The Night Lords Omnibus

The Night Lords Omnibus - Aaron Dembski Bowden

See how we brought a storm to a weatherless world. Underbellies of dark-hulled warships form the clouds. The rain is the burning hail of a hundred drop-pods. — 2025-12-03

I do not care. Where is your captain?’

‘Warleader Caleb, Scourge of the–’

Variel raised a hand. ‘I desire a new cloak. If you delay answering me each time to list the many titles your master has earned, I will make that garment out of your skin. That is a warning. Please heed it.’

— 2025-12-03

But looking at him was like growing used to a disgusting smell. You could forget the foulness, just as you can ignore the scent, but when something reminds you of it, you perceive it with renewed strength. — 2025-12-12

The universe has never seen a living being that loathed being alive as much as my father. His life was broken in seeking to prove how humanity could be controlled, and his death was a sacrifice to prove that the species was ultimately wretched.’ — 2025-12-12

There’s no place for nuance or deeper emotion in such shallow, worthless psyches. — 2025-12-12

It is no sin to wish to live a life that matters. — 2025-12-12

I will cast a shadow across this world. I will burn every man, woman and child so the smoke from the funeral pyres eclipses the sun. With the dust that remains, I will take the Echo of Damnation into the sacred skies above Terra, and rain the ashes of twenty million mortals down onto the Emperor’s palace. — 2025-12-12

Life is unkind everywhere. The galaxy has no love for any of us. — 2025-12-24

‘A lie doesn’t become truth simply because you give it voice. — 2025-12-24

‘You didn’t have to come back just to whine at me.’

   ‘I didn’t have to, no,’ Cyrion allowed. ‘But no one should die without being reminded of their mistakes.

— 2025-12-26