Richard Turner > Quotes

“In the blink of an eye, the ship dropped out of faster than light travel and came to an almost dead stop five hundred meters from the California.”
― Richard Turner, First Strike

“The sound of sporadic gunfire echoing through the narrow streets of Dublin”
― Richard Turner, Goliath

“Cagayan River.”
― Richard Turner, Goliath

“After a half hour of sitting and staring at Mister Lewis sitting on his box, Patrick heard the sound of an engine”
― Richard Turner, Goliath

“It was Lewis. He stopped where he was and looked around, searching for his quarry.”
― Richard Turner, Goliath

“Lieutenant Commander Moore’s commanding officer once described convoy escort duty as nothing more than herding cattle. Freighters of all shapes and sizes filled with fuel, food, and spare parts, the lifeblood of the outer colonies, followed close behind the warship. Until they became self-sufficient, which Moore knew could take decades if not centuries, the colonists and military detachments on the far-flung borders of the ever-expanding human colonization of space needed constant re-supplying.”
― Richard Turner, First Strike

“The sound of sporadic gunfire echoing through the narrow streets of Dublin sounded to ten-year-old Patrick Murphy like the rolling thunder from a summer storm brewing somewhere in the distance. Patrick peered around”
― Richard Turner, Goliath

“The security staff boasted that a squirrel could not get onto the grounds without their knowledge. However, they could not explain a family of deer that seemed to come and go as they pleased.”
― Richard Turner, Goliath