Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

by Pierce Brown

I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.

He disagrees with the rules, but he follows them. It is possible. I can do the same until I have power enough to change them.

Live for more. More than power. More than vengeance. More than what we’re given.

I must learn better than them, not simply beat them.

No one grasps the game, because no one knows the rules. No one follows the same set of rules. It is like life. Some think honor universal. Some think laws binding. Others know better. But in the end, don’t those who rise by poison die by poison?”

The measure of a man is what he does when he has power,”

Words are a weapon stronger than he knows. And songs are even greater. The words wake the mind. The melody wakes the heart.