The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War #1)

by James S.A. Corey

“I think some important scientific questions have finally been answered. Alien life exists, and they are assholes.”

If they survived this alien hellscape, it would be because of this. Because in the face of trauma and violence, what they wanted first was to know, to understand.

“Stop sciencing all over my story,” Jellit said. “The fact is that it worked.”

“I’m going to learn everything about them. I’m going to figure out how to get in their heads. And I’m going to kill them all and burn their fucking towers to the ground. It’s my war now.”