Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy, #1)

by Robert Jackson Bennett

Midnight, she thought to herself. When the world grinds to a stop, and then restarts.

<They’re compelled to act in one specific fashion,> said Clef. <Which is basically the definition of neurotic, if that helps.>

Captain Riggo possessed the virtue that Tevanne valued most of all: the ability to ignore what was right in front of his eyes for a huge sum of money.

Any given innovation that empowers the individual will inevitably come to empower the powerful much, much more.