lindsay ellis truth of the divine a novel

“But we have no way of verifying that, do we? I find it highly questionable that an unqualified teenage civilian is the only ‘communication intermediary’ between extraterrestrial intelligences and the American government.” He declined.”įinally the brigadier general spared her a glance-Porter, his name was, which she only caught once her vision de-blurred enough to read his name tag. Sev agreed to it, and I asked Scio if he would do it.

“Scio didn’t agree to it, though,” said Cora. Given that they were the only women in the room, it could also be shameless misogyny. Perhaps it was because they were members of the Ortega family, and her father, Nils Ortega, was presently the biggest force of chaos on this earth besides the aliens. She wondered if it was because of who she was, since he was being noticeably dismissive to Luciana, too. The brigadier general, a square-shouldered man who looked like a Boy Scout wearing age makeup, still ignored Cora. “When I flew out here, it was my understanding that some face time was going to happen with one of the, um, amygdalines.” “I know you’re on a tight schedule, but the best we can suggest is that one of them might be more amenable if you come back tomorrow.”

Sev, just in case anyone was unclear on which degree he’d completed. A fiftysomething with sharp features and a head like a cue ball, he preferred Dr. Sev” Ghasabian, flanked on his right by Cora’s aunt Luciana. “I know it’s a strange situation,” said ROSA director Sevak “Dr. This one was called something like … National … Security … Intelligence Force for Who Gives a Shit? She was so tired. Not only would they not take no for an answer, there were so many of them, none of the different departments ever communicated with each other, and they just kept showing up with the head of whatever new ETI task force they’d formed this week. But the Department of Defense, they were the worst. The Department of Energy even showed up at one point she had no idea what that was about. NASA were actually cool, she enjoyed those guys. Homeland Security were low-key awful, but at least they kept it short and to the point. State had been fine-they’d been polite, and only came knocking once. This guy was only the last in a long line of government bureaucrats she’d had to reassure everything was fine and the world isn’t ending while also gently telling them no, the aliens do not want to talk to you.

“If he says he’s not going to talk to us, that’s pretty much that for the day.”īrigadier General Whatsisfuck didn’t even look at Cora, which had been par for the course for this meeting and also fine by her. Sol shot her a millisecond of a glare, then faced the brigadier general seated on the other side of the conference table. The fluorescent lights in this conference room were the frequency of knives. “Yes.” She blinked again, trying to snap out of the mind fog that had been plaguing her all morning.

Lindsay ellis truth of the divine a novel