Nodding, Cery strode to the door and stepped through. Though the burly guards eyes him suspiciously, Cery smiled back. Never make enemies of someone's lackeys, his father had taught him. Better still, make them like you a lot.

I always love writing the third book in a series because you get to tie up all the threads that you put out in the first two books. You finally let people know what really happens and reveal all the secrets and bring certain characters together.

Nodding, Cery strode to the door and stepped through. Though the burly guards eyes him suspiciously, Cery smiled back. Never make enemies of someone's lackeys, his father had taught him. Better still, make them like you a lot.

Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.

Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope.

I wound up studying art and design, got a job at Lonely Planet Publications as a designer, cartographer and illustrator.

Unquestioning obedience is for slaves, the uneducated and the pathetic.