I have always argued, in a good novel, interesting things happen to interesting people.
By things so achingly small are lives measured and marred.
most hated by the dark, for their name is light.
What mortal knew the way their fate line would run?
It can be hard to write a skillfully entertaining fiction, but a great book wants to be more, and wants more from us.
Men made wagers with their judgment, their allegiances, their resources.