Sometimes, on our way through the world, we meet someone who touches our heart in a way others don't.
An Engineer is no match for a Historian with his dander up!
I was fascinated by The Lord of the Rings from about the age of eight and that lasted well into my teens.
The one thing worse than an enemy is a friend turned false.
But we're alive, and together, and we're going to be all right.
I used to be very fascinated by Victorian stuff, and my best known books, the Mortal Engines series, have a sort of retro, Victorian vibe, despite being set in the far future.