OORT STATION PRIME—CHAIRMAN JOHN BUTLER’S OFFICEChairman John Butler looked up from a thick volume as Kimberly stepped through the portal from Ogden. This time it was book seven of Will and Ariel Durant’s The Story of Civilization, The Age of Reason—leather-bound, of course.
“You called, John?” she asked with a smile and walked over to peck his lips.
“I did, Kimberly,” he said, laying the volume aside and offering her a glass of wine—a Village Burgundy from Marsannay-la-Côte. They sipped quietly for several minutes, enjoying the wine’s elegant, fruity flavor. Finally, Butler said, “I would like your opinion on a matter that has been on my mind lately.”
Kimberly pulled her chair to the front of his desk and sat expectantly.
“We have held Masin Arcah and Adrhun Gloalorn for quite some ti
