“Clavain felt little in the way of regret; more a sense of quiet relief that they were past the negotiating stage and into the infinitely more honest arena of actual battle.”

— Alastair Reynolds, book Redemption Ark

Source: Redemption Ark (2002), Chapter 35 (p. 634)

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