Alex-verus Quote by Benedict Jacka

“I don’t sell spells, and I don’t sell tricks. I don’t carry illusions or marked cards or weighted coins. I can not sell you…

— Benedict Jacka

“I've heard of a guy in Chicago who advertises in the phone book under "Wizard",though that's probably a urban legend.”

— Benedict Jacka

“Those of us who do like visitors have to advertise, and it’s tricky to find a way of doing it that doesn’t make you…

— Benedict Jacka

“It wasn’t a passing shower but a steady drumbeat of water, the kind of rain that settles in, puts its feet up and makes…

— Benedict Jacka

“Congrats, you’ve just had your first assassination attempt.”

— Benedict Jacka

“My would-be assassin was a very good shot.”

— Benedict Jacka

“Starbreeze doesn't rest, doesn't sleep and can hear anything carried on moving air. It'd make her the perfect spy, except that most of what…

— Benedict Jacka

“For years I'd been trying to forget..., locking it up and burying it deep in my memory. The journey... had shattered that, bringing it…

— Benedict Jacka

“Other mages have an odd attitude towards diviners. By the standards of, say, elemental mages. We can't gate, we can't attack, we can't shield,…

— Benedict Jacka

“Russell Square is one of the odder areas of London.”

— Benedict Jacka

“Maybe you’ve already guessed by now, and you’re sitting there wondering how I could take so long to figure it out. If you are,…

— Benedict Jacka

“Somehow, though, neither her clothes nor her features seemed to matter—they were the adornments of a painting or a picture, not the real thing.…

— Benedict Jacka