The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

by S.A. Chakraborty

“You don’t stop fighting a war just because you’re losing battles, Alizayd. You change tactics.

“People do not thrive under tyrants, Alizayd; they do not come up with innovations when they’re busy trying to stay alive, or offer creative ideas when error is punished by the hooves of a karkadann.”

Fear and hate ruled the city—built up by centuries of spilled blood and the resulting grievances. It was a place where everyone was so busy trying to survive and ensure their loved ones survived that there was no room to build new trust.

“Feels like the center of our world should belong to us all.”

“I’ve had enough of men hurting me because they were upset.”

“I won’t have it from the man I call my husband. Not anymore.”

You fix what you can and keep yourself whole enough to move on to the next patient.”

“Until the next war,”

“Which I assume I’ll be dragged back for, should I happen to die here.”

want my generation of Daevas to stop suffering because of the actions of yours.

“I need no man to put ideas in my head,”

there are always people to save. And always cunning men and women around who find a way to take advantage of that duty and harness it into power.

was because we warred with the marid over those humans.”