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The Children of the Company

The Children of the Company

The Children of the Company is a science fiction novel by Kage Baker. It is another in the series concerned with the exploits of The Company, a 24th-century cabal which exploits history for profit with the aid of immortal cyborgs living in the past.


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“Doubtless he was going to start bragging about being a god. It went with the profile of this sort of lunatic.”

Source: The Children of the Company (2005), Chapter 4, “Son Observe the Time” (p. 209)

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“It’s sad when people are stupid.”

Source: The Children of the Company (2005), Chapter 7, “Messis Vero Consummatio Saeculi Est” (p. 264)

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