Each killing steals a bit of humanity until a murderer is nothing more than an animal. A hunger replaces the spirit. A want for what was lost, but as with innocence, the soul can never be replaced. Joy, love, and peace flee such a vessel and in their stead blooms a desire for blood and death.
Michael J. SullivanAnd now she has you seizing control of my army.โ โYour army? I thought this was Gauntโs.โ โSo did he.
Michael J. SullivanYou think heโs still alive?โ Royce asked, nodding his head toward Alric. โSure,โ Hadrian replied without bothering to look. โHeโs probably sleeping. Why do you ask?โ โI was just pondering something. Do you think a person could smother in a wet potato bag?โ Hadrian lifted his head and looked over at the motionless prince. โI really hadnโt thought about it until now.
Michael J. SullivanWill nodded toward Hadrian. โLook at the swords heโs carrying. A man wearing oneโmaybe he knows how to use it, maybe not. A man carries twoโhe probably donโt know nothing about swords, but he wants you to think he does. But a man carrying three swordsโthatโs a lot of weight. No oneโs gonna haul that much steel around unless he makes a living using them.
Michael J. SullivanWhatโs going on?โ Royce asked as throngs of people suddenly moved toward him from the field and the castle interior. โI mentioned that you saw the thing and now they want to know what it looks like,โ Hadrian explained. โWhat did you think? They were coming to lynch you?โ He shrugged. โWhat can I say? Iโm a glass-half-empty kinda guy.โ โHalf empty?โ Hadrian chuckled. โWas there ever any drink in that glass?
Michael J. SullivanAnthony Ryan is a new fantasy author destined to make his mark on the genre. His debut novel, Blood Song, certainly has it all: great coming of age tale, compelling character, and a fast-paced plot. If his first book is any indication of things to come, then all fantasy readers should rejoice as a new master storyteller has hit the scene.
Michael J. Sullivan