Update from Irkalla

...otherwise known as the Land of Revisions. Just thought I'd pop onto the blog to share my favorite line from recent revisions to The Fallen Queen (formerly The House of Arkhangel'sk). Belphagor is half-conscious and being carried on Vasily's back when Vasily has an argument with Belphagor's friend Dmitri. Dmitri:

"And if you want to know the Heavens’ honest truth, Lev and I never really got what he saw in you. You’re sullen and ill-tempered and totally self-absorbed.”

Vasily stared at him, speechless, too stunned to be angry.

“And hot,” Belphagor murmured against his shoulder. “Totally hot.”

Vasily stared at him, speechless, too stunned to be angry. “And hot,” Belphagor murmured against his shoulder. “Totally hot.”