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29/3/2021

Great Opening Lines from 20 Fantasy/Sci fi Books You May Never Have Read

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1. Mists, shimmering silver fingers, rose over the pale green water of the lake. – The Awakening by Nora Roberts
2. I was running hard, pushing myself past human limits, to the only place I knew could help. Home. – The Hero, The Sword and the Dragons by Craig Halloran
3. The extravagance made my teeth hurt. – The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne
4. The day had finally arrived, a day I’d been waiting for ten years. – Mitosis A Reckoners Story by Brandon Sanderson
5. This probably isn’t the best idea I’ve ever had. – An Extraordinary Few  by Pam Eaton
6. I can’t breathe. – Guardian by A. J. Messenger
7. Maybe if I’d known how that night would impact my life and the lives of everyone I knew—not to mention the fate of the entire world—I would have turned round and headed straight back to college. – Fractured Light by Nick Cook
8. Once upon a time (that means I don’t exactly know when, but it wasn’t that long ago), in the land called the Seven Kingdoms, the king and queen very much wanted a son. – The Princess Rules by Philippa Gregory
9. As seventeen-year-old Aniya Lyons sat across the table from her date, a forgotten man stumbled through the alleys of the Hole, slipping on blood that drained from his side. – The Light Thief by David Webb
10. Drake knew it wasn’t the frogs’ fault. – The Thirteenth Horseman by Barry Hutchison
11. The Depraved appear in the distance—hundreds of them, jumping and crawling their way through the pouring rain. – The Awakening by Stuart Meczes
12. Heavy boots pound the tarmac, as officers bark their orders and sniffer dogs whine, blinded by the rows of steaming halogen floodlights. – Ned’s Circus of Marvels The Gold Thief by Justin Fisher
13. The dragon roared, its jaws so close to Thane’s head that I waggled the page gently in the air, waiting for my writing to dry. – I Am Margaret by Corinna Turner
14. ‘Good luck and have a pleasant apocalypse.’ – The Apocalypse Five by Stacey Rourke
15. Cats were a proud race of seers. – The Seer by A. R. Curtis
16. Joost had two problems: the moon and his moustache. – Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
17. There is a pirate in the basement. – The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
18. My big brother reaches home in the dark hours before dawn, when even ghosts take their rest. – An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahi
19. I stalked my enemy carefully through the cavern. – Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
20. Prague, early May. The sky weighed gray over fairy-tale rooftops, and all the world was watching. – Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

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    Elizabeth Klein is an Australian author specialising in children's, Young Adult fantasy and short stories.

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