A thousand years in the future, mankind's influence expands into the universe. Alastair Reynolds' epic vision of our journey into deep space will redefine Space Opera. Chiku Yellow is earthbound: living a peaceful life on a changing world as humanity explores a thousand new ways to experience life. Chiku Red is space-bound: blasted into deep space to investigate Eunice Akinya's last journey, and maybe discover the final secrets of space travel. Chiku Green is planet-bound: travelling thousands of lightyears to the planet Crucible. A new home for humankind; it's a habitable planet hosting a fascinating alien labyrinth. All three are Chiku Akinya. All three are pivotal to our future in space. All three are in danger ...
“Could be worse, as they say.”
“That’s the sum story of human history, isn’t it? Could be worse. As if that’s the very best that we can manage.”
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter 53 (p. 527)
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter 53 (p. 523)
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter 43 (p. 438)
“Can we drop the ‘artificial intelligence’? It’s a bit like me calling you a meat-based processing system.”
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter 29 (p. 312)
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter 28 (p. 304)
“Crime is an adaptive organism. Squeeze one niche and it moves into another.”
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter 26 (p. 283)
“Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.”
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter 22 (p. 253)
“Something that bad, it makes the headlines. They were idiots to bet against physics.”
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter (p. 149)
“Venus was a machine for making bad weather.”
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter 12 (p. 135)
“I ran an experiment and I got a result. That’s more useful to us than fifty years of theorising.”
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter 6 (p. 71)
“I’ll argue to the death against stupid legislation, but some rules exist for a reason.”
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter 5 (p. 43)
