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

by Robert Jackson Bennett

Goddamn autocrats. They really are hardly better than shit-stained children.”

“It is good to place oneself before the vast expanse of this world,” said Ana. “The ocean cannot tell the difference between a rich man and a poor one, nor one full of happiness, or despair. To those waves, all are so terribly small.”