“ The window opened in the same direction as the king's, and there, summer-bright and framed by the darkness of the stairwell, was the same view. Costis passed it, and then went back up the stairs to lo… Megan Whalen Turner
“ It isn't an easy thing to give your loyalty to someone you don't know, especially when that person chooses to reveal nothing of himself. Megan Whalen Turner
“ The queen was settling on the edge of the bed, ungainly with hesitation and at the same time exquisite in her grace, like a heron landing in a treetop. Megan Whalen Turner
