The original castle back in Edinburgh was the seat of Scottish nationalism. It symbolized everything to the diehard believers. Despite all the changes and defeats they endured, the castle stood solid...
The military do so love shiny new technology, there's always so many ways to abuse it.
The balance is the penalty of being human: the danger of allowing yourself to feel. For this we walk a narrow path high above rocky ground. On one side we have the descent into animalism, on the other...
The Silverbird was tracking the Raiel’s gas giant-sized DF spheres as they continued their flight across the star system. Gravity waves spilled out from them with astonishing force, distorting the orb...
That was the trouble with history, Oscar thought: Once the distance had grown long enough, any event could be seen favorably. The true horror faded with time, and ignorance replaced it.
It is the others you must convince, the ignorant masses, yet paradoxically, they are the ones hardest for you to reach. Theirs are the minds which, thanks to circumstance, have set and hardened agains...
I don’t understand why you need verbal trickery to ensnare a temporary mate, Tochee said. Are you not attracted to each other by what you are?
We’re on Earth, now, remember. You can do anything you want here as long as you’ve got money.
That’s just to start?’ ‘Yeah.’ ‘Giu. So what happens after that?’ ‘Whatever needs to happen. That’s the whole point of being strategic.
It helped that any sexual impulse he might have felt was effectively neutralized by her drinking. After the first hour of any evening, she was not a pleasant person to be around.