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Robert’s 2024 Year in Books
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Robert Reid
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Q – What part of all your books have you found hardest to write?
A – The last four or five chapters of The Empress. I must have rewritten these chapters two dozen times over a period of about six months. Initially I sought to solve the question of the rights of thrones through some great final battle – like Lord of the Rings. I tried this several times. (I think I am fairly good at creating battle narrative.) However I was never happy with the result. The world
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“So I can help you, but what do you offer in return?” he said. “The chance to rule all of mankind.”
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The Emperor, The Son and The Thief is available. Same lands 200 years later. The story of the red fire continues. The Empress #4 further explores the
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I have just noticed the genre listed for my book The Empress. The genre listing is wrong. It should be the same as book 1 the Emperor. I can't see how
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“At seventeen the young woman had worked out how to improve her future prospects; she would seduce the Prince.”
― The Emperor
― The Emperor
“In Esimore, Sulux was returning from tending to the herd as it grazed the summer pastures. The lone traveller was dressed in light blue clothing that shimmered white in the evening sun. The old prophesies had finally been fulfilled.”
― White Light Red Fire
― White Light Red Fire
“Some twenty-five miles to the north, the army of Bala was making progress as fast as it could towards the Coe Mountains. When the thunderous noise of the destruction in the Pass of Ing reached them, they turned to see the pass erupting like an angry volcano. The flames, even at this distance, were terrifying and shock was etched on every face as each man considered the defiant bravery of the day before, a bravery that could have had them consumed by withering fire.
Robert Reid – White Light Red Fire”
― White Light Red Fire
Robert Reid – White Light Red Fire”
― White Light Red Fire
“It is all around us now, in one God-forsaken territory after another. Blood sacrifice in the name of a better future. Only the dead like Tollund Man have seen the end of it. All we seem to have learned so far is that such killing never ends, never will.”
― Wisdom of the Ancients: Life lessons from our distant past
― Wisdom of the Ancients: Life lessons from our distant past
“Is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied and irresponsible gods who don't know what they want?”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“In order to understand how thousands of isolated cultures coalesced over time to form the global village of today, we must take into account the role of gold and silver, but we cannot disregard the equally crucial role of steel”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“His gaze lingered on the ruins of the keep. Twenty-two years ago , he had made a promise in the shadow of those walls - a promise to uphold his family's claim to the throne.
In the end, he had done so much more than that. In the end, he had upheld his nation's claim to their kingdom.”
― Kingdom
In the end, he had done so much more than that. In the end, he had upheld his nation's claim to their kingdom.”
― Kingdom
“In so far as a story of the world can have a beginning, let it begin with Enheduanna , the first named poet.”
― The Story of the World in 100 Moments
― The Story of the World in 100 Moments
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