Hirk foresaw the weakness of the Vy'keen warrior kin. The star ascent of our noble race was blocked by the weak-minded Sentinels. Nine times nine fold, Hirk commanded, we would have our vengeance and dash the metal demons against the rocks of damnation.
Robert Charles Wilson is an American-Canadian science fiction author. Author Stephen King has called Wilson "probably the finest science-fiction author now writing". Spin is the first book of a trilogy that continues in Axis and finishes with Vortex. Spin won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2006. Wikipedia