Blackflame (Cradle, #3)

by Will Wight

“In the sacred arts, you don’t want the clear path. You want the rocky one. The strongest aren’t the ones who climb the highest mountains, but the ones who choose to do it one-handed and blindfolded.”

“There’s an old saying about asking forgiveness rather than permission,” Eithan said, “but the essence of it is, ‘I’m going to do what I want.’”