fury excerpts
Random House has this feature where you can preview Fury... and, also, where you can search for words and it will show you where they show up in the book. I've got a few things strung together. ♥
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He tried to make his voice calm, mature. “I did my homework, you know.” Luke blinked several times in succession. He did not look confused, but Ben knew, and he took a little uncharitable delight in the fact, that his words had baffled his father. Luke turned toward him. “What homework?”
“The assignment you and mom gave me just before I went off to Almania.”
Luke shook his head. “I’m glad you did it. But I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
“It was about my grandfather. Anakin Skywalker. How he got to be Darth Vader. The Emperor did horrible things to him. Made him suspicious of his friends so they wouldn’t be friends anymore. Made him kill younglings so no one would ever trust him again. Made him alone . Made it so nobody else in the universe understood him… except the Emperor. I bet, just before he became Darth Vader, he probably hated the Emperor. But the Emperor had worked it out so that he was the only one Anakin Skywalker had.” Luke considered, then nodded.
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He tried to make his voice calm, mature. “I did my homework, you know.” Luke blinked several times in succession. He did not look confused, but Ben knew, and he took a little uncharitable delight in the fact, that his words had baffled his father. Luke turned toward him. “What homework?”
“The assignment you and mom gave me just before I went off to Almania.”
Luke shook his head. “I’m glad you did it. But I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
“It was about my grandfather. Anakin Skywalker. How he got to be Darth Vader. The Emperor did horrible things to him. Made him suspicious of his friends so they wouldn’t be friends anymore. Made him kill younglings so no one would ever trust him again. Made him alone . Made it so nobody else in the universe understood him… except the Emperor. I bet, just before he became Darth Vader, he probably hated the Emperor. But the Emperor had worked it out so that he was the only one Anakin Skywalker had.” Luke considered, then nodded.