Along the Razor's Edge (The War Eternal, #1)

by Rob J. Hayes

There is little that is as maddening as being beneath the notice of those you wish to murder.

"I am the weapon,"

The past shapes how we react to things in the future, and the future shapes how we view events of the past.

We cling to things, familiar things, not because they are good for us, but because we are scared that the unknown might be worse.

I have always found it strange that people equate having testicles with courage. Threatening a man's balls is often the fastest way to make him cower.

I've always been one to nurse my hatred, feed it on the fires of past wrongs and forgotten slights. While others might let a thing go, I hold on tight. My grudges are mine, they are a part of me, and I don't let anything that is mine go. Not without a fight.

Fear is speculation more often than it is truth. The truth is almost never as terrifying as imagination makes it seem. Almost never.

Fear is a powerful motivator. Sometimes it motivates us to good, to run from danger or shy away from a flame. Other times it motivates us to evil, to take before it is taken, or to attack first. To mistrust those who are closest to us.

I am the weapon, and it is not for the weapon to count the lives it has taken.

had just started my very first rebellion. It would not be my last.

perhaps, the greatest tragedy of war; the innocent always pay the highest price.

The man has faced down armies with nothing but his fists, yet he is constantly defeated by low ceilings.

It is telling how many times people have found me by following the death I leave in my wake.

I've always been a danger to those I love.

I looked inside and found darkness. And the darkness stared back at me.

I have long since learned that heroes only exist on the pages of books, and the lips of bards. Out in the world there are only choices. Those choices might appear heroic to some and villainous to others.