“Tisiphone stood silent and helpless in Alicia's mind. It was all she could do to keep Alicia's blind savagery from dragging Megaira under and clouding the lightning-fast reflexes which kept them both alive. She'd never guessed what she was creating,… — 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 when it struck without warning. But when a hradani gave himself to it knowingly, it was as cold as it was hot, as rational as it was lethal. To embrace the Rage was to embrace a… — David Weber Copy Share
“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 problem, or a naval battle to fight, and I “know exactly what to do. But dealing with scum like High Ridge and Descroix—?" He shook his head. "I just can't wrap my mind around how to… — David Weber Copy Share
“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
