The Death of Dulgath (The Riyria Chronicles, #3)

by Michael J. Sullivan

If anyone had asked Royce Melborn what he hated most at that moment, he would’ve said dogs. Dogs and dwarves topped his list, both equally despised for having so much in common—each was short, vicious, and inexcusably hairy.

“Ignorance isn’t prejudiced about who it afflicts,” Royce replied.

I just never noticed how little of me existed before; I was a shadow without a person.