Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

by Pierce Brown

Without me, she would not eat. Without her, I would not live.

“I live for you,” I say sadly. She kisses my cheek. “Then you must live for more.”

Dread creeps into me to make a home.

Man cannot be freed by the same injustice that enslaved it.

“You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. You do not follow me because I am the brightest. Mustang is. You follow me because you do not know where you are going. I do.”