“Avan was as religious as the next young dragon with his way to make in the world-which is to say that he held many traditional beliefs which he had never paused to examine, attended church because it would have seemed strange not to, rarely paid much attention when he was there, and found piety out of the pulpit thoroughly misplaced.”
This book is a speculative fiction narrative that intertwines the natural world with elements of fantasy, examining the struggle for existence and the evolution of species through a unique lens. more
“All farms are much alike everywhere, and all wild places have their own beauty.”
“Even when we know things, sometimes it takes words to make them concrete.”
“The only characters I've made to resemble real people have been grotesques.”