Marginalia

“The Merchant Council prefers to say Talor was chosen because it was the largest city, the most cosmopolitan, the natural crossroads of diplomacy. All true. But the deeper truth was simpler: Talor was the city with the most to lose. The Blight was sixty miles east. The refugee camps had tripled the population. The granaries were half-empty. The market square, cracked by the earthquake of the Breaking, had been repaired with mismatched stone that reminded everyone, every day, that the world had broken and the cracks had only been plastered over.”

“In many ways it is much easier reviewing a book you liked”

“I am not at all committed to making content here, just currently looking at the software”