He had to restrain himself from stroking the stainless steel cover while it made gentle percolating noises.
Fred laughed. It was mirthless. Let me get this straight, he said. You’ll give me all the kingdoms of the Earth if I just bow down and do one act of worship for you? Dresden cocked his head. I don’t k...
For something that had been expecting prokaryotic anaerobes, it was doing a bang-up job of making do.
Everywhere, there was imbalance, and the surest path to profit was to be between something valuable and someone who valued it.
Everyone too busy trying to survive to spend any time creating something new.
Don’t let things sit for too long. It’s always tempting to just ignore the things that aren’t actually on fire just at the moment, but then you’re also committing to spend your time putting out fires.
Do not underestimate his capacity to fuck things up.
Chapter 21 : Elvi We could always mutiny, Fayez said brightly.We wouldn’t stand a chance, Travon said. I did the nav analysis. Tiamat's Wrath
Catastrophe was just one part of what always happened. It was a prelude to what came next.
Captain, Amos said with mock surprise. Have you actually learned from your past? Is this a new thing you do now?
Bobbie kept talking. Seriously. Get me a gun, I'm a soldier. Get that suit for me, I'm a superhero.
Because he’s Amos. He’s like a pit bull. You know he could tear your throat out, but he’s loyal to a fault and you just want to hug him. She
Basic problem solving. If you don’t have the data you need, play with the data you have, see if something comes out of it. She’d
Avasarala laughed at that. True. But if he’s sending his hired killer to Earth, we— Wait, what? If Holden was— Forget Holden. You called me his hired killer. Is that how you guys think of me? The kill...
Any meeting with Martian command is going to have to wait until after the situation on Ganymede is stabilized. Official diplomatic talks before then are only going to make it seem like we’ve accepted...
Annie, Tilly said. If I wanted to suck vile fluids out of a flaccid and indifferent tube, I'd have stayed on Earth with my husband.
And the moral high ground is a lovely place, Marwick said, as if he were agreeing. It won’t stop a missile, though.
And the moral high ground is a lovely place, Marwick said, as if he were agreeing. It won’t stop a missile, though. It
And even then, she hadn’t wanted to die. She’d just wanted it to be over. To be free of it all. For the pain and guilt to be over. And the feeling of being trapped. She might have been able to stand a...
And I understand you’ve got a few after-market add-ons — Keel-mounted rail gun, Alex said with a grin. — that scream of overcompensating for tiny, tiny penises, but might prove useful. The