A Dagger of the Mind (The Imperial Metals) (37 page)
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Authors: Daniel Antoniazzi
Thank
you once again for joining me on this adventure. The story will continue in, “The Good Years Shall Devour.” Will Vye finish serving soup to the old woman? Will Jareld and Emily agree on how to furnish their vacation home? How many balls can Flopson juggle before he has to make a joke about balls? OK, I haven’t started writing the next book yet, so I can only hope there will be more interesting plotlines.
Until then, if you liked this book, tell your friends.
Write a review. Write a blog. Tweet about it. Stand atop a mountain with a bullhorn and announce that this is the best book you’ve ever read (since the first one.) I mean, only if you really feel that way.
If you didn’t like the book… I don’t know, read a different one. There are lots of books out there.
Maybe try
this one
.
W
hat’s
that? You didn’t realize this was the second book in a series? Sorry about that. Wasn’t trying to trick anyone. Well, it’s your choice. I think you can enjoy this book either way. But if you’re the kind of person who likes to get all the jokes and wants to start from the beginning, may I recommend you
try
Book One
?
sine
qua non - “without which, not”, an expression that means, “An essential element.” Something without which, a certain other thing would not be possible
You
had to dot a lot of “i’s” and cross a lot of “t’s” when formalizing peace between two people with such a violent history. And since the Turin spoke their own language, you also had to underscore a lot of “gertz’s” and circle a lot of “welto’s” when you did the translation.
Well
, the truth is she was sitting on a cushion that was suspended in midair. But, you know, semantics...
If
you didn’t read the previous book, we’re using Wyrm to mean dragon. Not worm. Unless we’re talking about worms. I’ll let you know.
Walk
softly and carry the second-most feared warrior in the Kingdom. I think that’s how the saying goes.
By
landmass. Second largest by population. Third alphabetically. Seventh by number of residents named Jeff.
That’s
the most concise summary of the
first book
I’ve ever written. And if that doesn’t convince you to read it, I don’t know what will.
This
was actually the uncle of the first man Julia Vye knew as Harold Rutherford, and the third cousin of the second man Vye knew as Harold Rutherford. The name, like incompetence, ran in the family.
It
was genderless, but Demons were often referred to as “he.” Probably because they were good at math and could drive a car. Just kidding.
scry
(v) - to use divination to discover hidden knowledge. Other characters have called it Far Sight, but Eric’s vocabulary is superior.
Or
rather, what she imagined it would feel like to lie on a cloud. I suspect when people use this expression, they’re really thinking of lying on a heap of cotton. I’ve never done it, but I’m guessing lying on a cloud would be a damp experience, and there wouldn’t be much support.
Carrying
an Aceley White Bear claw was considered a sign of good luck. Because if you had the claw and you were still alive, you must have been extremely lucky.
Though
what he meant to say was, “Probably not, but we’re out of time and I can’t think of a better solution, so let’s try this ridiculous plan.”
Though
Michael hadn’t seen him on the ship. Had he even sailed with them? Or had he arrived on his own? Michael was never able to completely keep track of the mad jester.
OK
, I’m using the word, “balls” a lot. Kind of hard to avoid when talking about a juggler. My advice: Get over it. If you can’t, see Chapter 14 of “Within the Hollow Crown.”
OK
, that one wasn’t my fault. The character made the joke, not me. You can’t blame me for everything that comes out of their mouths.
Or
possibly Xerxes. They really did look quite similar. The inside joke that one of them trained right-handed and the other left-handed was lost on most people, who assumed they were both just ambidextrous.
Landora
made her entrance a few minutes later from a different door, even though they weren’t fooling anyone.
Since
the destruction of Grimsor, most people had avoided saying his name, referring to him only as “The Monster.” Or sometimes, “The Nightmare.”