From Emma Steinkellner's The Okay Witch and the Hungry Shadow
“You are almost at the end of your journey.”
“Jannit Maarten, boatbuilder, was on her way to the Palace.”
Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Queste
“Snorri Snorrelssen guided her trading barge up the quiet waters of the river toward the Castle.”
Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Physik
“Septimus Heap tipped six spiders into a jar, screwed the lid down tight and put them outside the door.”
From Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Flyte
“Silas Heap pulled his cloak tightly around him against the snow.”
From Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Magyk
“This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
“The charity auction hadn’t started until well after midnight, when the gala dinner had ended.”
From Michael Scott's The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
First Sentence of a New World 