Realm Breaker (Realm Breaker, #1)

by Victoria Aveyard

Untrustworthy, unfit, too weak to rule. History gorges itself on women raised high and then brought low by men grasping for their power. I will not be one of them. I will not lose what my father gave me.

I will make it greater.

The Amhara has great need for those who can pass unseen, and who is more unseen to men than a woman?

“There are breakers of castles, breakers of chains, breakers of kings and kingdoms,”

“And so we became dangerous.”

“Fear is a well-honed instinct, useful as any steel edge,” she said. “It’s kept me alive more times than I care to count. So let that fear in, let it fill you up, let it whisper and guide. But do not let it rule.”