Recent content by Suleiman Askari

"Maraan," said Suleiman in reply to Calixtus. "I suppose you could say it's 'Kaliti', but my great-grandfather is fond of saying 'we Askari have been in Maraan since the beginning.' So Maraani it is." Calixtus looked quite well-established. And as he glanced toward someone else (Aiko, as it...

GRAND LIBRARY BACKROOM ONE Suleiman turned his head and spat out some blood that had pooled in his mouth. He lay on his back with a lip freshly busted. Almost on his back, to be precise, as he wasn't quite flat on the floor but rather bowed slightly over one of the ladders in the Library...

MARAAN He knew once he stepped inside the carriage, there was no going back. So to Suleiman it seemed a time interminable as he stood there, looking. The mansion of Clan Askari lay to his back, the street ran from the breadth of one eye to the other, the busyness of Maraan surrounded him, the...

Oh no. She took that literally. "Relax, Melek, relax," Suleiman said, unable to help a guilty laugh or two. "Gan's a good guy. He wouldn't do that. Not to you, at least." And at this assurance she did become less stiff and fragile-looking. "Dogan does seem nice, from what I have heard of him."...

Suleiman had worked up a little sweat. His friend, Turgut, had given him a hell of a run in that last round. Damn. But what did he expect? Turgut was a powerhouse, and he stood a whole head taller than Suleiman himself. Maybe he ought to have went for a jog instead of a run, so to speak. Save...

THE WAR COLLEGE LIBRARY How did it all go so wrong? Suleiman lay with his back bent on the edge of a table that had toppled over onto its side during the scuffle, half standing and half in the halted process of falling over to the ground. He lay there dazed, staring up at the ceiling, but not...