Nobody knew what the Company wanted. Various witnesses assigned motives according to their own fears. Few came anywhere near the mark. - Glen Cook

The light overcame the shadow. But as always, the shadow left its taint on the victors.

How to argue with sociopathic reasoning? Lisa was the heart of Lisa’s universe. Other people existed only to be exploited.

Those soldiers hacked and slashed. Their faces were distorted with the horror of their actions but they were out of control, far past the point where they could stop. The flicker of firelight made everything seem more hellish and surreal.
I had seen this before. I had seen my own brothers this way, a few times, back in the north. The blood smell takes control and kills the mind and deadens the soul and there is nothing human left.