Book Excerpt for the Day

    “When the balance is destroyed, the only thing the Queens can do is to blow everything to flinders and let it settle out into a natural distribution again.”

    “What does that mean to me?” I asked.

    “Depends on who has the edge when everything is settled,” Bob said.  “A war could start the next ice age, or set off an era of rampant growth.”

    “That last one doesn’t sound so bad.”

    “No.  Not if you’re an Ebola virus.  You’ll have lots of friends.”

    (from Summer Knight by Jim Butcher)

    8½*/10.  The complete review is here.

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