" It had been Shole and Mearn who had come to the Leéb Place and abducted Thaïle and stolen— Her baby! She screamed to see the full extent of the College’s treachery. Not only her goodman! Her baby, too! With a howl of pain and fury, she gathered her powers for vengeance. "

― Dave Duncan , The Stricken Field (A Handful of Men, #3)