Thinblade (Sovereign of the Seven Isles #1)

by David A. Wells

evil had a right to exist until it acted to harm others. Once evil took life, liberty, or property from an innocent person, it forfeited the right to expect its life, liberty, or property to be respected.

A mass of people united in a common purpose was more powerful than magic.

Phane wanted to rule the world, not to help make it a better place, not to heal people or bring nations together, not to prevent war or establish stability through just and moral law. He wanted to rule the world to placate his ego. He wanted to be more important than everybody else and he wanted everyone alive to know it. Petty ego. Self-aggrandizement. Narcissism.

Sounds like President ElectTrump ...

He didn’t ever want it to become easy to send good people to their deaths.