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Redemption Ark

Redemption Ark
Alastair Reynolds

Redemption Ark is a 2002 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds set in the Revelation Space universe. It continues the story of Nevil Clavain begun in the short stories "Great Wall of Mars" and "Glacial".

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““What happened?”
“Let’s just say my efforts to reprogram the weapon were not an unqualified success, shall we, and leave it at that?” She hated discussing failure almost as much as she hated the thing itself.”

Alastair Reynolds book Redemption Ark

Source: Redemption Ark (2002), Chapter 15 (p. 255)

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“Clavain saw it all with sudden, heart-stopping clarity: all that mattered was the here and now. All that mattered was survival. Sentience that bowed down and accepted its own extinction—no matter what the long-term arguments, no matter how good the greater cause—was not the kind of sentience he was interested in preserving.”

Alastair Reynolds book Redemption Ark

Source: Redemption Ark (2002), Chapter 38 (pp. 663-664)

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“They had been in love, desperately in love, but the universe cared nothing for the vicissitudes of the human heart.”

Alastair Reynolds book Redemption Ark

Source: Redemption Ark (2002), Chapter 31 (p. 586)

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“It was his experience that crises in space fell into two categories: those that killed you immediately, usually without much warning, and those that gave you plenty of time to ruminate on the problem, even if no solution was very likely.”

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Source: Redemption Ark (2002), Chapter 15 (p. 265)

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“Can I still wish you good luck?”

Alastair Reynolds book Redemption Ark

“You can wish me what the hell you like. It won’t make any difference. If it did, it would mean I hadn’t prepared well enough.

Chapter 38 (p. 654)
Redemption Ark (2002)

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“How are the internal complications, anyway? Aren’t the other branches of government getting a little suspicious about all these machinations?”

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“Let’s just say that one or two discreet assassinations may still have to be performed,” Khouri said.
Source: Redemption Ark (2002), Chapter 27 (p. 490)