"That's why Bas-Tyra is still without a duke. It's too powerful a duchy for Lyam to hand over to just anyone." Chapter 1: page 19

"And from that seat far to the north he was reaching down again to touch the life of the Prince of Krondor, the Lord of the West, the man fated by prophecy to be his undoing, the Bane of Darkness. Should he live." Chapter 2: page 35

"The man in the sewer was Arutha-or at least resembled him enough to fool any but his closest intimates." Chapter 2: page 37

"They are men who are lost to the face of death, to the final rest granted by Lims-Kragma." Chapter 3: page 62

"Instead of being reassured by the source of that call, Thomas felt a strange sense of fate." Chapter 4: page 66

"Calmly she said, 'You must find Macros the Black.'" Chapter 4: page 82

"If you keep your mouth closed, you might...