Awesome / Inheritance Trilogy

• In book two...
  “What the hells are you?” the Dateh-creature demanded.
  “A shaper,” said the Lord of Light. He raised his sword of white steel. I saw hundreds of godwords in filigreed patterns along the blade’s length. “I am all knowledge and purpose defined. I strengthen what exists and cull that which should not.”
• The entire final chapter of book one.