“"Such a perilous concentration of demons would create chaos all around it."
"War gathers on these borders," said Ista. "A greater concentration of chaos I can hardly imagine."”

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Source: World of the Five Gods series, Paladin of Souls (2003), p. 281

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Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA 1949

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