"The two craft met within the blast-shadow of the planetary fragment called Ablate, a narrow twisted scrue of rock three thousand kilometres long and shaped lik

"The two craft met within the blast-shadow of the planetary fragment called Ablate, a narrow twisted scrue of rock three thousand kilometres long and shaped like the hole in a tornado." https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-excerpts/the-hydrogen-sonata/ https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-excerpts/the-hydrogen-sonat...