Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

by Fonda Lee

when is life ever like a story where the characters get exactly what they deserve, good or bad?

“Don’t show off how much you hate a man until you’re ready to be his enemy,”

“Only children and gods are arrogant enough to judge what they can’t understand. There’s no point being afraid of their opinions.

With each step he took in the snow, Niko sank beneath the feeling of some terrible attention turning toward him, reaching from the other side of the world like a curse.

You’d think it would be easier to face death as you get older, but it doesn’t work that way. You get more attached to life, to people you love and things that are worth living for.”

“When something has to be done, there’s always a way to do it,”

The way to defeat a chess master was not with greater genius, but by forcing her to play a different game.