First line variety
We were discussing first lines in FM Chat, and I typed up a bunch. Just recording them here. Maybe will make commentary on them another time.
"He was a giant." John Marco, _The Eyes of God_
"Tapit wasn't dead." Diana Pharaoh Francis, _Path of Blood_
"Jonmarc Vahanian reined in his horse." Gail Z. Martin _Dark Haven_
"Venice is my favorite city to visit in the world." Nina Harper, _Succubus Takes Manhattan_
"The deck of the French ship was slippery with blood, heaving in the choppy sea; a stroke might as easily bring down the man making it as the intended target." Naomi Novik, _His Majesty's Dragon_
"I dunked my head under the warm spray of the shower and rubbed shampoo into my hair, wondering where my next Hounding job, and paycheck, were coming from." Devon Monk _Magic in the Blood_
"The Gagarin sped out of the east, engines running hot, heavy night air hissing under the thirty-meter wings." Thomas Harlan _Wasteland of Flint_
"He knew the injury would be fatal." Fiona McIntosh _Myrren's Gift_
"Marsh struggled to kill himself." Brandon Sanderson _The Hero of Ages_
"He was a giant." John Marco, _The Eyes of God_
"Tapit wasn't dead." Diana Pharaoh Francis, _Path of Blood_
"Jonmarc Vahanian reined in his horse." Gail Z. Martin _Dark Haven_
"Venice is my favorite city to visit in the world." Nina Harper, _Succubus Takes Manhattan_
"The deck of the French ship was slippery with blood, heaving in the choppy sea; a stroke might as easily bring down the man making it as the intended target." Naomi Novik, _His Majesty's Dragon_
"I dunked my head under the warm spray of the shower and rubbed shampoo into my hair, wondering where my next Hounding job, and paycheck, were coming from." Devon Monk _Magic in the Blood_
"The Gagarin sped out of the east, engines running hot, heavy night air hissing under the thirty-meter wings." Thomas Harlan _Wasteland of Flint_
"He knew the injury would be fatal." Fiona McIntosh _Myrren's Gift_
"Marsh struggled to kill himself." Brandon Sanderson _The Hero of Ages_