Avatar: The Shadow of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #2)

by F.C. Yee

“You have to be stronger,” she said. She could have been talking into a mirror. “We have to be stronger.

The dirty secret of airbending Kyoshi had learned through experience was that it was absolutely devastating in close quarters. Surrounded by hard objects, the gentle art of monks and nuns turned utterly brutal.

“My friend is not a diplomat. She is the failure of diplomacy. She is the breakdown of negotiations. There is no escalation of hostilities beyond her.”