Over the weekend, it seems, I was tagged twice in the "Page 123, Fifth Sentence" meme that's been bopping around the last few days. The instructions are pretty simple: "To participate, you grab any book, go to page 123, find the fifth sentence, and blog it. Then tag five people."

All of my reading for the moment is for one of the big franchise projects I'm working on, but the book that's actually closest to hand is an ARC (advance review copy, don't you know) at the very top of my To Read pile, waiting for me to have a spare moment. It's George Mann's forthcoming The Affinity Bridge, due out shortly from Snow Books in the UK, and later from Tor in the US. And here, without any further ado, is the fifth sentence on page 123.

"If there was anything to be found, he'd have turned it out by now."

Ooh. Mysterious. Who is "he", and what is he searching for? Don't ask me, I haven't read the book. But pick it up yourself and find out!

As for tagging, I'll decline to point fingers. How about this? If you read this blog and are interested in the slightest in playing along, consider yourself duly tagged.