War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.

“The flames sawed in the wind and the embers paled and deepened and paled and de…”

“The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not s…”

“Suttree stood among the screaming leaves and called the lightning down. It crac…”

“He spoke of his campaigns in the deserts of Mexico and he told them of horses k…”