“More than anything else in the universe, more than the power to dictate law at Taranoke, more than the knowledge of the count of stars in the sky, Baru wanted in that moment to speak the truth. But she had… — Seth Dickinson Copy Share Image
“Aurdwynn has one great habit, Your Excellence, one constant touchstone, no matter who rules.” Her secretary hesitated over the map, his own fingers half-curled,… — Seth Dickinson Copy Share Image
“More than anything else in the universe, more than the power to dictate law at Taranoke, more than the knowledge of the count of… — Seth Dickinson Copy Share Image
“Better a woman of divided loyalties than one of no loyalty at all. Better a reluctant traitor than the terror of a true sociopath.” — Seth Dickinson Copy Share Image
“It's not what the Masquerade does to you that you should you fear, she wanted to tell Ake. It's what the Masquerade convinces you… — Seth Dickinson Copy Share Image
“She liked his advise better than Pinion's, because it was full of things to accomplish now rather than things to avoid forever.” — Seth Dickinson Copy Share Image
“... his skin almost invisible to Baru in that it was so very Taranoki (a little pale, perhaps, like someone who shut himself up… — Seth Dickinson Copy Share Image
“I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood.” — Seth Dickinson Copy Share Image
“Without any outward sign or motion, in the wreckage of herself, she donned her armor, made it firm around her heart. Raise her mask:… — Seth Dickinson Copy Share Image
