Muspelheim, Here We Come“Right, that's that. We got what we came for,” Jagr says when we're all assembled in the troop bay. We're in orbit around Nifelheim, and Braden has the ship on auto. The images of the moon revolving below us show nothing of the slaughter going on down there.
“You got what you came for?”
I blink. “Civil war has broken out between the Goliaths. Your plan to put Eirik in power backfired.”
“We couldn't know this would happen.”
“No, how could you? Nevertheless, you did it.”
“The Goliaths are no longer a threat. They are too busy killing each other.”
“What happened to the Prime Directive?”
“The what?”
I sigh. “Never mind. So, you told Eirik you would support his cause?”
“Yes.”
Wagner's face has taken on a reddish tinge.
“And will you?”
“No, of course not, and
