
All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel

The cry of this bird was audible only to certain special people, who were guided by it toward inescapable ruin. The will of human beings meant nothing, then, as the veterinarian always seemed to feel. People were no more than dolls set on tabletops, the springs in their backs wound up tight, dolls set to move in ways they could not choose, moving i
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Although they said they would meet again, everyone knew in their hearts that this was a final farewell. When the Special Contingent of Future Reinforcements headed to the hibernation center, Chang Weisi and a number of other senior space force generals came to the airport to see them off. He handed a letter to Zhang Beihai. “This letter is for my f
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None of the representatives seemed interested in her. They were getting up to leave. For them, the entire Wallfacer Project was nothing but a footnote in history that they had to spend energy dealing with. But what she said next stopped them in their tracks. She turned to Hines and said, “Wallfacer Bill Hines, I am your Wallbreaker.” Hines, who was
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What do you think, Den? Go talk Home Repair? The memory of a hand rests on her shoulder. If you have to ask me, babe, you can’t afford the answer.