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

by F.C. Yee

the Gan Jin tribe.

Best to simply comply than fight tradition along every single front.

Sei’naka

Constant challenge was the key to growth.

Xishaan.

An abhorrent violation of spiritual balance.

The Avatar can’t fight history.

Sanshur

a bad performance could lead to a national disaster.

Huazo

Sifu Atuat!”

Pai Sho

“Go . . . after . . . him!” she gurgled at Kyoshi through her own blood.

consequences for choosing her personal attachments over all else, in the long run.

she had to be torn apart by her failures in every direction.

Would you have mentioned it over her corpse? Would you have told me then?”

thoughts didn’t matter. Only actions and their outcomes.

Stop panicking, it said. She’s not leaving you.

I’ve known her since she was born.

They’ll both say they were defending their honor.

Making sure both parties got what they wanted.

“You haven’t eaten since yesterday afternoon!”

See? Even faster than I thought. You mean everything to her, Kyoshi.

For better or worse, you are a part of our family.

You need your strength.

“This field’s been poisoned with salt.”

a doctor who let people die,

“You’ve got enough raw power to freeze a polar orca solid.”

This is how you craft the image of events as they happen, girl.

Only justice.”

Sometimes it must be laid down for the good of others.”

There are places my daughter will never go,

with the few select people they didn’t want to strangle with their bare hands mid-journey.

Fleeing into the mountains was how we escaped the pressures of the court.”

she forgot to snap at Huazo for being such a demanding hostage.

worst moment of my life.

Toz.

I could have brought success and prosperity to the rest of the country like I did for the Saowon!”

The Avatar and the Fire Lady, working together as allies.

She was the bridge between spirits and humans, a public figure and a daofei.

“I believe I have to make peace with my own choices, just like everyone else.”

Jinpa

She could stand to make her long-suffering secretary’s life a little easier. He deserved it.

“You were supposed to help me prevent a war, not create one from whole cloth!”

In her frenzy, she had nearly killed mother and son in front of each other.

How convenient it would be if giving someone enough comeuppance silenced them for good.

No glory in victory, for one as wise as Zoryu, only the pain and burden of leadership.

A ruler holding his own country hostage.

The best she could do in her defeat was to save as many lives as possible.

A fight is over only when the winner says it’s over.