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obsequious
James S. A. Corey • Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse Book 8)
vivisection.
James S. A. Corey • Leviathan Falls (The Expanse Book 9)
obeisance.
James S. A. Corey • Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse Book 8)
human mercenary instinct.
Liu, Cixin • The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Book 2)
The World to Come
Dara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Still, the choice of Hines evidently took into account both his scientific and political credentials, a perfect combination that was quite rare indeed.