“The instatement of the One Religion was surely the Magnates’ most cunning move: a device through which they were able to access and harness the incalculable power of the people’s spiritual fervor… Elijah could imagine the Magnates taking cold pleasure… — J. Valor Copy Share Image
“It was floating. Waiting. It had no sense of how long It had been in this state. Its awareness had retreated into a tiny core at the center of Its being, away from the searing torment of separation, Its very essence ripped apart. Never had It known such sensation. So It had retreated, further and deeper, wrapping Itself in a… — J. Valor Copy Share
“This trespass had not come without a price. Living un-lives, material comforts and luxuries became superfluous, connection to the outside world undesirable, and power their only sustenance. But they had paid gladly, considering this “humanity” a small price for the power they now wielded; power that would sustain them far beyond the lives of mere humans and perhaps, in time,… — J. Valor Copy Share
“Events had been set in motion whose echo would be heard a thousand and more generations from now.” — J. Valor Copy Share Image
“He can feel them, reaching out for the child, groping their way to its purity…” — J. Valor Copy Share Image
“The boy knelt, shoulders bowed, on the sand in the grey of morning, moaning softly, fearfully. Glowing tendrils of energy streamed across the agitated… — J. Valor Copy Share Image
“His mind turned, gradually comprehending, memories flooding his awareness that were not his own: memories from the timelessness before the Being within him had… — J. Valor Copy Share Image
“Time no longer mattered. He knew he would have plenty of it at his disposal. The sight of the star filled him with indescribable… — J. Valor Copy Share Image
“The instatement of the One Religion was surely the Magnates’ most cunning move: a device through which they were able to access and harness… — J. Valor Copy Share Image
