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313 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 15, 1989
“Many men admire Raven. He fears nothing concrete. He takes no crap from anyone. People who mess with him get hurt, and the hell with the consequences. But those are the only dimensions he has. They are the only dimensions he permits himself.
Raven wasn’t going to talk to Darling unless she made the first move. Silent wouldn’t have nothing to do with Raven on account of he thought Raven was going to try to steal his girl. A girl he never really had. Darling wasn’t talking to Raven because she figured he owed her about twenty giant apologies and he had to pay off before she gave him the time of day. And she was pissed at Silent because he was being presumptuous, and maybe at herself some, too, for maybe having given him grounds for his presumptions. Just between you and me and the pillow book, I don’t think she’s no blushing virgin.
چیزی را از مردی خردمند شنیده بود. درباره ی سه مرحله ی امپراطوری، سه نسل: ابتدا فاتحانی می آیند که در جنگ ها بی رقیبند؛ سپس مجریان می آیند، کسانی که همه چیز را به عمارتی به ظاهر تزلزل ناپذیر و فناناپذیر متصل می سازند؛ سپس مسرفان می آیند، کسانی که هیچ مسئولیتی نمی پذیرند و سرمایه ی میراثشان را با هوا و هوس هدر می دهند و به دستان فاتحانی دیگر می سپارند