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“And I do not believe it to be a serious problem. Why in the world would the humans produce a weapon that could not, in some manner, be controlled? A device that would annihilate its user along with its victim. It makes no sense; no sense at all.”
“They’re Morts. They didn’t have to make sense,” replied Zerena.
”Darkness of the Light, by Peter David (through Tor.com)
As I noted in a one of my standardly awkward reviews, this book deals with a favourite science fiction concept: all humanity has going for it is their creativity, cruelty and luck.
Not that Darkness is a stunning book. But it is interesting. We’ve either got it made or are so totally fucked.
