The Variant Saga Boxed Set (The Variant Saga, #1-4)

by J.N. Chaney

But Nature operates on change, on adaptability. If we cannot adapt, we cannot progress. And if we cannot progress, we will die. If we can accept this fundamental truth, we can move forward.

Real power isn’t dealt in bullets, darlings, but in words. Words that stir a man to stand when all the rest have fled…to fight unwinnable wars, all for the sake of a thought. Every leader who made a difference didn’t do it with a sword or a gun, but with a voice that might have moved a mountain.

But human beings aren’t logical creatures, are they? On the contrary, we require emotional stimulation. We require inspiration. A sense of comfort.

You need more than a title and a pretty face for that. But you can’t do it with fear or violence, because in the end you’ll only lose. You have to do it with love. Show them you’re a saint. Make them believe you care, and then prove you actually do. That’s how you win the long hand.

Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception. –Carl Sagan

Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. –Joseph Conrad Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. –Robert A. Heinlein