The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1)

“The vote's everything. It’s the only thing that separates us from the animals.”

Dreyfus is obsessed with the integrity of the vote. It makes his job feel more like a calling than just law enforcement.

Panoply stays neutral while ten thousand habitats do their own thing. It reveals how hard it is to protect a system without crushing it.

The Aurora incident shows how easily a genius can turn into a nightmare. She stayed digital but her shadow got way longer.

“Ten thousand worlds, and every one of them is a miracle.”

Glitter Band habitats are so diverse and fragile. One bad code path can literally burn a world out of the sky.