Spies could be invaluable in peacetime, once the fighting actually started, their value dropped steeply. When the swords were out, it was the information your own scouts provided that mattered, not reports from unknown people whose veracity you couldn't prove. — David Weber Copy Share Image
“Other folk thought the Rage was simple bloodlust, a berserk savagery that neither knew nor cared what its target was, and so it was… — David Weber Copy Share Image
“There's a reason I've always relied on you for the necessary political miracles, Emily," Hamish told her with a smile. "Give me a fleet… — David Weber Copy Share Image
“Admiralty House was a modest structure, only a little over a hundred stories in height,” — David Weber Copy Share Image
Giving orders you know won't be obeyed is one of the best ways I know to destroy your own authority. — David Weber Copy Share Image
Henke sensed her terrifying aptitude for destruction as never before. Henke had feared for her sanity; now she knew the truth was almost worse… — David Weber Copy Share Image
“Well, thank the gods,' he sighed. 'Oh? And what would it be you're thanking them for?' Bahzell inquired, and Brandark grinned. 'For making roads… — David Weber Copy Share Image
“Apparently, for some reason known only to themselves, these people... have chosen to cling to hydrocarbon-fueled power generation well past the point at which… — David Weber Copy Share Image
Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled, or dead? — David Weber Copy Share Image
It was rumored she held grudges till they died of old age, then had them stuffed and mounted. — David Weber Copy Share Image
“The bigger the lie, apparently, the more likely the uninformed were to accept it,” — David Weber Copy Share Image
