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I just finished RazorWire: After Civilization - A Dystopian Science Fiction Thriller.

“Jess the ‘tree of us up here, den ‘tree more down nar’ the valley floor,” responded the man. There were six altogether if he was telling the truth, and Rock had already killed five.

I just finished Incursion: Merkiaari Wars Book 5.

I just finished Flash.

The expression on her face told him that a change of topic would be a good strategic move, so he rolled up into a sitting position and said, “What was it you asked me?”

FARKAS STUDIED the whitewashed four-story residence with an assassin’s eye. Deep shadowed balconies with walled sides faced the wide avenue from every apartment, and the northern exposure meant the sun was always to its back. The building was perfect.

I’m always ready for a visit from Mr. Sandman, but the bastard never shows up. When I first had developed this problem, my parents took me to a psychiatrist, Dr. Anton. Nice guy, Dr. Anton, burly and kind, with a little goatee, always suited up with a tweed jacket and gray pants.

I just finished The Dark Side.

Only a lunatic—or a renegade, or a pariah, or a misanthrope, or a risk junkie, or a mass murderer—would live permanently on the Moon.

I just finished The Cicada Prophecy.

I just finished The Cicada Prophecy.

“Children of God—” he began, sweeping his outstretched arms over the assembly, “you have all sinned.” Pausing for several seconds to allow his words to sink in, he shifted his penetrating gaze from one surprised congregant to another.

I just finished Children of Time: Winner of the 2016 Arthur C. Clarke Award.

She says the Messenger is always to be found when new Understandings are laid down. She says it dwells with us in the egg, and grows with us, our invisible guardian, each one of us, she says, she says.

If they had their way, we’d all end up back in the caves. Back in the trees. The whole point of civilization is that we exceed the limits of nature, you tedious little primitives.

“YOU’RE NOT HERE to talk about your career?” Wiley asked again, trying to maintain a neutral voice. “No.” “Then why the devil are you here, Stuart?”

I just finished All the Birds in the Sky.