" Thom enjoyed manipulating his dreams as much as he did reality. And what he realised by morning was that he had let himself be powerless too long; something he had sworn never to let happen. Something that had never happened until the Hangman returned. The feeling of helplessness shamed him, and he resolved to remember who he was. His wrath had always been more powerful than his fear. "

― Rebecca Crunden , A Promise of Return (The Outlands Pentalogy #3)