It made a river of syrupy light across the water to the east, and it heightened his sense of unreality, his feeling of detachment from danger.
"Way of a Rebel"
Walter M. Miller
It was well-enough known to all, that syrupy sweet Sorpiala could without warning become subtle and vicious at the slightest perceived insult.
"Si'Wren of the Patriarchs"
Roland Cheney