WorldwiredAs long as there’s an Earth to defend, Jenny Casey has a job. But she may outlast the world she was custom-built to save. . . . Give Canada’s Master Warrant Officer Jenny Casey an inch and she’ll take a galaxy. That’s just the kind of person a world on the brink of destruction needs. The year is 2063, and Earth has been brutalized. An asteroid flung at Toronto by the PanChinese government has killed tens of millions and left the equivalent of a nuclear explosion in its wake. Humanity must find another option. . . . Perched above the devastation in the starship Montreal, Jenny is still in the thick of the fray. Plugged into the worldwire, connected to a brilliant AI, her mind can be everywhere and anywhere at once. But it’s focused on the mysterious alien beings right outside her ship. Are they there to help—or destroy? With Earth a breeding ground for treason and betrayal as governments struggle to assign blame, Jenny holds the fate of humankind in her artificially reconstructed hand. . . . |
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... face against the port . Earthlight stained the cage - shaped frame blue - silver , and the fat doughnut of Forward Orbital Platform was visible through the gaps , the gleaming thread of the beanstalk describing a taut line downward ...
... face against the port . Earthlight stained the cage - shaped frame blue - silver , and the fat doughnut of Forward Orbital Platform was visible through the gaps , the gleaming thread of the beanstalk describing a taut line downward ...
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... face . " There , " Casey said , stepping aside , waving him im- patiently forward again . " That's both of them . The one on the ' left ' is the shiptree . The one on the ' right ' is the birdcage . " Everyone on the planet probably ...
... face . " There , " Casey said , stepping aside , waving him im- patiently forward again . " That's both of them . The one on the ' left ' is the shiptree . The one on the ' right ' is the birdcage . " Everyone on the planet probably ...
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... face me although I'm still giving him my shoulder . He cups both hands and brings them together with a crack that makes me jump . " Is that really what it sounded like ? " " More or less " A shrug . " We couldn't feel the tremors . It ...
... face me although I'm still giving him my shoulder . He cups both hands and brings them together with a crack that makes me jump . " Is that really what it sounded like ? " " More or less " A shrug . " We couldn't feel the tremors . It ...
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... face onto one of the Montreal's rough , unbleached cotton tow- els , when Richard starts talking in my head . " Captain Wainwright would like to see you when you're free , Jen . " Thanks , Dick . Is this good news or bad news ? " Ellie ...
... face onto one of the Montreal's rough , unbleached cotton tow- els , when Richard starts talking in my head . " Captain Wainwright would like to see you when you're free , Jen . " Thanks , Dick . Is this good news or bad news ? " Ellie ...
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... face at a time . Damn , I'm still not used to wearing this face . You'd think I would be , by now . It's been almost a year . Richard's presence shifts in my head . " You want to get out there as badly as I do , " he says . " Do you ...
... face at a time . Damn , I'm still not used to wearing this face . You'd think I would be , by now . It's been almost a year . Richard's presence shifts in my head . " You want to get out there as badly as I do , " he says . " Do you ...
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Page 170 - The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks : the long day wanes : the slow moon climbs : the deep moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, 'tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite the sounding furrows; for my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset, and the baths of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: it may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, and see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much...
Page 170 - Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
Page 172 - Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' We are not now that strength which in the old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal-temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Page 373 - I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
Page 341 - So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak. Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.
Page 28 - Montreal's variable, lightert nan-earth grav takes some getting used to, but once you get the hang of it it's pretty darn sexy.
Page 183 - You know, it was Einstein who said that imagination is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited.
Page 230 - Janet didn't know his name. She didn't want to know his name. She didn't want to...
Page 131 - I don't want to get your hopes up. And I don't want to give you a false impression that I have any control of this situation at all, much as I wish I could do something—