probability that someone in my position will be forced to go through the effort of killing someone in...

Power such as mine is only granted for one reason - to protect those with less, against yours.Power such as yours? Sarillorn, if the power that you wield is too great a responsibility, I will take it...

Michelle Sagara West

Power such as mine is only granted for one reason - to protect those with less, against yours.Power such as yours? Sarillorn, if the power that you wield is too great a responsibility, I will take it...

Death was silence, loss, guilt. And anger. But life led that way, anyway. From birth, it was a slow, long march to the grave. Who said that? She couldn’t remember now. But it was true. They were born...

Michelle Sagara West

Death was silence, loss, guilt. And anger. But life led that way, anyway. From birth, it was a slow, long march to the grave. Who said that? She couldn’t remember now. But it was true. They were born...

Tags: death, guilt, loss, silence

I'm never going to understand the Barrani.You needn't sound so morose, Lord Kaylin. They are unlikely to understand you either.Yes, but I'm unlikely to try to kill them for fun.

Michelle Sagara West

I'm never going to understand the Barrani.You needn't sound so morose, Lord Kaylin. They are unlikely to understand you either.Yes, but I'm unlikely to try to kill them for fun.

Tags: teela

It didn't matter. If she was to have any hope of saving Bellusdeo and Maggaron now, she needed to finish what she started; the anger and the self-recrimination would just have to wait. She'd no doubt...

Michelle Sagara West

It didn't matter. If she was to have any hope of saving Bellusdeo and Maggaron now, she needed to finish what she started; the anger and the self-recrimination would just have to wait. She'd no doubt...

Teela turned to Severn. I'm having trouble remembering why I haven't strangled her yet.Severn shrugged. I have that problem myself some days. At the moment, though, the only betting pool in the office...

Michelle Sagara West

Teela turned to Severn. I'm having trouble remembering why I haven't strangled her yet.Severn shrugged. I have that problem myself some days. At the moment, though, the only betting pool in the office...