"Given the right temperature, everything burns. Wood. Clothing. People." Chapter 1, Page 1.

"And even when the carbon has burned from it, leaving it as dead and as lifeless as pumice, bone will still retain its shape." Chapter 1 page 1

"Because even after human biology has broken down, when what was once a life id reduced to corruption, decay and old, dry bones, the dead can still bear witness. They can still tell a story, if only you know how to interpret it. That's what I do. Coax the dead to tell their story." Chapter 2, page 8

"'Well, Dr. Hunter? Still think there's nothing suspicious about it?'" Chapter 2, page 21

"'You'll find it hard to keep anything a secret on Runa'" Chapter 5, page 47

"Our lives, and sometimes deaths, are stories written in bone." Chapter 7, page 67

"I stared, too numb and exhausted to move, as a hooded figure slowly emerged from inside. It...