My favourite thing about living in the Netherlands temporarily is just how easy it is to hop on a cheap flight to some of my favourite places in Europe.
Highlights this time around were:
- A visit with some of the team at Quercus to discuss the launch of Saint’s Blood.
- An excellent lunch to discuss Spellslinger with the fine folks at Bonnier.
- Seeing the terrific play, Nell Gwynn in Leicester Square.
- A quick stop at the British Museum for a wonderful tour of the new room featuring collections from the Enlightenment.
Les vieux maîtres de sort aiment raconter que la magie a un goût. Les sorts de braise ressemblent à une épice qui vous brûle le bout de la langue. La magie du souf e est subtile, presque rafraîchissante, un peu comme si vous teniez une feuille de menthe entre vos lèvres. Le sable, la soie, le sang, le fer… cha- cune de ces magies a son parfum. Un véritable adepte, autre- ment dit un mage capable de jeter un sort même à l’extérieur d’une oasis, les connaît tous.
'I totally saw this coming,’ Reichis growled, leaping onto my shoulder as lightning scorched the sand barely ten feet from us. The squirrel cat’s claws pierced my sweat-soaked shirt and dug into my skin.
The way of the Argosi is the way of water. Water never seeks to block another’s path, nor does it permit impediments to its own. It moves freely, slipping past those who would capture it, taking nothing that belongs to others. To forget this is to stray from the path, for despite the rumours one sometimes hears, an Argosi never, ever steals.