" It is not easy to keep the flame of hope burning in the cold, empty heart of Sollen. The Season of Snows is not the time to make bright plans for the future. One slow foot in front of the other—that was all the future I knew. Just one more step, and then one more . . . I cared about nothing else. "

― Stephen R. Lawhead , The Song of Albion Collection (The Song of Albion, #1-3)