First Line Friday

 "The icy water pulled him into its racing torrent as he twisted and tumbled and started to sink." From 'The timetrippers' by Hamish Robertson.

First Line Friday

 "Sean had grown accustomed to the violence, but he didn't yet enjoy it the way his Viking ancestor did." 'Last descendants: Fate of the gods.' by Matthew J. Kirby.

First Line Friday

 "I heard the owl cry last night," Maggie Finch said, her gnarled hands clenched in her shawl. "That means a death to come."

First line Friday

 "There was a man made of midnight, and his name was Shadow Jack."

From 'Evernight' by Ross MacKenzie.

First Line Friday

 'The City was built on a sharp mountain that jutted improbably from the sea, and the sea kept trying to claim it back.'  Orphans of the tide by Struan Murray.

First Line Friday

 "This handwriting is utterly disgraceful." 

A kind of spark by Elle McNicoll

First line Friday

 "The shop from nowhere arrived with the dawn on a crisp November morning."