The Tyrant Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #3)

by Seth Dickinson

“You’re my punishment,” he said. “You don’t know it, but the stars have chosen you to punish me. I didn’t save Hu. I didn’t save Kyprananoke, or even Iraji. So you, Baru, will use the power of Hu’s death to compel me to my doom.”