“Three men sat around a table. All were muscled and similarly greasy and easily identifiable as scum. As he breached the entrance all three were moving, drawing their own guns in surprise. Only one got off a shot.” Science FictionSci FiScifiSpace ExplorationSpaceshipsSpace Opera Book:Restless Source: Restless
“Why? Why did you kill them?” He laughed, recognizing it bore a frightening coldness. “Because you walked through the wrong door, and they paid you to do it. You will be a testament to the terror that arrives the moment you or anyone else crosses the invisible line you didn’t know existed until tonight. Spread the word.” Science FictionSci FiScifiSpace ExplorationSpaceshipsSpace Opera Book:Restless Source: Restless
“It was a subversive notion, the idea that she was free. Free to choose where to go and what to do with her time.” Science FictionSci FiScifiSpace ExplorationSpaceshipsSpace Opera Book:Restless Source: Restless
“If there was anything the last year had taught her—if there was anything Caleb had taught her, the Metigen War had taught her—it was that perspective was everything. If you wanted to understand your enemy, you must understand that they were the hero in their own story.” Science FictionAliensAiArtificial IntelligenceScifiSpace ExplorationScience Fiction RomanceSpaceshipsSpace Opera Book:Sidespace Source: Sidespace
“It felt somehow comforting to return to the sparkling lake tucked into the mountains on Portal Prime. But why, when everything about Mesme made her the antithesis of comfortable? Because here was where desperation had become hope. Where helplessness had become purpose.” Science FictionAliensAiArtificial IntelligenceScifiSpace ExplorationScience Fiction RomanceSpaceshipsSpace Opera Book:Sidespace Source: Sidespace
“Don’t talk. Don’t sputter out a solitary protest or it will be your last. Take me to them.” “Who the f**k are you?” He palmed the man’s forehead and slammed his skull against the wall. “I said don’t talk, and you want to do as I say. I’m the one thing monsters like you and your kind fear. I’m what haunts your nightmares and hunts you in the darkness.” Science FictionSci FiScifiSpace ExplorationSpaceshipsSpace Opera Book:Restless Source: Restless
“It was killing him, seeing her this way. She was not meant to be uncertain, timid or fearful; the woman he knew exuded confidence so fiercely it might as well be a damn spiritual aura. He needed to fix this. “It’s time to adjust your perspective. You want to show the politicians on Earth they don’t rule the galaxy? Well, let’s show them.” Science FictionAiArtificial IntelligenceScifiSpace ExplorationScience Fiction RomanceSpaceshipsSpace OperaAlien Book:Sidespace Source: Sidespace