How do you like that? The future of the universe may be in the hands of a crazy woman. - Catherine Asaro

That was the trouble with being an empath; he couldn’t convince himself a woman wanted him unless she really did.

Even if I knew ancient warfare, which I don't, they probably have their own strategies here.
"The strategy is the same everywhere," she muttered. "Kill."

I do not understand this 'mountain climbing.' Shannar glared at Brad as if he had invented the activity rather than just given them the terminology. "What sane person would hammer spikes in a wall and swing from them on a rope?"