They were the screams of riders torn apart by the twisted reflections of their own inner selves.

Cities are never random. No matter how chaotic they might seem, everything about them grows out of a need to solve a problem

Your hair looks funny," Lief said, as soon as the Ugloids left. "It stands straight up!" No," said Nick, intensely irritated, "It's hanging straight down." Lief just gave him an upside-down shrug. "Up is down in China and you're part-Chinese.

They say you never know who's the real hero and who's the real coward until you're looking death in the face. I've always been afraid of plenty of things, but fear isn't what makes you a coward. It's how depraved your heart becomes when fear gets pumped through it.

In the backseat Moose and Squirrel inhabited a pair of six-year-old-twins, and wouldn't stop bickering and picking their noses. They were clearly in their element.

Connor smiles with mocking warmth at him, and glances at the tattoo on his wrist. "I like your dolphin.

They were the screams of riders torn apart by the twisted reflections of their own inner selves.