"Wizards had been forbidden in the Spirit Mountains for a thousand years" (Chapter 1, p. 7).

"To remember that Rebecca was alive, not dead, but transformed into someone else - someone unattainable." (Chapter 3, p. 2).

"'Wounds like this fester if they are not opened and drained. If I had spoken up, perhaps Marianna's death could have been avoided" (Chapter 5, p. 46).

"Once, a nearly transparent cobweb of magic stretched across the corridor, and Han barely managed to skid to a stop in time. That particular barrier had not been in his notes" (Chapter 9, p. 68).

"A thousand unspoken words flowed between them" (Chapter 11, p. 96).

"She was in love with Han Alister, and it just might cost her her life" (Chapter 14, p. 120).

"'You were never wrong about Hanalea,' Lucius said. 'And she never betrayed you. I did'" (Chapter 24, p. 199).

"Raisa looked up, and all she saw were implacable, unforgiving clan faces staring back...