“… In elegant remoteness, she arrives like a work of high art, and you may well desire to edge ever closer, seeking flaws in the maker's hand, but the closer you get, the more she blurs before your eyes.”

—  Steven Erikson, book Forge of Darkness

Forge of Darkness (2013)

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