The world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was.

Men made wagers with their judgment, their allegiances, their resources.

Do you know the wish of your heart?" - The Darkest Road

It is always difficult, even with the best will in the world, to look back a long way and see anything resembling the truth.

Unless the perfidious wolves have the temerity to disobey the High King's plans, we should meet Shalhassan's forces by the Latham in mid-wood with the wolves between us. If they aren't,' Diarmuid concluded, 'we blame anyone and everything except the plan.

There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.

Fantasy is, at its best, the purest access to storytelling that we have. It universalizes a tale, it evokes wonder and timeless narrative power, it touches upon inner journeys, it illuminates our collective and individual pasts, throws a focus beam on the present day, and presages the dangers and promises of the future.