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.

It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow streets because it is grieved by what it finds there.

I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.

Cery: So, Hem, tell me why I shouldn't see how many holes I need to make before you start leaking money?

What was I thinking? Of all the assistants I could have wound up with, why did I have to choose the one with the scary mother and troublemaking in his bloodlines? I am doomed.

Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves.

Akkarin: I watched the first woman I loved die. I dont think I can survive losing the second. Sonea: I love you too.