Sentence of the Day

#53: She couldn’t read anything from his mind, either, but she was used to that.

#52: “I’d be more interested in discussing events on Mars.”

#51: Keeping the same dress she wore to dinner should convey the message that the meeting wasn’t her destination for the night, just a stop along the way.

#50: “And don’t worry, that’s not part of the plan.”

#49: “I look forward to it,” she said, with a smile she hoped looked genuine.

#49: “Everyone on Venus knows her,” Amelia answered. “She was the first First Engineer.”

#48: Del suspected Amelia’s expression of delight on seeing it was actually genuine.

They say write what you know, but so far I’m not doing that in this book.

#46: It wasn’t as bad as Del had feared.

#45: “This whole thing is stupid,” Bilan said, “But there are protocols to be played at and an image to be created.”