“Such a perilous concentration of demons would create chaos all around it.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold, book Paladin of Souls

"War gathers on these borders," said Ista. "A greater concentration of chaos I can hardly imagine."

p. 281
Paladin of Souls (2003)

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