Queen of Fire (Raven's Shadow, #3)

by Anthony Ryan

So I can promise only three things: toil, blood and justice.

Hide an advantage and you double its value.

My mother used to say that men would fight and kill for money, but they would only die for their gods.

“Freedom is never a curse, brother,” Thirty-Four insisted. “But it is often a hard road.”

Anyone who claims they have a genius for war should be regarded as the greatest of fools. For the successful conduct of war is an exercise in the management of folly.

Despair is a sin against the Father’s love, for it is but indulgence, whilst hope is a virtue of the stronger soul.’”

Love may claim our hearts but lust will always claim our bodies. It is the traitor that lurks in every soul.”

But people are still people, however comfortable their surroundings. They lie, they feud, they betray and however much you give them, they always want more. Without my sister’s influence it grew harder and harder for him to keep giving, keep guiding in the hope they would one day fulfil his great vision. And so, having proved themselves unworthy of the world he had crafted for them, he resolved to bring it all down.”

The world might be a better place were it ruled by disappointed souls.”