“Nick was not an especially brave man. He knew this. He also knew he’d arrived with a thud at his life’s nadir, the world he’d known now little more than a pinprick of light miles above him. This gave him a special kind of courage: The prospect of both death and success offered unique appeal.”

“Nick was not an especially brave man. He knew this. He also knew he’d arrived with a thud at his life’s nadir, the world he’d known now little more than a pinprick of light miles above him. This gave him a special kind of courage: The prospect of both death and success offered unique appeal.”

— Nate Granzow