The Trouble With Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)

by Joe Abercrombie

‘Very little worth anything is ever given away.

It’s easy to scream about the fence when you’re on the wrong side of it. Some mad twist of fortune lands you on the right side, though, the fence starts to look like it might not be such a bad idea. Might even be worth all the sacrifices. Other people’s sacrifices aren’t that hard to make.

‘No plan survives contact with the enemy.’ Helmuth von Moltke

‘Maybe’s a game with no winners.’