Educated and ambitious, with their own forthright opinions, the women of the Garvey set did more to determine political direction than many councillors. Their involvement in public life and political machinations was such that the Shylonian ambassador was able to report, to his monarch, that the women of the Garvey clique were ‘politicians first, homemakers second.

Do not try to be your father boy, it is a hopeless pursuit, particularly when you, like I, have a father of such colossal proportions.

Came they, in their droves, one after the other, hundred after hundred, thousand after thousand, engulfing all before them, each line a merciless wave from a boundless sea of bold men.

On with the murderous dance.

She was beholden to no man, held her tongue for none, she would stand before the gods themselves and inform them of what they could do with their immortal souls.

To discover what becomes of men who do not pay debts owed to Ratilla, one must visit the underworld.

This is so far beyond laughable, it’s almost an English farce.

A continent once described as the white man’s grave, can now be suitably dubbed the white man’s harem.

Above all, he loathed men who beat women; for, real men didn’t exercise their strength on frail creatures, they joined the army and put Shazaria’s enemies in their graves.

Crowns are hourly tumbling.