Dark Desire After Dark

"A lot of people fear change. And traveling. And disarray. Sidewalk crack avoidance is more common than one would suspect."

—Holly Ashwin, Tulane math instructor, PhD candidate with an emphasis on formal and computational cryptography

"The first rule of being a mercenary? Find out what the client wants, then convince him that, a) you can get it for him, and, b) you're the only one who can get it for him. Second rule? Lie. Often. The truth rarely serves you well in this business."

—Cadeon Woede, mercenary, second in line to the throne of the rage demons, a.k.a. Cade the Kingmaker