This scene from Forged in Fire is from the viewpoint of Helia, mother of the immortal king Pietas. We get rare glimpses of her in this book, because it’s mainly from Pietas’s point of view.… 

Pietas knows what’s good for humans, and it’s not freedom. An excerpt from book one of the Bringer of Chaos series. In this scene, Pietas is trapped, but he refuses to surrender, even when there… 

Welcome to our online book fair, dedicated to exploring science fiction through the lens of its most complex protagonists. In the vast expanse of the genre, characters often serve as windows into the human condition,… 

In this scene, resurrected “ghost” soldier Tornahdo is arriving at the space station Enderium Six in preparation for peace talks. Ghosts have been told they will be peacekeepers and guards for the event. One problem:…