Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds

Author:Alastair Reynolds [REYNOLDS, ALASTAIR]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Fiction / Science Fiction / Alien Contact
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 2018-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

Aumonier was jolted from sleep—such sleep as she was lately capable of taking—by a soft but insistent chime from her bedside. No anger or resentment stirred in her as she forced sufficient wakefulness to take the call. None of her operatives would have disturbed her without excellent reason.

“Yes?”

“Ma’am,” said the voice of Robert Tang. “I didn’t want to wake you, but under the circumstances …”

“It’s quite all right, Robert.” She was still half under the sheets, leaning over to answer the call. “I presume it’s something more than just another death, or some more unreasonableness from our favourite man of the people?”

“That’s just it, ma’am. It’s … well, you’d better see it for yourself, I think. It’s something the technicals found in Elysium Heights. I can send it straight through to your quarters, if you wish, but you might prefer to come to the tactical room.”

“I’ll be there promptly. But send it through to me now as well. At least I’ll have some idea what it’s about.”

“As you wish, ma’am. It’s ready for immediate replay—just say the word.”

“Thank you, Robert.”

She dismissed the call, took a cold but refreshing step through the washwall—banishing the last traces of sleepiness like a blast of sterilising radiation—and wrapped a scarlet gown around herself. Then she sat down on the edge of her bed and conjured at the facing wall. “Show me whatever it is.”

A portion of the wall brightened into a rectangle. The Panoply symbol appeared, then a Pangolin security rating, then a unique serial number identifying a particular item of evidential significance.

She read:

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