The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3)

by S.A. Chakraborty

do not believe ambitious men who say the only route to peace and prosperity lies in giving them more power—particularly when they do it with lands and people who are not theirs. And those Europeans will be back. People do not cross a sea to fight without expecting some return on their investment.”

“Luck is a fairy tale we use to make people feel better about the world being unfair as shit.