46, WG42, F18, E46, / NG4, M28, MF0, B2, D0, Frz0, C0, NA1

Tanya Huff, Valor's Trial

Der vierte Band enthält mit den Teilen im unterirdischen automatisiertem Gefängnis die wahrscheinlich mit Abstand düstersten und bedrückendsten Passagen der Serie. Am erschreckensten ist vermutlich wie so nah wie nie Torin hier dem Ende ihrer Kraft kommt.
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Kyster stopped listening. The argument didn't actually have anything to do with him; they were arguing for the sake of having something to talk about. Humans sucked at sitting in silence. So did Di'Taykan, but they usually found a quieter way to pass the time. He spent a while wondering what a Human would have done out in the tunnels all alone - besides die - and figured they'd have ended up arguing with themselves.
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From what she'd seen, Big Yellow - well, the component parts of Big Yellow, and that was still easier to say than polynumerous molecular sentient polyhydroxide alcoholydes with an agenda - was certainly capable of setting up this kind of a system, but it seemed like an awfully complicated load of rubbish to go through just to ... what? Study a few hundred captive Marines?
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(Tanya Huff, Valor's Trial, 2008)