The Tyrant Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #3)

by Seth Dickinson

“Power can’t be separated from its history. A choice can’t be taken in isolation from its context. Power is the ability to set the terms of the riddle. To arrange the rewards and punishments by which the choice is judged.”

The thought of Eternal detonating in a clean blast of fire, swallowing Aminata and Iraji and Tau and everyone else aboard, simplifying them into ash, made Aminata profoundly horny.