“Pandora’s box.” Ross drew a hand across his forehead, smearing sweat and fine sand into a brand.
Ashe nodded.
“Maybe we run that risk, loosing all the devils of the aliens. But what if the Reds open the box first on
one of their settlement worlds?”
There it was again, the old thorn which prodded them into risks and
recklessness. Danger ahead on both
paths. Don’t risk trying to learn
galactic secrets, but don’t risk your enemy’s learning them either.
(from Key Out Of Time by Andre (Alice) Norton)
7½*/10. The complete review is here.
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