Kindle Notes & Highlights
“What did the Founder write?” “Avoid confrontations which lead to unacceptable losses…” The captain’s eyes widened. “…have others fight for you.”
Rusted! Perhaps the Expansionist faction had been right all along. The realm had fallen into complacency, too secure with a hundred thousand guns pointed out from behind the Wall. The great lords, Father included, never considered the possibility of fighting an invading army on open ground.
Despite the well-organized ministries and official bureaucracy, the nation was paralyzed unless someone at the top gave those first orders. Now, that person was a baby boy.
