Null States (Centenal Cycle #2)

by Malka Ann Older

Mishima starts to pace. “So, you think you can control her. I’m saying I don’t think she’s entirely rational. She’s not someone I would want as head of state.” “We didn’t put her there,” Nougaz points out. “She was elected through the representative mechanism of her government.” “But with this deal you’re making her more powerful. And it means you’re going to have to keep dealing with her.” “This is what we do. We deal with the dangerous, sociopathic, power-hungry individuals the people elect.”