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When True Night Falls (The Coldfire Trilogy)

Series: The Coldfire Trilogy
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 1841495425
Pages: 624 pages
Publisher: DAW Books, Inc.
Reader Rating: 9 out of 10
Votes: 11

When True Night Falls by C. S. Friedman

Description: 'You can't stop it now. The offer's been made. The sacrifice-'

'Is canceled, here and now. Move back from the tram.'

For a moment Ian just stared at him; comprehension dawned at last. 'You thought I was going to kill them,' he whispered hoarsely. Incredulously. 'You thought I would kill my own people-'

'What the hell was I supposed to think?' Case snapped. 'You took them from the camp. You dedicated a sacrifice, then came at them with a knife. You tell me what conclusions to draw from that!'

The botanist opened his hand; the knife fell beside his feet. 'I was going to cut them loose,' he said. 'I brought them so they wouldn't get hurt…Commander.'

Case shook his head sharply. 'You forget that we were here. We heard you. I give you the lifeblood of Terra-'

He stopped. Stared. Through the eyes of a man, into the madness that lay beyond.

And he knew.

He knew.

Oh, my God…