Romulan or Vulcan?' the ushers asked each guest. Marion, who had been poised to say 'friends of the bride' had responded to the question with an open-mouthed stare, and Jay Omega answered, 'Klingon!" which got them seats in the back row of the Romulan side.

anger is more productive than fear.

High school and equality are forever incompatible.

Life seems to be a choice between two wrong answers.

Maybe staying single meant that you never had to grow up.

Machines seem to sense that I am afraid of them. It makes them hostile.

SHADOW KNIGHT'S MATE is a compelling story, extremely well-written and alarmingly plausible. Jay Brandon does for politics what Dan Brown did for religion.