DANTE

The week after the summit was relentless in the specific way that progress was relentless, every answer producing three new questions, every piece of intelligence Mira's sixteen pages unlocked opening another door that needed walking through immediately.

The extraction team reported in from the eastern lowlands on Tuesday. Voss the chemist had been located, his operation confirmed, the approach being planned. Caius's people were meticulous and unhurried in the way of a territory that ...