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760/808 pages

702/808 (none of the editions match mine)

“By the time she had squared herself to shoot again, Nezeru was on her, and although the warrior was no weakling, she had not had the vicious instruction that had lifted Nezeru out of the ranks of ordinary Sacrifices into the exalted murderousness of a Queen’s Talon.”

"Saying peace never lasts, or that an empire must grow or die, is like saying that only birth and death matter," she told him. "Most of life is not part of either, but what comes between--the simple hard work of living."

I'm not trying to do a rhyme, but Empire of Grass kicks ass.

I was going to say “Poor Nezeru” but really at this point “Poor everyone” fits just as well.

Part 1 down, but wow there was a lot in that 200-some pages.

I can't believe how fast this is moving. Probably Williams' speediest opening to a novel - even the prologue answers a mystery from the first book and there's been multiple big series wide lore reveals (plus more mysteries teased, of course.)