Nowhere is it written that there must be conflict between the United States and China.

It's always more interesting to take on someone that's going to have hidden sides or a fatal flaw, because there's going to be more to play with - more conflict, internally or in and around them - but...

They had scarcely established themselves, however, before another company of Jackson county citizens, chiefly from around Independence, organized to drive them off.

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.

The truth is forced upon us very quickly by a foe.

This fucking city is full of nothing but thugs, money grubbing porn-bitches, and hustlers. I'm calling the police." Ex fumed as he struggled to pull his cell from his pocket. If Syn weren't so damn...

Still hate the water, bitch?"Wh - What?

Seldom can one attain victory in warfare without allies. Some allies provide direct assistance, the two forces battling side by side. Other allies provide logistical support, whether weapons and...

My son will not allow any fires tonight," Gaea said from the depths of the warehouse. "He is the void that consumes all magic, the cold that consumes all fire, the silence that consumes all...

Your friend will pay deeply for what he's done here tonight," Chance snarled once he wiped off most of the blood. "You can tell him to run as far and as fast as he can, I'll get him. Just let him know...

Fair warning, baby. I'm in the mood for a fight, and I wouldn't play fair or nice.

If she in fact knows magic she needs to do a spell to adjust that shitty attitude she has all of a sudden," Nona said. "I may not be a witch, but I will knock her right off that broomstick if she...

And what if I need something? Find it yourself. Connor snorted. Where did all the niceties go? You're not a guest. You're family. Find your own fucking towels.

You and your sister will be going with us this day, and that is not up for discussion. Nor will it be an argument. If you have a problem with that, little girl, then I will be more than happy to have...

Do you want to resolve a conflict successfully? Don't wait, start a conversation.

Gentlemen, I like war. Gentlemen, I love war. I like genocide. I like blitzkrieg. I like aggressive war. I like defensive war. I like sieges. I like breaking through. I like withdrawing. I like...

Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name.

Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say.

You weren't able to talk sense into him? Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death. I see. You tried the diplomatic approach.

I twitched a smile, resisting the temptation to kick his teeth down his throat, and folded myself into the deck chair.

"Please," Eddie implored. "Not Lassiter. Anybody but Lassiter - he could be anywhere on the planet, doing anything."

I'm not speaking to hear myself talk, Mr. Cronyn. I told you to be quiet. One more interruption and I will have you silenced.

Fred launched himself at Dawes, pushing out with numbed legs, and Dawes scuttled back. Fred landed on the deck hard. The world grayed out for a second, and he tasted blood. He struggled forward,...

Danny would have thought it comical if it had come from any other source, on any other day, in any other country. But Curtis had come to the table with something they'd never expected, something they...

"Good man, Foaly." He grinned. "Hit that backstabber where it hurts, right in the ambition."

Your ultimatum didn't sit well with me, so naturally, I voiced my opinion. Which was? That you should go copulate with a pig. It sounded way cooler in medieval French.

sometimes the most difficult battles are the ones we are forced not to fight.

War confused civilians every bit as surely as it did the armies who got lost in its fogs.

Odd things happen in a battle, and the human heart has strange and gruesome depths and the human brain still stranger shallows;