Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

by Pierce Brown

An empire cannot be destroyed from without till it is destroyed from within.

no man can pursue any endeavor in the face of tribal warfare.

“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?”

“Nothing binds like pain shared.”