Thorn (Dauntless Path, #1)

by Intisar Khanani

This is how you survive: one breath to the next, refusing each thought as it comes to you. This is how you get through the worst of things.

“There is justice for the rich here, and justice for the powerful. But for the rest of us, there is very little of anything.”

“There’s so much that needs doing,” I tell Sage, my uncertainty bleeding into my voice. “Start somewhere and keep going,” she suggests practically.