by Seth Dickinson
This fantasy novel takes place in a made-up world and that's as far as the fantasy element goes. Apart from that, this could be a novel about politics, power. Manipulation and betrayal (thus the title). Baru decides to get her revenge on the Masquerade by infiltration and manipulation from within wi...
"...we are not free. Not even when we march beside them, nor even when we lead them. Freedom granted by your rulers is just a chain with a little slack."