Book Excerpt for the Day

    (H)e was her Chosen.  She would protect him with her life, and if her death would ensure the mission was a success she would gladly make the sacrifice.  Yes, she needed to ignore his appearance, his air of disaffected incompetence.  He was her Chosen, she was his Selected, and together they would succeed!

    The flush sounded for the fifth time, and the door to the bathroom edged open a crack, Bill’s foot pushing through the narrow opening.

    “Err, hello?” came the muffled call of the Britak Tain.  “Could someone help me, I’ve got my arm wedged down the side of the toilet.”

    (from The Truth About Sharks and Pigeons, by Matt Phillips)

    6½*/10.  The full review is here.

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