“I saw myself as a knight-errant...but the damsel in distress stabbed me in the back, my sword shattered on the dragon's hide, and my grail turned out to be the bottom of a whiskey bottle.”

Simon R. Green

Simon R. Green - “I saw myself as a knight-errant...but...” 1

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