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I really like the scale of Best Served Cold for a standalone. It benefits from being a bloody minded revenge story rather than one of world ending stakes like the First Law trilogy, well apart from all the background proxy war stuff anyway but the ma
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All that was needed to get ahead in the world was a bit of sense and the ability to kick a bastard faster than the bastard could kick you, and Richard Sharpe reckoned he had those talents right enough.
Good to see we've hit peak Sharpe early on
“Books are letters in bottles, cast into the waves of time, from one person trying to save the world to another.”
― This Is How You Lose the Time War
― This Is How You Lose the Time War
“War’s ninety-nine parts boredom and, now and then, one part arse-opening terror. Craw had a powerful sense one of those was about to drop on him from a height.”
― The Heroes
― The Heroes
“Captain Kirk would have thought of something by now, I’m sure, but I have no red-shirted confederates to feed to it.”
― Walking to Aldebaran
― Walking to Aldebaran
“At the end as at the start, and through all the in-betweens, I love you.”
― This Is How You Lose the Time War
― This Is How You Lose the Time War
“Gytha,” she said, “this is me askin’ you this. Is there any page in this book, is there any single recipe, which does not in some way relate to . . . goings-on?” Nanny Ogg, her face red as her apples, seemed to give this some lengthy consideration. “Porridge,” she said, eventually. “Really?” “Yes. Er. No, I tell a lie, it’s got my special honey mixture in it.” Granny turned a page. “What about this one? Maids of Honor?” “Weeelll, they starts out as Maids of Honor,” said Nanny, fidgeting with her feet, “but they ends up Tarts.” Granny looked at the front cover again. The Joye of Snacks.”
― Maskerade
― Maskerade
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