“The Russians still hadn’t found their own source of valstronium. The discovery of the metal in rare asteroids at the very edge of the Sol system and, later, in”
― Stand Into Danger: An Empire Rising Novella
― Stand Into Danger: An Empire Rising Novella
“An understanding of the past is essential, for a humanity without a past is a humanity without roots or models, a self-involved humanity that flirts with its own destruction. Those who do not understand this will be incapable of dealing with the future.”
― EDEN - The Sumerian Version of Genesis
― EDEN - The Sumerian Version of Genesis
“To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
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― Empire's Gambit
― Empire's Gambit
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