A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2)

by Robert Jackson Bennett

The Engineer can see a bridge span a river, and marvel at what they made. The Legionnaire can look upon the carcass of a leviathan, and know they’ve saved countless lives. And the Apoth can watch a body mend and heal and change, and smile. But the Iudex . . . we are not granted such favors.”