Lifemaker (The Great Iron War, #2) QUOTES

2 " Jacob and Whistler fled as if fear itself had manifested outside. They tripped and tumbled, but they didn't care, so long as they fell forwards and away from that horrid creature that tried to feed upon the glass. They ran down the corridor, and they heard shouts and screams from many of the other cabins, and dozens more people raced out from their rooms, leaving wide the doors, from which could be seen many more of the yellow-eyed, many-toothed monsters, trying to get inside. "

― Dean F. Wilson , Lifemaker (The Great Iron War, #2)

4 " As the vessel fell, the pressure rose. The hull creaked as if held inside the crushing fist of a giant, or the chomping maw of a giant fish. The most senior officers were unperturbed by the groaning of the metal, for they knew that the hull was thick and could withstand the terrible pressures of the deep, but the confidence of many others was shaken when bolts burst out of their holdings, striking walls, breaking the glass of gaslights, and even hitting members of the crew with a most violent force. "

― Dean F. Wilson , Lifemaker (The Great Iron War, #2)

6 " Something bashed against the submarine with such a tremendous force that the vessel rocked violently from side to side, throwing people back and forth. Jacob and Whistler weren't ready for the first of these, and they earned bruises as their medals, but the second time the creature shook the ship, they clung to pipes that rattled in their holdings, as if they themselves feared the larger beast that came to feast upon them all. "

― Dean F. Wilson , Lifemaker (The Great Iron War, #2)

8 " He hadn't thought of money when death was near. Perhaps that was because Heaven was too expensive, and Hell was free. "

― Dean F. Wilson , Lifemaker (The Great Iron War, #2)

10 " 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. "

― Dean F. Wilson , Lifemaker (The Great Iron War, #2)

12 " The mania of his comrades helped quell his fear of monsters, and made him fear instead the bashing boots of men. "

― Dean F. Wilson , Lifemaker (The Great Iron War, #2)

14 " And it was to the bottom that the vessel now plunged, into the waters that were blacker than any black on land, into a gloom that was more consuming than the deepest night. Were the crew not focused on their frenzied work to stop the steep descent, they might've glanced out one of the many round windows, and they might've thought that they were looking into the black iris of an evil creature—and they might've been right. "

― Dean F. Wilson , Lifemaker (The Great Iron War, #2)

16 " He liked the darkness, but this was oppressing. It almost flooded his being. He was afraid that even when he returned to the light—or if he returned to the light—he would still feel that darkness in his soul. "

― Dean F. Wilson , Lifemaker (The Great Iron War, #2)

18 " In the black abyss, there were creatures that even demons feared. No one knew what they looked like, not even themselves, for they were blind, and though many were scavengers, seizing and consuming any stray bits of food that'd sunk down from the higher levels, there were predators too, just waiting for larger prey. "

― Dean F. Wilson , Lifemaker (The Great Iron War, #2)

20 " But he who knows not when to obey shall find that he's really obeying his rebellious lower aspects. His animal nature, if you well. So then, is he really a rebel at all "

― Dean F. Wilson , Lifemaker (The Great Iron War, #2)