It no longer matters who consider themselves the masters of events. Events no longer obey their masters.

“This is some sort of joke, isn't it?" asks Hunt, staring at the flawless blue s…”

“Siri whispered an answer to my unasked question. "No, Merin, one is never reall…”

“Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.”

“But as with so many things in our lives, the reason for doing something is not …”