It's a pretty big shock to realise that the only people you can identify with are psychopathic killers.

When our ancestors were attacked at Pearl Harbor, they called it a day that would live in infamy. The day the Partials attacked us with the RM Virus will not live in anything, because there will be none of us left to remember it." -President David R. Cregan, March 21, 2065, in a press conference at the White House. Three hours later he hanged himself.

This book is dedicated to the rule breakers, the troublemakers, and the revolutionaries. Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite.

I'm going to cure RM." Marcus laughed. "I wondered when someone would finally get around to that. It's been on my to-do list for ages, but you know how things are: Life gets so busy, and saving the human race is such an inconvenience.

Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite.

If you can't know the truth, said Isolde, live the most awesome lie you can think off.

The last to fall were the buildings, distant and solemn, the gravestones for an entire world.