“You know,” Taniel said, “we could have kept firing after they sounded the retreat. Would have wiped out thousands on the mountainside. The Kez did that to us in Fatrasta a few times.” Gavril snorted angrily. “War has to have… — Brian McClellan Copy Share Image
“Even if you are a pompous ass with no respect for authority, you're worth fifty men, and I mean to see you in my… — Brian McClellan Copy Share Image
“First rule of bathing,” Gavril said. “If you can’t smell yourself anymore, it’s time to wash.” — Brian McClellan Copy Share Image
“You missed the morning’s festivities,” Bo said to Adamat. “You call torturing a man ‘festivities’?” Adamat asked. “I’m not a good person,” Bo said.” — Brian McClellan Copy Share Image
“Children bleed as easy as anyone else, don't they? Why would they be spared? A child is nothing but a future enemy.” — Brian McClellan Copy Share Image
“The people are hungry,” Mihali said. He lifted his hands, spreading them to encompass the city. “The people need to be fed. They need… — Brian McClellan Copy Share Image
“Doctor, what could you prescribe for Charlemund?” The doctor looked down his nose at the unconscious form of the arch-diocel. “Arsenic?” “Now, really. Something… — Brian McClellan Copy Share Image
“When a man solved his problems by punching them, books were often a foreign thing.” — Brian McClellan Copy Share Image
“Styke's people were outnumbered two to one. The Dynize, he decided, should have brought more men.” — Brian McClellan Copy Share Image
“I believed it had been long enough that Kresimir would never return. I believed it was time for change. I thought all of Rozalia’s… — Brian McClellan Copy Share Image
“The minutiae of the common man is the grease that slicks the gears of civilization. She” — Brian McClellan Copy Share Image
