I'm not tagging anyone.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
6. Tag five other people to do the same.

He glanced at the post commander, and the man looked ill. When I was through, my father shook his head.

I felt alarm.


Shaman's Crossing, Robin Hobb