'The air beneath the surface of Venus stings and smells of chlorine when Vladimir Kontopovic arrives. He lifts his chin, flares his nostrils, and breathes it in deeply, stoking the rage that burns in him like the Venus atmosphere. He will make them suffer, these Venusfolk who once cared for him. He will show them, and all of humanity, what it means to be human. He has the power and the will to do it. He controls the link.’
- from THE LINK: RETURN TO HUMANITY