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

by Rob J. Hayes

Deko did not pick his captains based on good nature but on their ability to brutalise and instill terror into his subjects. I learned a lot from Deko even before I had the pleasure of meeting him.

Prig and the other leaders were terrifying, they beat them bloody, breaking bones and killing if they wanted. The wounds were horrible and you really felt for the characters for having to endure them.

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

Maybe it was because the darkness inside of me was a shade darker than anything else the world might throw at me.

I LOVED the part where she encountered Ssserakis (and love that it was called that, every time you say it, it sounds like a slithering snake). This part of the book brought the two different stories together for the first time. I'm looking forward to how this develops in the future books.

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.