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

by F.C. Yee

“I care more for his life than I do for yours right now,” she said, examining the growing whites of Zoryu’s eyes. “Let me make myself perfectly clear. You live on top of what I control. Your islands are surrounded by my waves. You fill your very lungs at my discretion. So if I hear any news about ‘Yun’ being executed, you will truly learn what it’s like when the spirits forsake you in the face of the elements.”

Never thought of the Avatar’s power in this way, and I was shaken by it.