Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Book Excerpt for the Day


    "That's where he got those scars, you know," Disten said.  "The ones on his arms.  He got them at the Pits, from the rocks on the sheer wall he had to climb to escape."

    Harmon snorted.  "That's not how he got them.  He killed an Inquisitor while escaping - that's where he got the scars."

    "I heard he got them fighting one of the monsters that guard the Pits," Ulef said.  "He reached into its mouth and strangled it from the inside.  The teeth scraped his arms."

    Disten frowned.  "How do you strangle someone from the inside?"

 (from Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson)

    9*/10.  The full review is here.
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