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504 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2019
"Daylen didn't want to explain that once he managed to climb into the blackened thing he didn't want to have to climb out of it only to get into another one."
"Thankful for the windshield he leaned back, trying to recover his breath."Additionally, many paragraphs are only a single sentence or two (and they weren't ones with dialogue).
"Daylen pulled his coat shut and did up the large buttons running down its front.I did love that women have longsword parasols (can I have one?!), and Shad definitely knows his weapons, so there's that.
Still holding the small sunstone-lined box, Daylen opened it and took out the darkstone with two fingers.
He tossed the box aside."
Daylen placed the fountain pen beside his note, which lay next to the small leather-bound journal containing a brief account of his life. He had been as honest as possible, except for the part where he said the Delavian Dukes had sex with goats.
Daylen laughed to himself in long grating croaks.
Looking down to his crotch, he added, “You all right down there? Yeah, I know, stupid question considering who you have to put up with. Your family is nuts and the neighbor’s an asshole.�
The sun was an anomaly, because it was the only thing not mirrored through the Barrier. Its position was constant with respect to the observer, meaning the sun would look to be in the exact same angle and distance to one person as it would to another who stood on the other end of the continent. It didn’t matter if you tried to place yourself closer; as people had tested over long voyages, it was always the same distance away. The position itself was based on the angle to which the sun sat in the sky, and its approximate distance placed it beyond the upper Barrier of the world. This had led to the theory that the sun wasn’t physically located within the universe, but that its light shone into the universe from the outside through its upper edge.
“…the better a person is, the brighter their inner light. If they’re evil, their light is barely there, but even the most loathsome person still has a measure of light within.�
“A man who believes he is doing good will have a strong inner light, even if he is performing evil things. There have been several murderers who had strong lights within.�