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"What do you want to do about it?" Pine Hollow managed a wan smile. "It's not like you to drop something like this on me across the breakfast table unless you've already got a plan in mind, My Prince."
WHEN THE TIDE RISES – snippet 44:
The door to the post hinged inward; it was halfway open. No one was on guard in the corridor, but a soldier in the outer section was seated so that he could watch through the gap.
BY SCHISM RENT ASUNDER – snippet 45:
"There are two separate things to consider here, Trahvys," Nahrmahn said, in response to his question. "Well, three, actually."
WHEN THE TIDE RISES – snippet 43:
CHAPTER 17: Fort Douaumont, Conyers
The trolley roared on the short apron of concrete. When the six-inch steel wheels got onto the unsurfaced soil, the noise wasn't as bad but the box rocked as first one side, then the other, slipped into low spots.
WHEN THE TIDE RISES – snippet 42:
It seemed to Adele that the roar and vibration of landing were concentrated in the aft companionway. The tube around the helical stairs wasn't armored the way it would've been on a warship, but it was nonetheless heavy-gauge steel. The cylinder, the treads, and the square-section stringers rang at different frequencies. Occasionally they struck a harmonic which made her teeth hum.
BY SCHISM RENT ASUNDER – snippet 44:
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Royal Palace,
City of Eraystor,
Princedom of Emerald
Prince Nahrmahn looked up from the latest dispatch and grimaced.
"Well," he said mildly, "that's irritating."
BY SCHISM RENT ASUNDER – snippet 43:
In point of fact, the sentries on the pier had been doing their fellows an injustice. There were no dice games tonight, because their previous evening's entertainment had been interrupted by an unanticipated visit from the company commander, who had been less than amused. After a few pithy observations on their state of discipline, their readiness, and probable ancestry, Major Tyllytsyn had informed them of the unpleasant fate in store for anyone else he found diverting himself during duty hours. Despite his subsequent broken leg (which one or two unworthy souls had suggested might represent divine retribution), they had no doubt he'd passed his observations on to Major Harmyn. Who, unfortunately, had a reputation for being even less understanding than Major Tyllytsyn. Under the circumstances, it had seemed wise to exercise a little discretion for the next five-day or so.
WHEN THE TIDE RISES – snippet 41:
The violence of the descent increased as the Skye Defender carved deeper into Conyers' atmosphere. The navigation laser was focused on the misnamed Grand Harbor, the fenced lagoon to the west, but Daniel had keyed in an offset so that the transport was really landing in the interior of Fort Douaumont. He doubted that the garrison would've noticed the laser beam–it was below the optical range–but he preferred not to take unnecessary risks. The necessary ones were bad enough.
WHEN THE RIDE RISES – snippet 40:
CHAPTER 16: Above Conyers
"I can't get it to work," said the senior inspector. He withdrew the chip from his translator, rotated it end for end–which shouldn't make any difference–and inserted it again. His junior colleague watched with his mouth slightly open, an expression which Adele thought made him look like an imbecile.
BY SCHISM RENT ASUNDER – snippet 42:
Captain Yairley watched and waited impatiently as HMS Torrent's second cutter blended out of the night. He was glad to see it — Lieutenant Symyn, Torrent's first lieutenant, was officially his second-in-command — but at least one launch and the thirty-five men in it had obviously gone astray.
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