Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy #1)

by Jacqueline Carey

“All knowledge is worth having.” I knew it by rote; if Delaunay had a motto, that was surely it.

They embraced and kissed; he held her face in his hands as if it were a precious object, and she swayed like a willow into his kiss. This is how we pray, who are Servants of Naamah.

“Everyone desires trade. And it is a form of power, of freedom; the propagation of culture is the guarantor of immortality.