Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

by Yoon Ha Lee

the Shuos ninefox with its waving tails, each with a lidless eye, and the Kel ashhawk in flames; the Andan kniferose and the Vidona stingray; the Rahal scrywolf and the Nirai voidmoth scattered with stars.

But then, war is about taking the future away from people.”