Tuesday, December 05, 2017

Book Excerpt for the Day


   Henry Darrow was therefore injured, seriously, with minor fractures in the left leg as well as the depressed fragment of skull bone.  Had Henry been fully conscious during surgery, he would have assured the surgeons that, despite the severity of the wound, he would live.  They would have been dubious.  Henry Darrow knew when he was going to die – from myocardial infarction, some fifteen years, four months, and nine days in the future.


    (from To Ride Pegasus by Anne McCaffrey)

    5*/10.    The complete review is here.
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