He seemed to be at that most dangerous of ages, where strength, skill,…

Jim Butcher
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He seemed to be at that most dangerous of ages, where strength, skill, and confidence met naïveté and idealism; when young men skilled at the crafts of violence could be manipulated into employing those skills with brutal efficiency--and without questions. ✨ Jim Butcher (2006). Academ's Fury, p.58, Penguin
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