"I am a neighbour king to stretch my branches over him, just as Toghrul sheltered me when I was a weed-stalk next to a strong tree."
- Bryn Hammond
"Temujin watched Borte's ballet, her elegance on the fulcrum of her hips."
"Besides, they cast an eye to the past, they didn't disgrace the ground they trod and they believed in the future again. That's what a victory does for you."
"For a few heady weeks of the year the steppe in a binge throws out a wilderness of flowers that tangle your hooves and confuse your horse."
"And I saw you and I thought, she'd be a cosy fit inside my arm."
"Temujin nodded. He had every intention to do his bit in the battle, like his mother."