"…but in my estimation it was the quiet ones you really had to worry about" – (pg.9)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"…Shade’s dead eye was like that—it drew you into the cold" – (pg.11)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"They spoke to me infrequently after my first kill, but now it’s constant—they talk to me night and day, many voices as one" – (pg.13)
HAIKU
Consuming Despair Leave only bitter chaos Ditch hope of escape
20 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"…there’s gotta be a reason why all the good guys are standing out here in the cold and all the bad guys are in the vans with the heaters running" – (pg.18)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"…shook my hand, but his heart wasn’t in it" – (pg.17)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"…few more gusts buffeted against us" – (pg.17)
HAIKU
When one walks dreaded Journeys does he confront the agonized despair
30 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"I kept thinking that if I looked at the images long enough, perhaps what they mirrored wouldn’t be real" – (pg.30)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"…pressure of the air moving toward the fire, creating a vortex that pulled the sleeting snow along the ground and back up into the flames before disappearing into the conflagration" – (pg.31)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"With the surging noise of the fire and the continuing wind, I bent lower to hear his voice" – (pg.31)
HAIKU
Rejecting my life Colours me in pure madness Can't recognize me
40 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"It’s when you almost lose your life that you really start appreciating it" – (pg.55)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"A gust of snow blew from the collapsed roof, striking my face like sand and, ducking slightly away, I closed my eyes" - (pg.48)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"Then the other voice in my head got me to thinking that they wouldn’t make it very far" – (pg.47)
HAIKU
The verge of losing My cherished life dictates that its expendable
50 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"“Where you’re goin’ and what you’re tryin’ to do—don’t trust nobody. I mean even the people you think you know? Don’t trust ’em" – (pg.66)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"…the voices were of the mountains themselves, whispering in our ears just how inconsequential and transient we really are" – (pg.65)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"There was the noise of the wind, like something colossal moving past me, something important—so imperative in fact that it could not pause for me" – (pg.65)
HAIKU
Failing to freely Trust important people puts seals on my secrets
60 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"Two convicts, two hostages. I studied the board, the ambiguity of the pieces reminding me of my life" – (pg.78)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"It was clear and colder than before, and the moonlight made it feel as if, even in the wallow, we were walking across a spotlit stage" – (pg.79)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"…but the snow was so dry and cold it crunched even under the snowshoes; hopefully, they couldn’t hear it" – (pg.81)
70 Percent
HAIKU
Being the now lone Warrior capable of res- Cueing you I will
POWERFUL QUOTE
"I stood in a spot where flammable material, oxygen, and a temperature above the point of ignition would spontaneously combust and essentially detonate" – (pg.102)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"…the mist had turned from white to gray to black, which only reinforced the two-color landscape"… - (pg.102)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"The tower of flames reached out from the top of the forest with a sound like a freight train…" - (pg.102)
HAIKU
Everything around Will perish in an instant Anticipating
80 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"Life is like that … You collect things as you go—the things you think are important—and soon they weigh you down until you realize that these things you cared so much about mean nothing at all" – (pg.110)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"…the spell was broken and everything about him came to life again" – (pg.109)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"The static was so strong now that I could barely hear him" – (pg.108)
HAIKU
Everything in my Life that I cherished is in Reality gone
90 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"I have a matching set of scars now" – (pg.120)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"We had been closer to the overhang than I thought, and it seemed to move toward me like some devilishly open mouth yawning from the snow, the frozen stalactites looking like teeth" – (pg.122)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"He started to say something, realized it wasn’t something he wanted to say and certainly something he didn’t want me to hear, and then settled on something else" – (pg.122)
HAIKU
Disarmed of allies Having to foil the plot of The cruel wicked
100 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"I could feel the two parts of myself, the one unemotional and objective, the other, manic" – (pg.132)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"His words had a ring of truth that stung like hopeful loneliness verging on desperation" – (pg.134)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"…and it was almost as if it had a voice as it inexorably continued to immobilize me. Humming, that’s what it was like—humming" – (pg.132)
HAIKU
Upholding the bonds and maintaining stamina To face tomorrow
POWERFUL QUOTE
"…but in my estimation it was the quiet ones you really had to worry about" – (pg.9)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"…Shade’s dead eye was like that—it drew you into the cold" – (pg.11)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"They spoke to me infrequently after my first kill, but now it’s constant—they talk to me night and day, many voices as one" – (pg.13)
HAIKU
Consuming Despair
Leave only bitter chaos
Ditch hope of escape
20 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"…there’s gotta be a reason why all the good guys are standing out here in the cold and all the bad guys are in the vans with the heaters running" – (pg.18)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"…shook my hand, but his heart wasn’t in it" – (pg.17)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"…few more gusts buffeted against us" – (pg.17)
HAIKU
When one walks dreaded
Journeys does he confront the
agonized despair
30 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"I kept thinking that if I looked at the images long enough, perhaps what they mirrored wouldn’t be real" – (pg.30)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"…pressure of the air moving toward the fire, creating a vortex that pulled the sleeting snow along the ground and back up into the flames before disappearing into the conflagration" – (pg.31)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"With the surging noise of the fire and the continuing wind, I bent lower to hear his voice" – (pg.31)
HAIKU
Rejecting my life
Colours me in pure madness
Can't recognize me
40 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"It’s when you almost lose your life that you really start appreciating it" – (pg.55)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"A gust of snow blew from the collapsed roof, striking my face like sand and, ducking slightly away, I closed my eyes" - (pg.48)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"Then the other voice in my head got me to thinking that they wouldn’t make it very far" – (pg.47)
HAIKU
The verge of losing
My cherished life dictates that
its expendable
50 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"“Where you’re goin’ and what you’re tryin’ to do—don’t trust nobody. I mean even the people you think you know? Don’t trust ’em" – (pg.66)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"…the voices were of the mountains themselves, whispering in our ears just how inconsequential and transient we really are" – (pg.65)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"There was the noise of the wind, like something colossal moving past me, something important—so imperative in fact that it could not pause for me" – (pg.65)
HAIKU
Failing to freely
Trust important people puts
seals on my secrets
60 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"Two convicts, two hostages. I studied the board, the ambiguity of the pieces reminding me of my life" – (pg.78)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"It was clear and colder than before, and the moonlight made it feel as if, even in the wallow, we were walking across a spotlit stage" – (pg.79)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"…but the snow was so dry and cold it crunched even under the snowshoes; hopefully, they couldn’t hear it" – (pg.81)
70 Percent
HAIKU
Being the now lone
Warrior capable of res-
Cueing you I will
POWERFUL QUOTE
"I stood in a spot where flammable material, oxygen, and a temperature above the point of ignition would spontaneously combust and essentially detonate" – (pg.102)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"…the mist had turned from white to gray to black, which only reinforced the two-color landscape"… - (pg.102)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"The tower of flames reached out from the top of the forest with a sound like a freight train…" - (pg.102)
HAIKU
Everything around
Will perish in an instant
Anticipating
80 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"Life is like that … You collect things as you go—the things you think are important—and soon they weigh you down until you realize that these things you cared so much about mean nothing at all" – (pg.110)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"…the spell was broken and everything about him came to life again" – (pg.109)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"The static was so strong now that I could barely hear him" – (pg.108)
HAIKU
Everything in my
Life that I cherished is in
Reality gone
90 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"I have a matching set of scars now" – (pg.120)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"We had been closer to the overhang than I thought, and it seemed to move toward me like some devilishly open mouth yawning from the snow, the frozen stalactites looking like teeth" – (pg.122)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"He started to say something, realized it wasn’t something he wanted to say and certainly something he didn’t want me to hear, and then settled on something else" – (pg.122)
HAIKU
Disarmed of allies
Having to foil the plot of
The cruel wicked
100 Percent
POWERFUL QUOTE
"I could feel the two parts of myself, the one unemotional and objective, the other, manic" – (pg.132)
POWERFUL WORD-IMAGE
"His words had a ring of truth that stung like hopeful loneliness verging on desperation" – (pg.134)
POWERFUL SOUND-IMAGE
"…and it was almost as if it had a voice as it inexorably continued to immobilize me. Humming, that’s what it was like—humming" – (pg.132)
HAIKU
Upholding the bonds
and maintaining stamina
To face tomorrow