Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

by Pierce Brown

“Because a rebellion now would be crushed in days,” Dancer explained. “We must take a different path. An empire cannot be destroyed from without till it is destroyed from within. Remember that. We’re empire-breakers, not terrorists.”

“See. That’s what I don’t get. If I am a good man, then why do I want to do bad things?”

“We aren’t negotiating.” “Humans are always negotiating. That’s what conversation is. Someone has something, knows something. Someone wants something.”