He came to a decision and looked at Dagon before climbing into the car. "Find the Disir." Dagon stiffened, showing a rare sign of emotion. "Is that wise?" he asked. "It is neccessary.

I'm not a magician. I'am an alchemyst, a man of science, though perhaps not the science you would be familiar with.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

Fools lie, clever men stick to the truth.

When I said that I was king of forwards, you've got to understand that I don't come up with this stuff. I just forward it along. You wouldn't arrest a guy who was just passing drugs from one guy to another.

I'm always reading. Here's where an ebook reader really comes into its own. When I travel, it allows me to carry a huge chunk of my library with me. Usually, when I am writing one project, I am researching the next or beginning to pull together the material for the book after that.

You're saying we lost the powers of magic because we grew lazy.