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by Malleus: 1998-07-28 | Not yet rated

Before Winter's Heart - Archive Only: What is the Path of Daggers?

What is the path of daggers? Not sure of the exact page number, but in the third book (I think) High Lady Suroth is thinking to herself and remembers an old saying that goes something like "the paths to high placed are paved with daggers." Now I don't think that anyone really believes that there are roads literally paved with daggers. I think this is more a reference to the dangers that assail anyone who would put themselves in a high position.
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Tamyrlin: 1998-07-28

I like your definition of the metaphor, then I would assume naturally the next book would concentrate on the leaders of the nations? Could we guess that assasination will play a major part?