Memories Were Short And History Unkind. It

It Was A Brutal Picture, A Tug-of-war Between Two Equal But Opposing Impulses. It Had The Ring Of Truth, However.

Desire Urges Me On As Fear Bridles Me" Bruno.

With Knot Of One, The Spell's Begun. With Knot Of Two, The Spell Be True. With Knot Of Three, The Spell Is Free. With Knot Of Four, The Power Is Stored. With Knot Of Five, The Spell With Thrive. With Knot Of Six, This Spell I Fix.

I Wanted To Know How Humans Came Up With A View Of The World That Had So Little Magic In It. I Needed To Understand How They Convinced Themselves That Magic Wasn’t Important.

I'd Studied 16th Century Science And Magic. I Thought It Was Strange That People Were Interested In The Same Kinds Of Things My Research Was About. The More I Thought About It, The More Intriguing It Became And Pretty Soon I Was Writing A Novel About A Reluctant Witch And A 1500-year-old Vampire.