What would the world be without him, and those like him?.

Ask yourselves if the gods are angry, you who have seen Harmony come among us, walk among us, touch us, look kindly upon us. We are the Sacred Band o….

Strife brings all things into being on her battlefield. This I know. I have been there many times," says Vashanka, lord of sack and pillage. "I have ….

Honorable battle sustains a Sacred Band..

If the gods sent you to fight here, then the gods are fools..

When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting with Homer and up throu….

And as for death - we get what we expect..

It's in the god's hands..

These warriors of the Sacred Band were inscrutable; they loved their war and death and picking through the bones of time to sort out right from wrong….

The Riddler says you make the world better one battle at a time..

These Stepsons tread where mortals don't belong, some of us think. They seek out battle high above their station. Who knows what powers may yet take ….

Nature has a surer plan than mortals can devise..

The meaning of life, Nikodemos, is to live life with meaning. The purpose of life is merely to live it, perhaps to give it..

Here and now was always where Tempus was, not off somewhere in the realm of Greater Good or Mortal Soul or Eternal Consequence. He'd lost the ability….

The Fates are here because of supernal anger, celestial imbalance, and arrogance of men and gods that must be curbed..

Die never for a god, Nikodemos who should know better - not your soldiers' god, nor any other..

The gods want to bring a better day, and you are their messengers. Trust not in all you see. Trust only in your hearts. And in us, who love you both..

To the death with honor, shoulder to shoulder, and no one gets closer to a Stepson than his partner..

Always take responsibility for your past. It is your only collateral in life. Unless you despise yourself now, you cannot despise yourself then. Ever….

"Godling? Demigod?" Lysis nearly howled. "You'd be beaten black and blue in Thebes, and staked out overnight for claims like that. In Sparta, the sec….

Niko's angular face caught a flicker of firelight and Tempus saw his future there: sharp purpose, discipline, and power in perfect balance; love of m….