Civilisations beyond number had risen from obscurity, considering themselves masters of all creation, before fading back into the footnotes of history. (Alastair Reynolds)

Civilisations beyond number had risen from obscurity, considering themselves masters of all creation, before fading back into the footnotes of history.

Alastair Reynolds

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