"In a haze of simmering rage that rose at the thought of the people murdered by the mriswith, he whispered to himself, 'I vow to give this dream walker nightmares."
Chap. 3, p. 35

"Tobias Brogan loved his sister-loved her enough to slit her throat himself, if need be, to free her from the Keeper's tendrils, from the torment of his taint, if it ever slipped the bounds of control."
Chap. 4, p. 38

"Richard hadn't anticipated their choice when he had declared the Mord-Sith free from the shackles of the discipline; having their freedom, they chose to be his guardians, and were fiercely protective of him."
Chap. 8, p. 80

"He knew what Mord-Sith were; he knew some of the things the D'Harans had done; he knew some of the things the representatives of some of the lands here had done; yet he was foolish enough to believe they could do right if...