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41 " The Coilhunter wasn’t much of a talker. He liked to keep things short and sweet, just like the lives of criminals. Well, the short bit anyway. "
― Dean F. Wilson , Coilhunter (The Coilhunter Chronicles, #1)
42 " If you didn’t have your guns, you still had your mouth. Of course, you had to be careful how you fired that off. "
43 " He wondered if they knew fear, and thought that maybe if they didn’t, he could teach them it, like he’d taught manners to the foul-tongued and the red-handed. "
― Dean F. Wilson , Rustkiller (The Coilhunter Chronicles, #2)
44 " If the Wild North were a living place, as the local tribes often claimed, then these were the embodiment of its dark subconscious. The spirits of men could haunt you, so why would the spirits of machines be any different? "
45 " Some criminals said fighting Nox was like fighting ghosts. He seemed to come from everywhere. Most criminals who fought Nox never said anything at all. "
46 " All the while, that seemingly sympathetic sun was growing a little fiercer, smiling a little broader. Sometimes the land didn't have to get you. You got yourself. "
47 " That was the thing about bad dreams in the Wild North. You still had them when you woke up. "
48 " The candles were adored and worshipped like idols, for, after all, they invoked the gods of light. "
― Dean F. Wilson , Lifemaker (The Great Iron War, #2)
49 " As much as he was thankful for the rescue, his pride kind of wished he wasn't. It'd taken twice the beating the Regime guards'd given him, and pride never took a beating well. "
― Dean F. Wilson , Hopebreaker (The Great Iron War, #1)
50 " In a sea of a thousand mines, the crew of the Lifemaker had to be lucky a thousand times, but in that same sea, the Regime only had to be lucky once. "
51 " They stopped to catch their breath, and found that there were many breaths to catch. "
52 " He fell, toppling forward into the sand. He hadn't even fully realised he'd lost his balance until the ground told him. And the ground didn't whisper. "
― Dean F. Wilson , Dustrunner (The Coilhunter Chronicles, #3)
53 " His father used to tell him that you can't eat principles. And no, you couldn't. But you could live by them. "
54 " Some men claimed that saying things made them true. Well, many men who said they were rich still died poor. Nox said he was cool, but that sun showed him he was a liar. "
55 " There weren’t many amulet smugglers around these parts. They mostly served Regime territory down south, where the so-called “demons” reigned. If you didn’t want a monster for a child, you’d pay a pretty penny for one of those necklaces. And if you were caught smuggling them, well, you’d pay with your pretty head. "
56 " They were shooting far, and their accuracy suffered, but Nox didn't exactly have a lot of places to dance through the bullets. They came in number, like rain. You couldn't afford to get wet. "
57 " The men followed, or at least their guns did, and they kept on shooting as if their bullets were sand. In the Wild North, they were just as plentiful. "
58 " They journeyed on for a bit, then set up camp and cooked beans over a small fire. The poor man's meat. Drifter food. Some said beans'd get you across the desert and back. Dead men said a lot of things. "
59 " Ben looked at his compatriots, just a quick glance to and fro, but it was enough for Nox to see that they'd made their bets. They were putting it all on red. "
60 " If you were picky about who you worked with in the Wild North, you'd be quickly left with no one to choose. You could try to pick the best of them, but you'd have to dig them up first. "