“…It tipped, and they both went down. No easy way to end that fall. One saving grace.”

“Which was?” I asked.

“No lungstuff in that shaft. They went down fast.”

“Why was that a mercy?” Adrana asked.

“Because once we were out of squawk range,” Prozor said, “I didn’t have to hear my husband’s screams as he carried on down.”

– Chapter 5, Page 94

Revenger by Alastair Reynolds

The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilizations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives.

And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where to find them.

Captain Rackamore and his crew do. It’s their business to find the tiny, enigmatic worlds which have been hidden away, booby-trapped, surrounded by layers of protection–and to crack them open for the ancient relics and barely-remembered technologies inside. But while they ply their risky trade with integrity, not everyone is so scrupulous.

Adrana and Fura Ness are the newest members of Rackamore’s crew, signed on to save their family from bankruptcy. Only Rackamore has enemies, and there might be more waiting for them in space than adventure and fortune: the fabled and feared Bosa Sennen in particular.

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